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STFM to Offer Training to Health Professionals at VA Facilities

July 1, 2022—STFM has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Academic Affiliations to deliver a faculty development program to health professionals at an additional 21 VA facilities between June 1, 2022 and May 30, 2024. STFM has been collaborating with the VA to provide training at facilities serving rural veterans since 2018.

The faculty development provided by STFM is part of the VA's Rural Interprofessional Faculty Development Initiative (RIFDI), a two-year training program to attract providers, improve clinician job satisfaction and retention, and develop teaching and training skills for educators in rural settings. Through RIFDI, STFM provides VA faculty an online, asynchronous certificate program, access to TeachingPhysician.org, and virtual faculty development workshops.

The certificate program encompasses some of the core courses in STFM’s Residency Faculty Fundamentals Certificate Program, along with custom, curated content to meet the needs of the interprofessional teams at the VA locations.

The full-day virtual workshops are modeled after STFM’s Faculty Development Delivered program, where subject matter experts lead interactive sessions about creating high-quality, interprofessional clinical learning environments. 

"This work is directly aligned with STFM's strategic priorities around professional development, and the organization's and our members' reputation for providing faculty with the skills needed to train students, residents, and health care teams," said STFM Past President Frederick Chen, MD. 

RIFDI was highlighted in a White House Statement in August of 2021.

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Events

January 30–February 2, 2025: STFM Conference on Medical Student Education

February 11, 2025, 11:30 am CST: Webinar: Planning for the Future: Personal Finance Education with Equitable’s Stephen Dunbar

February 28, 2025, 11 am CST: Webinar: Addressing the Residency Continuity Requirement: A Panel Discussion to Share Successes and Barriers

May 3–7, 2025: STFM Annual Spring Conference

September 8–10, 2025: The 2025 STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement

Due Dates

February 4, 2025: Deadline for Presentation Proposals for 2025 Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement

February 17, 2025: Submissions for the 2025 Poetry and Prose Contest Due

February 28, 2025: Family Medicine Advocacy Summit Scholarship Applications Due

March 4, 2025: Medical Student Educators Development Institute (MSEDI) Applications Due

April 1, 2025: Early Bird Deadline for STFM Annual Spring Conference Registration

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