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Curriculum for Family Medicine Educators

STFM offers curricula and toolkits on a wide variety of areas for the use of family medicine educators, including topics on practice management, sub-internship, global health, addiction medicine, behavioral science, and more.

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STFM's Family Medicine Curriculum

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Primary Care Curriculum (AiM-PC)

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are transforming primary care, and learners want to participate in the revolution. This curriculum aims to equip learners with the skills needed to be engaged stakeholders, use AI/ML in their practice, and ensure responsible and ethical use of AI/ML.

National Clerkship Curriculum

The National Clerkship Curriculum is for clerkship directors or faculty who are designing, delivering, and evaluating family medicine clerkships.

Behavioral Science Curriculum

The Behavioral Science Curriculum is a comprehensive, interactive online curriculum for behavioral science (BS) faculty and behavioral health training in family medicine.

Residents as Educators Curriculum

The following curricula, created by the Faculty for Tomorrow Task Force, can be used for didactic presentations to enhance residents' teaching skills. Each curriculum includes a PowerPoint presentation, facilitator's guide, and a quiz.

Telemedicine Curriculum

Give your learners the knowledge and skills they need to conduct effective, patient-centered telemedicine visits. New resources include guidance to help teaching clinicians integrate telemedicine topics into courses, clerkships, residency curricula, and national telemedicine curriculum for students and family medicine residents.

Subinternship Curriculum

The STFM Subinternship Curriculum was designed to create a standardized national sub-internship curriculum. Subinternships are a critical educational experience in family medicine and are a way to further expose students to positive family medicine experiences.

Addiction Medicine Curriculum

STFM’s national Addiction Medicine Curriculum—for residents and faculty —uses evidence-based teaching principles and includes 13 addiction medicine modules with interactive content, handouts, videos, supplemental resources, and assessments.

Smiles For Life Oral Health Curriculum

Smiles For Life produces educational resources to ensure the integration of oral health and primary care. The online and downloadable curriculum emphasizes the role of primary care clinicians in the promotion of oral health.

Global Health Toolkit

The Global Health Toolkit is intended to be a guide for faculty and institutions developing a Global Health curriculum for family medicine residency programs.

DEIA Curriculum Toolkit

The DEIA Curriculum Toolkit focuses on supporting medical schools and residencies to adapt their clinical curricula to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive by providing an abundance of clinically relevant learning objectives, resources, activities, and reflection points that can easily be plugged into existing curricula.

Residency Curriculum Resource

The Family Medicine Residency Curriculum Resource houses more than 200 peer-reviewed, case-based presentations, quizzes, and facilitators' guides for family medicine graduate medical education.

Practice Management Handbook

Designed for family medicine residents and physicians, this free, online handbook is an inclusive resource to help prepare for or refine practice management. It outlines a range of practice models and the skills needed for each.

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STFM's AI Assistant is designed to help you find information and answers about Family Medicine education. While it's a powerful tool, getting the best results depends on how you phrase your questions. Here's how to make the most of your interactions:

1. Avoid Ambiguous Language

Be Clear and Specific: Use precise terms and avoid vague words like "it" or "that" without clear references.

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Try: "Can you help me update our Family Medicine clerkship curriculum?"
Why this is important: Ambiguous language can confuse the AI, leading to irrelevant or unclear responses. Clear references help the chatbot understand exactly what you're asking.

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Why this is better: Providing details about your role ("program coordinator") and your goal ("design or update clerkship curricula") gives the chatbot enough context to offer more targeted information.

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Instead of: "How can I improve my program?"
Try: "As a program coordinator for a Family Medicine clerkship, what resources does STFM provide to help me improve student engagement and learning outcomes?"
Why this is important: Including relevant details helps the AI understand your specific situation, leading to more accurate and useful responses.

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Instead of: "What are the requirements for faculty development, how do I register for conferences, and what grants are available?"
Try: Start with "What are the faculty development requirements for Family Medicine educators?" Then follow up with your other questions after receiving the response.
Why this is important: This approach ensures each question gets full attention and a complete answer.

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Bad Prompt

"What type of membership is best for me?"

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Good Prompt

"I'm the chair of the Department of Family Medicine at a major university, and I plan to retire next year. I'd like to stay involved with Family Medicine education. What type of membership is best for me?"

Why it's good: The AI Chat Assistant knows your role, your future plans, and your interest in staying involved, enabling it to provide more relevant advice.

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