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Committee Reports |
Membership Committee Report
The accomplishments of the committee include completion of an initiative to facilitate membership among osteopathic family medicine educators throughout the United States. The 2006 Annual Spring Conference was the first meeting to offer elective AOA credits at the meeting for all osteopathic participants. We also have initiated upper-level leadership contacts between the Society’s leadership and the osteopathic organizations. There will be continued work to be certain that both the program content and the continuing education credits at our annual meeting are relevant to osteopathic members of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. A number of new initiatives were begun in the 2006–2007 year. One of our goals is to be certain that all individuals completing a family medicine faculty development fellowship are members of STFM. A working group, consisting of Dr Heiman, Dr Weaver, and Ms Brungardt, has developed a plan that includes strengthening and enhancing the Group on Fellows, a breakfast at the Annual Spring Conference for fellows, and the development of a mailer to fellowship directors that includes testimonials from fellows who are members of the Society. We also are planning to develop a track for members of the Society who are within 5 years of joining to provide ongoing support and involvement in STFM activities. In the next phase, we plan to work to be sure that both sports medicine and geriatric fellows planning academic careers in family medicine are members of STFM. An additional initiative includes reaching out to those family physicians teaching in community-based residency programs. This plan was completed by Dr Corboy and included Dr Ricer and Mr Sherwood. We will conduct a focus group of STFM member residency directors during the 2007 Annual Spring Conference to better understand how the Society can meet their needs and the needs of their faculty. We also will conduct a focus group at the 2007 AFMRD Workshop for directors to meet with directors who are not STFM members to understand the barriers that exist for them in engaging with the Society. We also recommend that we showcase the P4 initiatives in our 2008 Annual Spring Conference in a 3-hour theme session. A third working group, led by Dr Labuda-Schrop, included Dr Miller and Mary Ruhl. Its goal is to develop programs to increase membership. As an initial effort, we are in the final stages of developing a proposal for ERGO Awards (Educational Research Grant Opportunities). We hope to develop a program that supports educational research available to STFM member junior faculty within 7 years of their membership. We are currently exploring funding for this initiative to potentially enhance membership and provide value to members of the Society. We also reviewed the last general membership survey and at this point are developing a survey that would be targeted to new members and first attendees at the Annual Spring Conference to better understand their reasons for joining the organization and how the organization can provide maximum value to them as members. In summary, the Membership Committee had a productive year. We are pleased that the membership of the Society has increased in spite of concerns about the impact of the loss of HRSA funding for family medicine on access to funds for both membership dues and for travel. We believe that this work reflects the activities of all of the members of the Society in their many roles and activities that make STFM a premier academic organization. Sim Galazka, MD, Chair Membership Committee Sim Galazka, MD, Chair Jane Corboy, MD Diana Heiman, MD Charles Henley, DO Susan Labuda-Schrop, MS Karl Miller, MD Rick Ricer, MD Sally Weaver, PhD, MD STFM Staff Liaison:
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The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Membership Committee has focused its work this past year on continued efforts to maintain and to retain current membership, expand new membership, and enhance value to all members. The committee includes Jane Corboy, MD; Sim Galazka, MD; Diana Heiman, MD; Charles Henley, DO; Susan Labuda-Schrop, MS; Karl Miller, MD; Rick Ricer, MD; Sally Weaver, MD; and Mary Ruhl, STFM Membership Committee Coordinator, on staff. Stacy Brungardt, CAE, deputy executive director, and Roger Sherwood, CAE, executive director, also participate as ex officio members of this committee.