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The world of family medicine education is in continual motion. Stay abreast of new research, cutting edge technologies, and exceptional best practices by attending this conference. The Conference on Medical Student Education is geared specifically to medical educators who shape and inspire the next generation to be competent, dedicated, and passionate physicians for the future.

This conference also offers a unique blend of educators and students. There are teacher/student presentation teams that often provide an invaluable perspective of family medicine.

Call For Papers

The 2012 Call for Papers is now open. Deadline for submissions is June 18, 2012.

Chair's Message

Jeff Morzinski, PhD, MSW
2013 Conference Chair

The Call for Papers for STFM's 39th Annual Conference on Medical Student Education is now open. The conference will be held January 24-27, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. This is the premier conference to share your medical student education strategies and learn new ones. We particularly want to encourage students, new faculty, and those new to medical student education to submit proposals and attend. For program coordinators, we invite you to make this conference your own. Each of you can share best practices. What is new or surprising? What has or has not worked?
What are your lessons learned?
Proposals that span the full range of issues related to medical student education in family medicine are encouraged. You are welcome to submit on any topic of interest to you, or consider one of these "hot topic" areas:
● Integrating competence and teacher evaluation
● How to use digital tools to teach or assess students
● Fresh ideas and scholarship on new-faculty mentoring
● How to recruit, retain, and reward preceptors
● How students add value to community clinics
● How to sustain interdisciplinary skills

We look forward to receiving your submission, and hope you'll join us in San Antonio next year! Submit today!

Registration Information

Conference registration will open in October 2012.

Hotel Information

The conference group room-block will open in October 2012.

Grand Hyatt San Antonio
600 E. Market Street,
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Conference rate is $175 single/double (plus taxes/fees).

Host City Highlights

“Deep within my heart lies a melody, a song of old San Antone…it was there I found, beside the Alamo, enchantments strange as the blue up above.” —Patsy Cline

Few cities welcome, enchant, and inspire visitors as passionately as San Antonio. Located in the heart of Texas, the city was recognized by Southern Living magazine’s 2009 Readers' Choice Award Winners as a "Best Southern City.” A culture with roots in Mexico, Germany, and the Old West combine to provide an “only in San Antonio” experience. The city boasts the perfect combination of entertainment, culture, and history, making it a destination full of things to do and see. Visit the world-famous River Walk, one of the top visitor destinations in Texas, a great venue for networking and entertainment. Indulge yourself in the diverse cuisine options, including innovative Tex-Mex and incomparable Bar-b-que. Step back in time at the historic Alamo. For the outdoors person, the city is the ideal place to start a Texas Hill Country adventure. Offering all this and more, San Antonio’s authenticity, vibrancy, and diversity will charm you. For more information, visit www.visitsanantonio.com.

Session Specifics

The Conference on Medical Student Education has more than 100 peer-developed and peer-reviewed sessions. Interactive and thought-provoking, these oral and poster presentations focus on best practices, new teaching technologies, emerging research, and public policy issues within medical student education. A session search will be available once the schedule is confirmed.

Conference Partners

A partnership with the STFM Conference on Medical Student Education goes way beyond exhibiting! For complete information, and to reserve your place for 2013, visit our partners page