Call for Applications for Residency Learning Network Leadership Training

Call for Applications for Leadership Training for Residency Learning Networks

Deadline to Apply is May 19, 2023

April 27, 2023—The new ACGME Family Medicine Program Requirements encourage programs to participate in learning collaboratives/networks. Specifically, in the background and intent of the requirements it says “The Committee holds that an optimal way to facilitate programs and their FMPs ability to attain their educational and community aims is through learning collaboratives (also known as communities of practice, learning communities, and learning networks). Learning collaboratives comprise multiple parties that work together toward a certain set of mutually agreed upon objectives...”

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine is now accepting applications for leadership training for faculty, program directors, and/or associate/assistant program directors who have an interest in leading residency learning networks.

Questions? Contact Mary Theobald at mltheobald@stfm.org

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Gain knowledge and skills to lead a residency learning network.

Training will include:

A preconference workshop at the 2023 Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement. The workshop will be Sept 10^th from 3-6 pm and Sept 11^th from 8:30 am-12:30 pm in St Louis, MO.
Attendance at the 2023 Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement, with attendance required at specific sessions that will contribute to effective leadership of learning collaboratives. The conference is September 11-13.

Topics include:

Learning collaborative models and definitions
Effective leadership
Change management
Defining and measuring outcomes
Facilitation: recruitment, creating agendas, role assignments, collaborative communication, documenting findings, etc.
Accessing resources
Securing funding

Faculty, as of April 2023, include:

Corey Lyon, DO, Program Director, University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency Program
Jay Fetter, MHA, Director, Residency Engagement, American Board of Family Medicine Foundation
Gretchen Irwin, MD, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Stephen Wilson, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Faculty, program directors and/or associate/assistant program directors who have an interest in leading Residency Learning Networks can apply. Up to 20 applicants will be selected.

Participants are expected to attend a preconference on Sept 10^th from 3-6 pm and Sept 11^th from 8:30 am-12:30 pm in St Louis, MO, as well as designated sessions at the Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement. The conference is September 11-13.

Participants are expected to evaluate the training they’ve received and also complete a survey in 2024 about how they have used what they learned.

Participants will gain knowledge and skills to lead learning networks. Participation in learning networks is strongly encouraged in the ACGME Family Medicine Program Requirements.

There is no fee to participate in this training. STFM will reimburse for travel, food, and lodging for participants to attend the preconference workshop and the Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement.

Individuals who complete the training will receive a certificate of completion and be recognized on the STFM website

This project is supported by a grant from the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation.