Description

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) runs this competitive, yearlong fellowship for family medicine faculty responsible for teaching or coordinating behavioral science and family systems curricula. Its structured curriculum and formal mentoring help fellows understand medical culture, integrate behavioral science and family systems principles into family medicine, and build a personalized professional development plan.

Scholarly work is central to the experience. Fellows collaborate with their program directors to identify departmental educational needs and create a Professional Learning Contract that includes a mentored educational scholarly project. They complete the project and present a national poster at the concluding STFM Annual Spring Conference. Groups of four fellows work with two experienced educators, meeting during conferences and by phone monthly throughout the remainder of the fellowship year.