STFM Annual Spring Conference 2014

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) held its annual spring conference May 3-7, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. The conference focused on leadership and advocacy in early careers and the development of skills to lead institutional and national change.

UMN Family Medicine at the Conference

The University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health was well represented at the conference, with about 25 faculty, residents, and medical students presenting on a variety of family medicine and primary care-related topics.

Faculty Shailey Prasad, MD, MPH, and Kathleen
Brooks, MD, MBA, MPA, with med students Brian
Park, MPH, and Catie Glatz presenting at the
conference.

Presenters included department head Macaran Baird, MD, MS; faculty Nancy Baker, MD, Jerica Berge, PhD, MPH, Joe Brocato, PhD, Kathleen Brooks, MD, MBA, MPA, Reneé Crichlow, MD, Bruce Dahlman, MD, MSc, Roli Dwivedi, MD, Lauren Giammar, MD, Jody Lounsbery, PharmD, Jean Moon, PharmD, C.J. Peek, PhD, Shailey Prasad, MD, MPH, Jacob Prunuske, MD, MSPH, Lisa Prusak, MD, Chris Reif, MD, MPH, Andrew Slattengren, DO, and Michael Wootten, MD; retired faculty Barbara Leone, MD; residents Keri Bergeson, MD, Betsy Gilbertson, MD, and Cora Walsh, MD; and medical students Brian Park, MPH, and Catie Glatz.

Topics included adolescent obesity, community health assessment, clinical pharmacy services, innovative didactics, end-of-life care, faculty development and mentorship, global health, integrated care, interprofessional education, leadership, homeless care, population health, research and scholarship, resident teaching, and rural and urban medicine.

Education director Joe Brocato, PhD, is also a member of the STFM Program Committee, who planned the conference.

UMN Family Medicine Receives AAFP Top 10 Award

The University of Minnesota Medical School was also honored with an American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Top 10 Award for its ongoing contribution to the pipeline of family physicians.

The University of Minnesota ranked sixth in 2014 with 18% of graduates entering family medicine. Even more impressive, AAFP reports that since 1980, the University of Minnesota has graduated more medical students entering family medicine residencies than any other allopathic school in the U.S.

AAFP President Reid Blackwelder, MD, commented, “For the past five years, we have seen growth in student interest in family medicine. Much of the credit goes to the medical schools that have actively supported family medicine as the comprehensive, challenging, and professionally fulfilling specialty that it is.”

UMN Family Medicine representatives receive AAFP Top 10 Award from
AAFP President Reid Blackwelder, MD, at STFM annual spring conference.

Social Media at the Conference: #STFM14

The energy and conversations generated from the conference were not contained to the walls of the Grand Hyatt San Antonio. The conference hashtag, #STFM14, saw more than six million impressions, averaging 35 tweets/hour.

Faculty and medical students joined the online conversation as well. The department’s top contributors were North Memorial residency faculty Reneé Crichlow, MD, (@reneecrichlowMD) and Duluth campus faculty Jacob Prunuske, MD, MSPH (@jprunuske).

Here is a sampling of our favorite #STFM14 tweets:

• @aafpprez: From #stfm14 Dr Jack Westfall: Treat your learners as you would have them treat their patients. #aafp

• @kanfamdoc: Whole people deserve whole health care. #stfm14 #fmrevolution

• @bicmay: MT @reneecrichlowMD: We have to make advocacy training a part of residency. #FMRevolution stories need to be told. #stfm14

• @SingingPenDrJen: #stfm14 Rodgers plenary: "You get the best efforts from others not by lighting a fire beneath them but by building a fire within them."

• @RichmonddDoc: Saultz: Family medicine does not gain by seeking to align w/ a system that promotes high-tech, high-cost gadgets that benefit few.  #stfm14

• @reneecrichlowMD: Why have community health assessment? "Family medicine includes comprehensive continuous care in the context of community." #stfm14 #RPAP

• @MaryTheobald: Purpose of Milestones is not to evaluate residents, it’s to evaluate programs. #stfm14

• @RichmondDoc: Social determinants of health is not a new subject for FM, but it has taken on a new urgency in today's world. #stfm14

• @RichmondDoc: Woolf: I don't think that most Americans realize the chance our children will reach 5 yrs old is the lowest in the developed world. #stfm14

• @jprunuske: Investment in #education may lead to more health benefits than investment in #medicalcare. #stfm14 

• @reneecrichlowMD: Family AND Community Medicine is our specialty and we must work in both to address the Social Determinants of Health #STFM14 #FMRevolution

• @KPDocAdriano: We all have bias. We have to learn to recognize them & leave them at the door to provide excellent care. #stfm14

• @jprunuske: Americans instinct to deal with health problems is medical care. WRONG. #stfm14 Must address community where we live work & play.

• @reneecrichlowMD: #STFM14 Inspiration and Information! Great Meeting! New friends and Old, see you next year! Viva la #FMRevolution

Save the Date: STFM 2015

Next year’s STFM annual spring conference will be held in Orlando, Florida, April 25-29. Yep, we’ll see you in Disney World, #STFM15!