2015 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education Sunday

2015 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education Sunday Morning General Session Annie Rutter, MD, MS Albany Medical College Chair-2016 STFM MSE Conference

2015 STFM MSE Conference • Thank you for attending!! • Special recognition to the Society of Student Run Free Clinics PLEASE COMPLETE EVALUATIONS

2015 STFM MSE Conference • • What a conference! Hold on to this enthusiasm! Continue to innovate and inspire Connect with colleagues after leaving here

2016 STFM MSE Conference Phoenix, Arizona January 28 -31, 2016 Call for Papers – Early March

Good Morning and Welcome Closing General Session Sunday, February 8, 2015 “Building the Pipeline” David Keegan, MD Lana Fehr, MD University of Calgary Medical School

STFM Conference on Medical Student Education Building the Pipeline David Keegan MD Lana Fehr MD

Objectives By the end of this session, you will be able to: 1. describe key elements of a strategy to increase the FM presence in the MD curriculum and attract more students to the career of FM, 2. develop a brief but powerful action plan for your own next steps to make these changes happen, and 3. create opportunities to engage and nurture medical students who have made the decision to pursue family medicine as a career choice.

% Students Choosing FM as 1 st Choice 50 45 42. 5% 40 38. 2% 35 30 25 20 15 10 1 2 3 4 2002 2003 2004 2005 5 6 7 8 2006 2007 2008 2009 Year 9 10 11 2010 2011 2012 12 2013 13 2014 UC Canada

Rule 1 Have a focused strategy.

Strategy Illuminating the specialty of family medicine. - NEVER convincing.

Rule 2 Be lean.

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Lean Interventions • New FM projects/events • Trojan horse stuff

Family Medicine Clinical Experience Courses 330 & 430 Family Medicine Medical Student Research Development Program FAMILY MEDICIN E LECTURE SERIES

Rule 3 Invest in the success of your residency program.

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Rule 4 Leverage your learners.

Key Relationships

Key Relationships Ideas + Skills Ear to the Ground Energy Rex Bennett, 2008, Creative Commons, flickr. com

I ❤ Family Medicine

SHINE

Passion + Opportunity

• Approachable • Visible • Available

• Student Projects • Committees • Research

Pipeline of Learners

Future Leaders of FM

Rule 5 Embrace the complexity of being a predoctoral FM director.

• Build relationships • Help out with big MD curriculum challenges • Develop advanced skills – Crucial Conversations – Financial – Med. Ed • Get ready to pounce on opportunities • Be the FM consultant for the MD program

Rule 6 Get senior management support.

Rule 7 Get unallocated time.

Rule 8 Prepare for the backlash.

% Students Choosing FM as 1 st Choice 50 45 42. 5% 40 38. 2% 35 30 25 20 15 10 1 2 3 4 2002 2003 2004 2005 5 6 7 8 2006 2007 2008 2009 Year 9 10 11 2010 2011 2012 12 2013 13 2014 UC Canada

1. Have a focused strategy. 2. Be lean. 3. Invest in residency program success. 4. Leverage your learners. 5. Embrace predoctoral complexity. 6. Get senior management support. 7. Get unallocated time. 8. Prepare for the backlash.