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August | 2022

Thank you to our 2022 Annual Meeting Sponsors

The countdown to our Annual Meeting is on! With an early meeting this year, we will all be gathering near Washington, DC before you know it.

This promises to be one of our best meetings ever, when we kick it all off with a special dinner honoring our founding CEO, Larry Bauer, on Thursday, September 15. Friday, September 16 will be packed with another remarkable line-up, with the annual Innovator’s Network, as well as new high-impact pre-conference workshops on the new ACGME residency requirements and on the social determinants of health. Our host committee has arranged three outstanding plenary presentations, and your colleagues from across the region will be presenting on a wide array of pertinent and interesting topics. All this, along with our usual ALSO Instructor Course, the “Preparing to Succeed in Practice” seminars for residents, and the IMPLICIT meetings will fill up the agenda.

Although the programming sounds incredible, we are probably most excited to feel the unparalleled energy of an in-person FMEC Annual Meeting and have the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and strike up “hallway conversations” with new friends. And, of course, with the early meeting date, our 2022 Residency Fair is even more important than usual. In addition to protecting space for medical students and residencies to come together right on the cusp of this year’s recruiting season, it may also be one of the few opportunities for face-to-face contact.

The excitement is building! What is your Family Medicine Superpower? Get ready to unleash it soon at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City!

The FMEC shares its Special Edition newsletter typically every two months, featuring job and fellowship opportunities from FMEC Partners. In the July 2022 issue, dozens of openings were featured at the following health systems: Allegheny Health Network, UPMC, Middlesex Health, Christiana Care, Geisinger, PennState Health, Montefiore Medical Center, ChenMed, St. Luke’s University Health Network, and University of Rochester Medical Center. Check out the July 2022 Special Edition and watch for the next issue from the FMEC.

Less than 3 weeks until the 2022 Annual Meeting!

The FMEC is looking forward to a jam-packed, exciting Annual Meeting! The meeting will include over 250 sessions, 80+ residency programs at the residency fair, over 20 exhibitors, and more.

We expect nearly 300 medical students, and 500 healthcare professionals and residents to attend.  The FMEC has announced Drs. Steve Bierman, Barbara Ross-Lee, and Robert Phillips as plenary speakers, and agendas for the Innovator’s Network, ACGME and Social Determinants of Health preconferences have been posted. We look forward to seeing you in Arlington!

Join us for Dinner Thursday

On Thursday, September 15, the FMEC will honor and celebrate Laurence Bauer, MSW, MEd, the founding Chief Executive Officer of the FMEC, at a dinner event from 6:30pm-9pm at the Hyatt.  Registration is open to anyone; you do not have to be attending the Annual Meeting to join us to celebrate Larry’s accomplishments. Tickets, tables and sponsorship options are now available.

The FMEC thanks the Samueli Foundation for its support of this event.

Become an ALSO Instructor

On Thursday, September 15, 2022, the FMEC will offer an Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Instructor Course. Any clinician providing obstetrical care who has their ALSO Provider status is eligible to become an approved ALSO Instructor. This includes physicians as well as residents, registered nurses, midwives, nurse practitioners, paramedics, and physician assistants. Help us make this annual activity for the FMEC a success in 2022 – please join us and ask colleagues who are ALSO-trained and could become instructors to register! Register soon – see 2022 Annual Meeting Preconferences.

Help inspire the next generation of family physicians.   Donate today!

Each year, the FMEC provides 300 scholarships to students to attend the Annual Meeting, learn about family medicine, and visit residency program exhibits. Students attending our meeting become energized about family medicine, and many go on to family medicine or other primary care careers. Pay it forward and help us inspire the next generation of medical students to career in family medicines! Donate at any level through the FMEC Student Scholarship Campaign.

Hot Topics in Family Medicine Schedule is Out

Hot Topics in Family Medicine gives the residencies who sign up a virtual spotlight, promoted by the FMEC throughout the region. Medical students love it because they can get up close and personal with a program they want to check out. Program directors love it because they can communicate with a group of students all at once, virtually. We’ve scheduled about a dozen sessions through October, and over 200 people have registered! Visit 2022 Hot Topics for more information and the current schedule of Hot  Topics sessions.

FACTS Updates

Learning Opportunities: Calling all medical students and resident! FACTS will be launching its online elective, Fertility Awareness for Women’s Health and Family Planning for the 4th year in a row. This popular two or four-week elective, approved through Georgetown University, is in high demand so learn more and enroll today! Already graduated? Don't stop learning! FACTS has learning opportunities for physicians and other medical professionals in practice through our monthly webinars and our online, self-paced CME course. Learn and earn up to 74 AAFP-approved credit hours! Plus, introduce your patients to fertility awareness based-methods of family planning and medical management via our general and adolescent webinars. Our FACTS webinars, both medical and general, are open to ALL: learn more here.

Conference Success: global connections and conversations in restorative reproductive medicine! Thanks to all who joined FACTS, both virtually and in-person, For the Future of Women's Health. Connecting more than 150 medical and health professionals, students, and educators around the world in 80 days, we concluded our four-part conference series earlier this month in Lancaster, PA.

Visit FACTS in Arlington: We invite you to meet FACTS and see our speakers and ambassadors in action next month at the FMEC Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Stop by the FACTS exhibitor booth, join us for a breakfast table on Saturday and attend any one of our presentations.  

Get ready for Providence, RI

Plan now to join the FMEC in Providence, Rhode Island for the 2023 Annual Meeting, to be held October 13-15, 2023. The meeting will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center, (One Sabin Street, Providence, RI 02903-1814), and official meeting lodging will be at the Omni Providence and Graduate Providence hotels. Program proposal, award submission and registration deadlines for the FMEC 2023 Annual Meeting will be announced in November 2022. Faculty, residents, and students should be prepared to submit educational program proposals in December/January, as an early February 2023 deadline is anticipated. Learn more about Providence, RI in the official GoProvidence Guide. Read the full announcement at Family Medicine Education Consortium News.

FMEC Annual Business Meeting is Sunday, September 18

Per bylaws, the FMEC business meeting must be held annually and be open to all active members. The 2022 meeting will be held as part of the Sunday morning welcome on September 18, 2022, during the Annual Meeting. If you are a member of the FMEC and not registered for the Annual Meeting but would like to attend, contact Scott Allen at [email protected]. The FMEC 2021 Annual Report includes the most recent general and financial reports of the organization.

Family Medicine Midwest is open for registration!

Like the FMEC Annual Meeting, Family Medicine Midwest is a multi-state collaboration dedicated to building a strong family medicine workforce to provide high-quality, comprehensive care to the people of our region. The centerpiece of the Family Medicine Midwest Foundation is a three-day event which attracts faculty, resident and medical students from Midwest states to promote family medicine residency programs, give residents opportunities to present, and showcase the amazing variety of career opportunities in family medicine. Family Medicine Midwest will be held October 7-9, 2022 at the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, MN.

Hispanic Heritage Month starts September 15

Hispanic Heritage Month runs September 15 – October 15, 2022. By the year 2045, it is projected that whites will no longer make up the majority of the U.S. population, and within the new majority, Hispanics will be the largest group. How will your health system or training program be honoring Hispanic Heritage Month? Let the FMEC know by emailing [email protected] and we will share the information across the northeast U.S. region.

STFM Updates and Opportunities

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) has released two new online courses to help faculty and residents to advocate within their health systems: Advocating Within Your Health System and Analyzing Health Systems Data. These interactive courses aid in the creation of sending targeted messaging to decision makers within your health care systems. The STFM also has many open opportunities including applications for the 2023 STFM Foundation Board of Trustees (deadline October 21, 2022), funding proposals for STFM Collaborative or Special Project Teams (deadline October 31, 2022), and applications for the Behavioral Science/Family Systems Educator Fellowship (BFEF) Co-Director (deadline September 2, 2022).

Teaching of Tomorrow (TOT) to be held in November, March

Teaching of Tomorrow (TOT), held by the UMass Chan Medical School, has a longstanding history of offering practical, learner-centered training to develop and enhance the teaching skills of clinical faculty. The registration cost is $1,600 and includes tuition for four conference days (November 18-19, 2022, and March 10-11, 2023), a minimum of 20 hours of CME credit, meals (breakfasts, lunches, Friday night reception, morning and afternoon breaks) and materials. The course will be held at the Hotel Northampton in Northhampton, MA For more information visit Teaching of Tomorrow (TOT) and the course registration site. The deadline to register is October 30, 2022.

Share your stories and experiences

Have you wanted to share your stories/experiences/ideas but never started? Join this new “publishing circle” with 8 – 10 other writers who want a venue for communicating a family medicine perspective to the general public as well as to the family medicine community. No-cost, online publishing platforms that include blogs, articles and videos are optimal ways to get messages to larger markets of health care consumers, professionals, and policy influencers. Many online blog sites are available that provide easy-to-use venues for sharing the output of the group. In a small group format, we will be a micro-community of writing practice. To join this group, you should commit to writing a message at least once every 3 months. The group members will support one another’s idea development and writing. The group will decide on meeting cadences and will be sounding boards for each other. Family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and behavioral health professionals working in family medicine settings are welcome to join. The group will be facilitated by Jack Ricchiuto, who is a 30-time author, article writer, and daily blogger since 2002. For more information, please contact FMEC CEO Emeritus Laurence Bauer, MSW, MEd at [email protected] or 937/478-6039.

AHECs prepare future health professionals

According to the National Area Health Education Consortium (AHEC) Organization, nearly 630,000 people participated in its 2020-2021 Health Workforce Program. The National AHEC Organization reached this huge group of future health professionals through pipeline programs that expose students to careers, clinical training that improves their readiness and ability to serve in primary care and underserved settings, continuing education, and more. As part of AHEC Scholars, over 7,000 future health professionals enhanced their leadership skills for the rapidly changing healthcare system, with nearly 90% reporting that they became confident in using their skills to provide care for rural and underserved populations and in understanding how social determinants of health affect communities. If your family medicine residency program is not collaborating with the local AHEC but would like to, contact Scott Allen at [email protected].  

Superheroes Deserve Super Student Loan Savings!

See how much you could save at our Conference’s Million $$ Challenge—

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Last year our Million Dollar Challenge participants discovered they could save $7 million total on their student loans. WOW! On average, FMEC physicians working with Navigate Student Loans are set to save between $40,000 and $400,000.

This year, learn how much YOU could save. In 15 minutes, Navigate will analyze your loans—for free. They’ll determine if you can save a bundle, or confirm you’re on the right track.

Navigate Student Loans physicians are on track to save $348,652,610. Take the challenge and find out how much you’ll save. Superheroes deserve nothing less.

Visit Flip the Script on Student Debt to get your questions answered by the Student Loan Guides at Navigate, brought to you in partnership with the FMEC.

Thanks to new and renewing partners!

On behalf of the FMEC Board of Trustees and the many medical students, residents and faculty who benefit from the FMEC’s programs and services, a hearty

THANK YOU to the health systems who have recently renewed their FMEC partnership or joined as a new partner. These include:  

• Abington Family Medicine Residency Program
• Allegheny Health Network (AHN)/Highmark Health
• Christiana Care Health System Family Medicine & Emergency Medicine/ Family Medicine Residency Program
• Duquesne University School of Osteopathic Medicine
• Eastern Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency
• Hunterdon Family Medicine Residency Program
• New York Medical College
• Phelps Family Medicine Residency Program
• SUNY Upstate Medical University
• West Virginia University

The support of these FMEC partners is critical to the FMEC’s success.

Become a partner or member today

Joining the FMEC as an individual or institution not only supports our mission to strengthen family medicine and support medical students and residents, but gives you tangible benefits and discounts as well. Read more about FMEC Memberships and Partnerships now and join or renew. And don’t forget to watch the FMEC Special Edition email newsletter for job and fellowship openings. Like discounts on exhibit booths and residency fair tables, promoting job and fellowship opportunities through FMEC is a benefit of certain partner levels – read more about FMEC’s Partner Benefits and join FMEC now.

A selection of upcoming family medicine and primary care meetings, nationally and in the FMEC region, in the next 3 months. If you have a meeting to be listed, please email [email protected].

September 16-18, 2022: FMEC 2022 Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA

October 13-15, 2023: FMEC 2023 Annual Meeting, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI

July 28-30: AAFP National Conference of Family Medicine Residents & Medical Students, Kansas City, MO

August 14:  Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Annual Membership Meeting, Virtual

September 11-14, STFM Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement, Savannah, GA

October 7-9, Family Medicine Midwest, Minneapolis, MN