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The NIPDD 9-month fellowship provides instruction, education, and formative experiences designed for family medicine physician educators to enhance and develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be effective leaders as directors of residency programs. 1 Historically, postgraduate training program directors in family medicine faced many challenges without signifi cant training in fi nance or administration. For those reasons, and because family medicine directors might not have support from other program directors, the sessions on stress and burnout were always full at the Program Directors Workshop. In 1994, during a strategic planning meeting of AFMRD, the idea of a school for program directors surfaced. At the same time, the ABFM was seeking a way to educate program directors on policies and procedures to assure resident eligibility for the certifi cation exam. With major fi nancial support from the ABFM, the idea became reality. In-kind staff support from the AAFP and AFMRD, and the interface with AFMRD, AAFP, STFM, RAP, and ABFM initiated the creation of the Academic Council by selecting representatives of those organizations to participate as members of the Council and to teach in the fellowship. 1 The Academic Council reports to the AFMRD Board of Directors through the Council Chair. Each element of the fellowship receives CME credit from the appropriate medical specialty organizations and the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE).

A 28 item Q-sort instrument was developed and administered to 159 clinical teachers in family medicine. The 28 items represented behaviors or attitudes of clinical teachers. Factor analyses yielded a three-factor structure for describing characteristics of the ideal clinical teacher. The factors were given the names "authority," "sensitivity," and "capability."