Shaping the Future of Family Medicine: Reenvisioning Family Medicine Residency Education

In Response to “Promotion Preparation Tips for Academic Family Medicine Educators”

“…2 Instead of putting weight on publication numbers, these metrics should mirror the duties of family medicine residency faculty, with heightened value afforded to innovations in community care delivery and education of the next generation of physicians that focus on what society needs from family physicians of the future. 3 Family medicine departments can and should lead this change within their institutions in response to the needs of society, in similar fashion to our creation as a specialty half a century ago.…”

Family Medicine Advances Transition to Competency-Based Education

“…The 2023 requirements reflect the first major update for family medicine residencies in about 10 years. 1 The new requirements include several components that necessitate changes in how education is delivered and assessed, with an emphasis on ensuring that residents demonstrate competence. 2 In August 2022, the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation awarded the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) a 17-month grant to support the development phase of a multi-year project to equip residency programs to deliver competency-based medical education (CBME) and assessment.…”

“…Climate change presents existential threats to human health and the sustainability of life on earth. [1][2] Increased global temperatures have resulted in more frequent and extreme weather events, widespread fires, and catastrophic flooding, which in turn affect food production, air quality, access to clean drinking water, safe shelter, vector-borne diseases, and essential infrastructure; thus threatening the health of people, animals, and ecosystems (Figure 1). 2 The United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified a multitude of health effects resulting from climate disruptions including increased respiratory and cardiovascular diseases; injuries and premature deaths related to extreme weather events; changes in the prevalence and geographical distribution of food-and waterborne illnesses and other infectious diseases; and threats to mental health.…”

Climate Change as a Threat to Health: Family Medicine Call to Action and Response

“…The revised Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements for GME in family medicine call on residency programs to become increasingly sophisticated at measuring trainee outcomes with patient experience data, population health metrics, Milestones and/or ITE scores. 1 Increasingly, stakeholders recognize that true outcome measures must also incorporate performance after residency to evaluate whether training goals are actually accomplished as graduates enter their practice. Further, in the absence of a formal knowledge-sharing system, a wealth of experiential wisdom is siloed rather than shared between program directors (PDs).…”

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ProblemClimate change presents existential threats to human health and the sustainability of life on earth. [1][2] Increased global temperatures have resulted in more frequent and extreme weather events, widespread fires, and catastrophic flooding, which in turn affect food production, air quality, access to clean drinking water, safe shelter, vector-borne diseases, and essential infrastructure; thus threatening the health of people, animals, and ecosystems (Figure 1). 2 The United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified a multitude of health effects resulting from climate disruptions including increased respiratory and cardiovascular diseases; injuries and premature deaths related to extreme weather events; changes in the prevalence and geographical distribution of food-and waterborne illnesses and other infectious diseases; and threats to mental health.

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