2025 Faculty Development Conference

Our planning committee is making plans for a September 2025 Faculty Development Conference. Check back in January for more information.

2024 Faculty Development Conference

September 19, 2024 - Spotlight on Rural Poster & Recruitment Fair

13 posters were presented and attendees were asked to vote for the top 3 posters.  Congratulations to our top 3!

1st Place:  Bridging the Gap - Assessing the Service Needs and Gaps of Rural Communities in Brown County, Wisconsin by Tyson Kauffman, Medical College of Wisconsin - Green Bay

 2nd Place:  Addressing Social Determinants to Advance Health Equity in Rural Wisconsin: Identifying Shared Priorities of Communities, Family Medicine Physicians and University Groups by Sarah D. Hohl, Hazel Behling, Savanna Kiefer, Tomas Schlenker & Shelly Shaw, UW-DFMCH

3rd Place:  Period Poverty within John Muir Middle School by Paige Boruch, Erin Gruber & Amy Prunuske, PhD, Medical College of Central Wisconsin - Central Wisconsin

 

2024 Rural Champion award

During the Spotlight on Rural Poster Fair, Dr. Elizabeth Abbas was awarded our fourth Rural Champion.

A rural champion demonstrates unwavering commitment to rural medicine training and practice in Wisconsin, and is dedicated to educating others about the importance of growing rural medicine in our communities.

Congratulations Dr. Abbas!

 

September 20, 2024 - Faculty Development Conference

2024 Presentations:

Investing in the Future - The Untapped Potential of Rural Residency Training
Ryan Spencer, MD, University of Wisconsin Department of OB/Gyn             

Feedback: Do we have to…?
Feedback Models Handout
Allen Last, MD and Megan Everson, MD, Mosaic Fox Valley Residency

Strategies for Effective Change Management
Eli Burks, MD, SSM Health

Everyday Advocacy: Empowering Individuals to Drive Positive Change
Beth Menzel, MD, Mosaic Fox Valley Residency

Boomers to Zoomers, Bridging the Gap of Generational Crosstalk
Carlyle Chan, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Rob Gouthro, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin - Central Wisconsin, Alexandra Reischman, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin - Central Wisconsin

2023 faculty development conference

September 21, 2023 - Spotlight on Rural Poster & Recruitment Fair

27 posters were presented and attendees were asked to vote for the top 3 posters.  Congratulations to our top 3!

1st Place:  Cascade Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Pediatrics by Morgan Lentz, UW School of Medicine and Public Health

 2nd Place:  Physician Perspective on Drug Addiction by Zoe Weller & Alexa Bonneville, Medical College of Wisconsin—Green Bay

3rd Place:  Educational Initiative on Opioid Prevention in the Green Bay Area School District by Collin Evenson, Brodey Danielsen & Zachariah Piper, UW School of Medicine and Public Health

 

2023 Rural Champion award

During the Spotlight on Rural Poster Fair, Dr. Rob Gouthro was awarded our third Rural Champion.

A rural champion demonstrates unwavering commitment to rural medicine training and practice in Wisconsin, and is dedicated to educating others about the importance of growing rural medicine in our communities.

Congratulations Dr. Gouthro!

 

September 22, 2023 - Faculty Development Conference

2023 Presentations:

A Vision for Primary Care in Wisconsin
David Rakel, MD, University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health              

Effective Strategies in Rural Telehealth
Sarjoo Patel, MD, Beam Healthcare and James Billings, MD, North Central Health Care

Developing Effective Evaluation Systems
Allen Last, MD and Megan Everson, MD, Mosaic Fox Valley Residency

Flourishing Focused Resident Advising
Jeff Fritz, PHD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Building a Strong Foundation for Physician Engagement and Faculty Recruitment
Bob Leschke, MD, Leschke Coaching and Consulting, Jillian Landeck, MD and Jensi Carlson, MD, University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Residency Recruitment: 2023 NRMP Match Updates
Rob Gouthro, MD, MCW-Central Wisconsin Psychiatry Residency and Ildi Martonffy, MD, University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Additional Training

Preceptors & Program directors

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM):

Faculty for Tomorrow Webinars
This free webinar series, developed by the Faculty for Tomorrow Task Force, provides fundamental knowledge and skills that new faculty and residents as educators need to thrive in a career in academic family medicine.

Residency Faculty Fundamentals
This certificate program includes self-led courses with assignments to provide foundational training for residency faculty. Completion of the track requires a minimum of 30 hours and covers:

  • The structure and requirements of residency education

  • How to be an effective and efficient faculty member

  • The nuts and bolts of curriculum development and teaching

  • Strategies for assessment, feedback, and remediation of residents

National Institute for Program Director Development (NIPDD):

NIPPD Fellowship
The NIPDD fellowship uses a one-of-a-kind, adult learning model to enhance knowledge, attitudes, and skills and to groom participants to become effective residency program directors. This program is available for family medicine faculty and new program directors.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA):

Rural Interprofessional Faculty Development Initiative (RIFDI)
Rural Interprofessional Faculty Development Initiative (RIFDI) is a two-year training program designed to attract providers, improve clinician job satisfaction and retention, and develop teaching and training skills for educators in rural settings. A long-term goal is to develop new training programs for clinicians in rural areas, exposing new trainees to rural practice environments.