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EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
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F. MARIAN BISHOP F. Marian Bishop, PH.D, MSPH, is the President of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 1740 West 92nd Street, Kansas C i e , Missouri, USA. The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) was founded in 1967 as a forum for the exchange of knowledge, experience and ideas concerning the medical education of family physicians. Since that time it has served as the core organization for those teaching the biomedical, social, environmental and behavioural aspects of comprehensive patient care. As stated in its articles of incorporation, the Society is dedicated to:
odologies that were being amalgamated into a curriculum for training family physicians. From its beginning, STFM has maintained more of an evolutionary quality than a rigidly defined structure. Membership
cine as an academic discipline. 0 Maintaining and continually improving the quality of education in family medicine. 0 Developing multi-disciplined instructional and scientific skills and knowledge in the field of family medicine. 0 Providing an international forum for the interchange of experience and ideas among its members and other interested persons. 0 Encouraging research and teaching in family medicine.
Today the Society membership is approximately 2,150, representing the discipline of family medicine at 387 medical school and community hospital family practice residency programmes throughout the United States. Eighty per cent of the members are physicians; but psychologists, sociologists, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, lawyers, public health specialists, learned educators and others involved in family medicine education are also included in the membership. In addition to the United States, the Society includes members from Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and many Latin American and Caribbean nations now in the process of establishing family medicine programmes.
Origins and Philosophy
Organization
Ward Darley, MD, whose memory occupies a unique place in the history of American medical education, was one of the first to recognize the need for such an organization. Out of his long affiliation with both the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association came an understanding of the need for both education in family medicine and an organization to represent the speciality as an academic discipline. As a result of his suggestion, 45 physicians gathered in a New York hotel room one Saturday in October 1967 to found what became STFM. After much discussion the name Society of Teachers of Family Medicine was chosen for explicit reasons: 'Society' reflects the fact that membership should have no disciplinarian or geographic boundaries and, equally important, that all members should have an outlet for their views and ideas concerning the concepts and methMedical Teacher Vol 4 No 4 1982
The affairs of the Society are conducted by a Board of Directors, nine of whom are elected by the membership at the Society's annual meeting, and six appointed by the President to head standing-committees. A staff of seven fulltime employees is housed in the office in Kansas City in facilities shared with the American Academy of Family Physicians. In addition to administrative functions, the staff has experience in grant administration, programme development, publication and audiovisual productions. The programmes and scholarly functions of the Society are conducted primarily through its committees and task forces. The Society has operational standing committees for programmes, education and research, a special committee on international family medicine education and a long-term planning committee on issues and directions. Currently there are nine task forces working on geriatric 149
0 Supporting and expressing the tenets of family medi-
education, patient education, the family, community hospital residencies, computers in education, substance abuse, school health, humanities in family medicine education, and professional and communication skills. These committees and task forces involve approximately 350 members, from more than 138 medical schools and family practice residencies, in Society activities. It is the members of the Society who are the driving force of the organization: the Society has an unusually large and active network of professionals involved in educational activities. This has endowed the Society with the capability of both developing and distributing information and has provided the basis for the many activities outlined below.
the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Board of Family Practice, and the Family Health Foundation of America, and co-sponsors with them the Residency Assistance Program to assist and enhance family medicine teaching programmes. The Society also maintains ties with such organizations as the Association of American Medical Colleges, the North American Primary Care Research Group, the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, and the World Organization of National Academics and Associations of General Practitioner/Family Physicians (WONCA). All of this is an example of what the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine has accomplished; the plan for the future holds much more.
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Meetings and Publications Two major meetings for the Society membership are held each year: the Annual Spring Conference-which in May 1982 included 315 presenters, 22 workshops, and 43 seminars-and an Autumn Scientific Session, traditionally scheduled in conjunction with the American Association of Medical Colleges. The Society also sponsors a number of research workshops at various schools, annual workshops on faculty development and teaching skills, and undergraduate teaching, and special subject-orientated workshops such as Sports Medicine, the Family in Family Medicine, and Clinical and Educational Issues in the Aging Patient, which were held this year. A significant contribution by the Society's task forces has been the publication of a series of curriculum guides. New titles include The Family in Family Medicine, Teaching Sports Medicine, Patient Education, Predoctoral Education in Family Medicine, and a monograph on geriatrics in family medicine. A dozen other monographs ranging from behavioural science in family medicine to practice management training have been published previously. The Society also publishes a refereed bimonthly journal, Family Medicine, and a newsletter, both of which are distributed to the Society membership and to other institutions and individuals, as requested. Special Activities Other major activities of the past year included a position paper on research in family medicine and a major study concerned with future needs in the area of faculty development. The Society administered a grant from the Family Health Foundation of America to support curriculum review in medical education, and jointly administered, with the Pan American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools, a grant from the Kellogg Foundation for faculty development in Latin American countries. In addition, the STFM Foundation is directing a project, in co-operation with the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, to develop a position paper on the similarities and differences between the discipline of family medicine and the discipline of preventive and community medicine. This project is made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Society maintains close working relationships with 150
New Audio Visual Titles The Audio Visual Centre, University of Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU (Tel: 0632 328511) announces the release of two new titles in their external catalogue: Observing Tardive Dyskenesiu (1981, 16 mm film or video cassette, colour, sound, 15 minutes) By H. McClelland. Audience: Psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses. Content: Characteristic movements of tardive dyskenesia are demonstrated and different patients illustrate the range of severity. The need for early recognition of symptoms and the necessity for great care in the monitoring of the drugs prescribed is stressed. An accompanying class sheet offers data on prevalence, aetiology and management. This title won the Bronze Award of the British Medical Association Film Competition, 1981, and the BLAT Certification of Educational Commendation 1982. The Whipmix Face Bow Recorder (1981. videotape. colour, sound, 15 minutes) By T . A. Cowell. Audience: Undergraduate and postgraduate dental students. Content: The importance of using articulator and face bow are described and the hinge-type and Dinar are contrasted with the Whipmis instruments, and the procedures involved in making the recordings are demonstrated. Clinical sequences shown include the procedural demonstration of the Whipmix articulator and its face bow. All stages of recording are shown as is the method of making lateral and protrusive jaw movement records. This tape was given the Gold Award (Medical Category) at the British Industrial and Scientific Film Association Ltd, International Video Festi\,al, 1982.
Medical Teacher Vol 4 No 4 1982
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EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Med Teach Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of British Columbia on 12/11/14 For personal use only.
F. MARIAN BISHOP F. Marian Bishop, PH.D, MSPH, is the President of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 1740 West 92nd Street, Kansas C i e , Missouri, USA. The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) was founded in 1967 as a forum for the exchange of knowledge, experience and ideas concerning the medical education of family physicians. Since that time it has served as the core organization for those teaching the biomedical, social, environmental and behavioural aspects of comprehensive patient care. As stated in its articles of incorporation, the Society is dedicated to:
odologies that were being amalgamated into a curriculum for training family physicians. From its beginning, STFM has maintained more of an evolutionary quality than a rigidly defined structure. Membership
cine as an academic discipline. 0 Maintaining and continually improving the quality of education in family medicine. 0 Developing multi-disciplined instructional and scientific skills and knowledge in the field of family medicine. 0 Providing an international forum for the interchange of experience and ideas among its members and other interested persons. 0 Encouraging research and teaching in family medicine.
Today the Society membership is approximately 2,150, representing the discipline of family medicine at 387 medical school and community hospital family practice residency programmes throughout the United States. Eighty per cent of the members are physicians; but psychologists, sociologists, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, lawyers, public health specialists, learned educators and others involved in family medicine education are also included in the membership. In addition to the United States, the Society includes members from Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and many Latin American and Caribbean nations now in the process of establishing family medicine programmes.
Origins and Philosophy
Organization
Ward Darley, MD, whose memory occupies a unique place in the history of American medical education, was one of the first to recognize the need for such an organization. Out of his long affiliation with both the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association came an understanding of the need for both education in family medicine and an organization to represent the speciality as an academic discipline. As a result of his suggestion, 45 physicians gathered in a New York hotel room one Saturday in October 1967 to found what became STFM. After much discussion the name Society of Teachers of Family Medicine was chosen for explicit reasons: 'Society' reflects the fact that membership should have no disciplinarian or geographic boundaries and, equally important, that all members should have an outlet for their views and ideas concerning the concepts and methMedical Teacher Vol 4 No 4 1982
The affairs of the Society are conducted by a Board of Directors, nine of whom are elected by the membership at the Society's annual meeting, and six appointed by the President to head standing-committees. A staff of seven fulltime employees is housed in the office in Kansas City in facilities shared with the American Academy of Family Physicians. In addition to administrative functions, the staff has experience in grant administration, programme development, publication and audiovisual productions. The programmes and scholarly functions of the Society are conducted primarily through its committees and task forces. The Society has operational standing committees for programmes, education and research, a special committee on international family medicine education and a long-term planning committee on issues and directions. Currently there are nine task forces working on geriatric 149
0 Supporting and expressing the tenets of family medi-
education, patient education, the family, community hospital residencies, computers in education, substance abuse, school health, humanities in family medicine education, and professional and communication skills. These committees and task forces involve approximately 350 members, from more than 138 medical schools and family practice residencies, in Society activities. It is the members of the Society who are the driving force of the organization: the Society has an unusually large and active network of professionals involved in educational activities. This has endowed the Society with the capability of both developing and distributing information and has provided the basis for the many activities outlined below.
the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Board of Family Practice, and the Family Health Foundation of America, and co-sponsors with them the Residency Assistance Program to assist and enhance family medicine teaching programmes. The Society also maintains ties with such organizations as the Association of American Medical Colleges, the North American Primary Care Research Group, the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, and the World Organization of National Academics and Associations of General Practitioner/Family Physicians (WONCA). All of this is an example of what the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine has accomplished; the plan for the future holds much more.
Med Teach Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of British Columbia on 12/11/14 For personal use only.
Meetings and Publications Two major meetings for the Society membership are held each year: the Annual Spring Conference-which in May 1982 included 315 presenters, 22 workshops, and 43 seminars-and an Autumn Scientific Session, traditionally scheduled in conjunction with the American Association of Medical Colleges. The Society also sponsors a number of research workshops at various schools, annual workshops on faculty development and teaching skills, and undergraduate teaching, and special subject-orientated workshops such as Sports Medicine, the Family in Family Medicine, and Clinical and Educational Issues in the Aging Patient, which were held this year. A significant contribution by the Society's task forces has been the publication of a series of curriculum guides. New titles include The Family in Family Medicine, Teaching Sports Medicine, Patient Education, Predoctoral Education in Family Medicine, and a monograph on geriatrics in family medicine. A dozen other monographs ranging from behavioural science in family medicine to practice management training have been published previously. The Society also publishes a refereed bimonthly journal, Family Medicine, and a newsletter, both of which are distributed to the Society membership and to other institutions and individuals, as requested. Special Activities Other major activities of the past year included a position paper on research in family medicine and a major study concerned with future needs in the area of faculty development. The Society administered a grant from the Family Health Foundation of America to support curriculum review in medical education, and jointly administered, with the Pan American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools, a grant from the Kellogg Foundation for faculty development in Latin American countries. In addition, the STFM Foundation is directing a project, in co-operation with the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, to develop a position paper on the similarities and differences between the discipline of family medicine and the discipline of preventive and community medicine. This project is made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Society maintains close working relationships with 150
New Audio Visual Titles The Audio Visual Centre, University of Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU (Tel: 0632 328511) announces the release of two new titles in their external catalogue: Observing Tardive Dyskenesiu (1981, 16 mm film or video cassette, colour, sound, 15 minutes) By H. McClelland. Audience: Psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses. Content: Characteristic movements of tardive dyskenesia are demonstrated and different patients illustrate the range of severity. The need for early recognition of symptoms and the necessity for great care in the monitoring of the drugs prescribed is stressed. An accompanying class sheet offers data on prevalence, aetiology and management. This title won the Bronze Award of the British Medical Association Film Competition, 1981, and the BLAT Certification of Educational Commendation 1982. The Whipmix Face Bow Recorder (1981. videotape. colour, sound, 15 minutes) By T . A. Cowell. Audience: Undergraduate and postgraduate dental students. Content: The importance of using articulator and face bow are described and the hinge-type and Dinar are contrasted with the Whipmis instruments, and the procedures involved in making the recordings are demonstrated. Clinical sequences shown include the procedural demonstration of the Whipmix articulator and its face bow. All stages of recording are shown as is the method of making lateral and protrusive jaw movement records. This tape was given the Gold Award (Medical Category) at the British Industrial and Scientific Film Association Ltd, International Video Festi\,al, 1982.
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