one minute recruitment visit

One Minute Recruitment Visit

Ellen Whiting, MEdKelley Withy, MD

Janice L. Benson, MD

History Future Family Medicine Report Strategic Task Force STFM: NAO Collaboration www.futurefamilydocs.org Group on Pipeline in Family Medicine Poster Contest Download Posters and Guide

http://www.stfm.org/initiatives/pipeline.cfm


http://www.futurefamilydocs.org/


Group on Pipeline Objectives Develop innovative ways for family docs to talk with

young patients/families about health career paths Provide a guide for beginning these conversations Assess impact and outcomes of discussions Suggest helpful resources for interested students


Poster Winners


Kara Vormittag, M.D. & Future DocsAdvocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge IL

Kara Vormittag, MD. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge IL

Shari Rodgers, M.D.East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, LA

Sarah Swofford, M.D.Department of Family and Community Medicine

University of Missouri

Invite questions

Have you ever thought about becoming a doctor or another healthcare professional? If not, why not?

What would you like to know about becoming a doctor?


Inquire about interests

What are your favorite subjects in school? What do you like best about science?


Express support

You may have what it takes to be a doctor. We care about your dreams and concerns. Please consider us as a resource as well as friends,

family and teachers. It’s great to imagine you taking care of patients in this

community some day.


Provide contacts and resources

If you want to learn more about being a doctor, let’s plan time to talk. Other students I know have found it helpful to talk with… I have a lot of helpful information about how to make the decision to

seek a medical career. There are summer programs and clubs that may be of interest to you. Please contact us whenever you want to talk about planning for

college, medical school or other healthcare field.


Health career activities for kids of different ages: ◦Summer health camps◦Shadowing experiences◦Youth Health Service Corps or MASH camps◦Health Occupations Student Association groups◦Mentors◦Clinical rotations◦Scholarships◦Jobs

AHEC Resources

Community docs wanting to recruit kids. They will need resources for kids to pursue activities.

Let’s get them those resources!

What does it mean to AHECs?

Community docs willing to mentor Community docs who are potential preceptors

What else?

Next Steps1. Download posters: http://www.stfm.org/initiatives/pipeline.cfm2. Share poster goals with colleagues/staff 3. Recommend posters to local providers4. Link students to AHEC projects and people5. Alert people to AHEC resources www.nationalahec.org 6. Assess outcomes/impact of pipeline posters and projects



http://www.nationalahec.org/

STFM/NAO Outcomes To Date

Future Family Docs Rock posters - 300 hits You can be a Family Doc posters - 1,024 hits (5-27-10)

www.futurefamilydocs.org - 3545 hits since 2007↓

Pipeline Projects

http://www.futurefamilydocs.org/

Results of a Preliminary Survey of STFM Members

Pipeline Projects

Only 20% know the AHEC webpage!

We need to do something about this! We need to make it easy for community doctors

to get kids into the pipeline. And the rest is history…

AHEC Resources

Questions? Comments?

Thank you!

So, what are YOU going to do?

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