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3 American College ofOsteopathic Family Physicians: Osteopathic Postgraduate Medical Education inFamily Medicine
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References

1. The DO’s, Osteopathic Medicine in America; Johns Hopkins University Press, Norman Getz author 2019, Chapter 1, A.T.Still & Chapter 6, Push for a Higher Standard.
2. Osteopathic College and Student Expansion: https://macyfounda-
tion.org/assets/reports/publications/jmf_medschoolexpansion_ webpdf.pdf
3. Osteopathic and Allopathic Medical School Trends: https://jour-
nals.stfm.org/familymedicine/2022/february/fugazzi- 2020- 0281/
4. Osteopathic Recognition Requirements: https://www.
acgme.org/globalassets/pfassets/programrequirements/801_ osteopathicrecognition_2021v2.pd
5. History of Transition to the SAS: https://www.acgme.org/about/
transition- to- a- single- gme- accreditation- system- history/
6. Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine locations: https://www.
aacom.org/become- a- doctor/prepare- for- medical- school/ us- colleges- of- osteopathic- medicine
7. Osteopathic Recognition Requirements: Frequently Asked Questions on ACGME website: https://www.acgme.org/globalassets/pfassets/
programrequirements/801osteopathicrecognitionfaqs.pdf
8. Osteopathic Certication Examinations: https://certication.osteo-
pathic.org/family- physicians/certification- process/early- entry­certification- program/#:~:text=The%20AOBFP%20Early%20 En
9. AOBFP In-Service Examination: https://www.acofp.org/acofpimis/
Acofporg/Program_Directors/in_service_exam.aspx
10. Early Entry Initial Certication: https://certication.osteo-
pathic.org/family- physicians/certification- process/early- entry­certification- program/#:~:text=The%20AOBFP%20Early%20 En
11. Approximate Times for Osteopathic Family Medicine Certications:
https://certification.osteopathic.org/family- physicians/ important- dates/
12. ACOFP Education and Research Foundation Initial Certication Fund:
https://certication.osteopathic.org/family- physicians/certication­process/early- entry- certification- program/#:~:text=The%20 AOBFP%20Early%20En
13. Maintenance of Certication & OCC: https://certication.osteo-
pathic.org/family- physicians/
Association ofDepartments ofFamily Medicine: Assisting Family Medicine Graduate Medical Education Programs toReach Their Full Potential
F.DavidSchneider
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Key Points
• The Association of Departments of Family Medicine is the organization that represents academic departments at medical schools in the USA and Canada, and in large regional academic health centers across the country.
• The mission of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine is to support academic departments of family medicine to lead and achieve their full potential in patient care, medical education, scholarship, and advocacy to promote health and health equity.
• The four academic societies that make up the Council of Academic Family Medicine (CAFM) are the Association of Departments of Family Medicine, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the North American Primary Care Research Group, and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
• The Family Medicine Leadership Consortium includes the CAFM organizations plus the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the AAFP Foundation, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and the American Board of Family Medicine.
• The Association of Departments of Family Medicine is involved in a number of initiatives to strengthen research and scholarship in family medicine.
• The Association of Departments of Family Medicine pro­vides a unique perspective on the development of policies governing graduate medical education.
• The Association of Departments of Family Medicine assists department chairs with the procurement of resources to support educational and research funding at institutions with residency programs and fellowships.
• The Association of Departments of Family Medicine sup­ports medical student interest in family medicine.
F. D. Schneider (*) Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA e-mail: David.Schneider@UTSouthwestern.edu
The Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) is the organization that represents academic depart­ments at medical schools in the USA and Canada and in large regional academic health centers across the country [1]. The mission of ADFM is to support academic departments of family medicine to lead and achieve their full potential in patient care, medical education, scholarship, and advocacy to promote health and health equity. With a vision of thriv­ing, empowered academic departments of family medicine improving health for all, the organization has focused on developing senior leaders in academic family medicine, sharing innovations in education and care delivery, and strengthening research capacity in family medicine.
In addition to department chairs who are the voting mem­bers of ADFM on behalf of their department, the organiza­tion encourages departments to include their senior administrator as a member. ADFM also offers an associate membership category for other senior department leaders (e.g., Vice Chairs), additional administrators, and past chairs. The total membership of ADFM is over 250 individuals rep­resenting 160+ departments across North America.
Some of the main offerings of ADFM include managing an active listserv; holding a national conference each winter; and generating ongoing resources and opportunities for shar­ing of promising practices and peer support, including “hot topic” discussion forums and consultations. Most of the work of the organization is done within its six strategic com­mittees: Healthcare Delivery Transformation; Research Development; Education Transformation; Leader Development; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and Advocacy.
Several specic initiatives of ADFM include the Leadership Education for Academic Development and Success (LEADS) fellowship and the Building Research Capacity (BRC) initiative. The LEADS fellowship is a 1-year program designed for mid to late-career family medicine leaders interested in pathways to new leadership opportuni­ties in academic medicine and in other health systems. As
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part of their curriculum, fellows receive consultation on stra­tegic career planning and interactive advice about personal and professional goals. BRC is a partnership between the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) and ADFM to strengthen the capacity of family medicine academic departments and residency programs to conduct robust primary care research and create a “culture of curios­ity” among learners; it includes a fellowship program, a con­sultation service, and an ongoing curriculum of presentations at various conferences throughout the year.
In addition to these offerings, ADFM is deeply engaged with other family medicine organizations; the ADFM is one of four academic societies of the specialty of family medi­cine that makes up the Council of Academic Family Medicine (CAFM). The other members of CAFM are the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the North American Primary Care Research Group, and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors. ADFM is also a part of the larger Family Medicine Leadership Consortium that includes the CAFM organizations plus the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the AAFP Foundation, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and the American Board of Family Medicine. Both the CAFM and the FMLC meet in person semi-annually to collaboratively strategize ways to strengthen the discipline through both our academic and practice roles.
The role of ADFM in graduate medical education (GME) is to provide input and perspective on the development of policies governing GME, particularly from the university­based or academic health system program perspective, and to assist department chairs with the procurement of resources
to support educational programming at institutions that have residency programs and fellowships. Most departments have one or more family medicine residencies as a core program, and many are afliated with additional residency programs that are primarily run at community hospitals.
Some of the areas concerning GME that ADFM is most
engaged in include:
• Changes to and implementation of the ACGME Program Requirements.
• Advocacy for funding of GME residency positions and support of family medicine education through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Teaching Health Centers, and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Title VII grants.
• Training of chairs to lead and support family medicine residency program directors since it is often the depart­ment chair’s job to negotiate resources to support educa­tion and research/scholarship for residents and faculty.
• Partnering with other family medicine organizations to ensure the success of family medicine residency education.
• Support medical student interest in family medicine as a specialty.

Reference

1. Association of Departments of Family Medicine. https://www.
adfm.org/about/about- us/. Accessed 13 Dec 2023.

Association of Family Medicine Administration and the Key Role of the Residency Program Coordinator

KatherineKellerman
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Key Points
• The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Family Medicine state that each residency program must have “a lead administrative per­son, frequently referred to as a ‘program coordinator,’” who is provided the time, resources and support to man­age the day-to-day operations of the program.
• The program coordinator is a key member of the residency leadership team and, with the program director, is respon­sible for ensuring that the program meets ACGME common and family medicine-specic accreditation requirements.
• The program coordinator must possess an in-depth knowl­edge of ACGME accreditation requirements and help the program implement and observe the policies of the ACGME, American Board of Family Medicine, state gov­ernment, sponsoring institution, university, faculty and resident employers, and health care facilities such as hos­pitals and physician ofces.
• Functions of the coordinator include serving as a liaison between faculty, residents, staff, administrators, medical students, and residency applicants and as an advisor, counselor, and guide toresidents and faculty.
• The Association of Family Medicine Administration (AFMA) offers family medicine residency coordinators a community for peer support, exchange of best practices, and newsabout developments in graduate medical education.
• The National Board for Certication of Training Administrators in Graduate Medical Education (TAGME) offers certication for coordinators and others who are involved in the management of ACGME-accredited resi­dency and fellowship programs in all specialties.
K. Kellerman (*) University of Kansas School of Medicine– Wichita Family Medicine Residency Program at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS, USA e-mail: Katie.Kellerman@wesleymc.com
The Role oftheProgram Coordinator
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Family Medicine (effective 7/1/2024) state that each residency program must have “a lead administrative per­son, frequently referred to as a program coordinator, adminis­trator, or as otherwise titled by the institution” who is provided the time, resources and support to manage the day- to- day oper­ations of the program [1]. The program coordinator is “a key member of the leadership team and is critical to the success of the program” [1]. With the program director, the coordinator is responsible for ensuring that the program meets all common and family medicine-specic accreditation requirements.
Along with the expectation that the program coordinator pos­sesses an “in-depth knowledge of the ACGME and program requirements” [1], the coordinator helps the program navigate the multiple, complex, and sometimes conicting, policies and procedures of the ACGME, American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), state government, university, faculty, and resident employers, sponsoring institution and health care facilities (e.g., hospitals and physician ofces). In addition, the coordinator will likely be involved in resident and visiting medical student rota­tion scheduling, faculty and resident recruitment, event planning (e.g., residency applicant social functions, new-resident orienta­tion, graduation), didactic programming, tracking and reporting of various data (e.g., Accreditation Data System (ADS), paid time off usage, certication expirations, rotation evaluations) and budgeting. The ACGME recognizes that coordinators may need dedicated support staff to help them fulll their duties.
The most important functions of the coordinator may be thosenot outlined in the job description, such as serving as a liaison between faculty, residents, staff, administrators, medi­cal students, and residency applicants. Additionally, the coor­dinator often serves as an informal—and important—advisor, counselor, and guide for residents and faculty. To be success-
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ful, the coordinator must be skilled in personnel management, ofce management, administration, and leadership.
A sample job description for a family medicine residency
program coordinator is available in Appendix 1.
Association ofFamily Medicine Administration (AFMA)
Much like the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) offers a community for program directors, the Association of Family Medicine Administration (AFMA) offers program coordinators a professional network to connect with peers, share best practices, and stay abreast of develop­ments in graduate medical education. Founded in 1984, AFMA is “dedicated to the professional growth and development of its members with particular emphasis on administration and coor­dination of health care delivery, education, and research within family medicine residency programs” [2].
Nearly 600 family medicine residency program coordina­tors are members of AFMA.Those who completed the 2023 AFMA membership survey hadbeen in their positions any­where from 0 to 45years (average of 7.4years) and in family medicine administration 0–45years (average of 9.6years) [3].
Benets ofMembership
AFMA offers membersnumerous benets [2], including:
• An email listserv to monitor—and participate in—
question- and-answer threads pertinent to the coordinator
position and family medicine graduate medical education.
Coordinators can share information and access samples
of documents such as rotation goals and objectives, evalu-
ations, policies, and schedule templates.
• A quarterly newsletter containing a message from the
AFMA president, graduate medical education news,
reminders of upcoming dates and events of importance in
the residency cycle, member spotlights, and tips for
increasing wellness, job satisfaction, and efciency.
• A member directory
• The opportunity to request an AFMA mentor or act as a
mentor
• Invitations to free webinars, often presented by AFMA
members
• Discounted registration for the AFMA Residency
Administrative Development Workshop, held annually,
one day prior to the American Academy of Family
Physicians Residency Leadership Summit (RLS). Topics
frequently include ACGME and ABFM policy updatesand
a review of frequently asked questions, best practices for
in-person and virtual recruiting, the ECFMG certication
process, and professional development seminars like
change management. The Annual AFMA Business
Meeting is heldduring this workshop.
• The opportunity to serve on a committee and seek elec­tion to the Board of Directors. AFMA committees include:
– Education—Audio and Web-Conferencing – Education—Residency Administrative Development
Workshop
– Education—Residency Leadership Summit Program
Planning – Fundraising & Marketing – Information Exchange—Media – Information Exchange—Website – Membership – Mentoring
Programs are encouraged to make their program coordi­nators aware of AFMA and allocate funding to ensure mem­bership. Annual dues are approximately $200. Additional information can be found at afmaonline.org.
The National Board forCertication ofTraining Administrators inGraduate Medical Education (TAGME)
The National Board for Certication of Training Administrators in Graduate Medical Education (TAGME) is a certifying agency for residency program coordinators— andprogram directors, DIOs, and qualifying support staff— in all ACGME-accredited residency programs. Certication attests that the recipients, now totaling 1250 residency pro­gram coordinators, have “the necessary knowledge, experi­ence, and skills to perform their duties in a professional and competent manner” [4, 5], a particularly important designa­tion because there are no college degree programs for coor­dinators [4].
TAGME began offering certication in 2005 to provide assurance that individuals are able to “quickly and accurately source relevant GME information and apply it appropri-
ately....” [4] Applicants must be in a GME position for at
least two consecutive years, acquire specic educational credits and receive a passing score on a 5-hour, open-book examination. A “Study Guide,” consisting of 19 documents, including the ACGME Common Program Requirements and FAQs, Institutional Requirements and FAQs, and NRMP Match Agreements for Applicants and Institutions is avail­able to applicants prior to, and during, the exam. Applicants are cautioned that, despite the test being open book, they must be “able to demonstrate a high level of familiarity with an advanced understanding” of the contentin order to apply the information.
Individuals are allowed to claim the C-TAGME credential for 5 years. The Maintenance of Certication process has requirements similar to those of the initial application. More information, including a guide to the certication process that explains eligibility and application instructions, is avail­able on the TAGME website at tagme.org [4].
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Appendix 1

Family Medicine Residency Program Coordinator Sample position summary
Required qualications
Bachelor’s degree in business, education, or related eld Procient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word Experience working with condential information Organizational skills with the ability to adapt and adjust to changing priorities
Preferred qualications
Experience in a managerial role Master’s degree in healthcare administration, business, education or related eld Experience working in graduate or undergraduate medical education TAGME certication Experience with ACGME accreditation and ABFM certication requirements
Essential functions
Provide administrative support to the program director Work with the program director and faculty to ensure all accreditation requirements are met and prepare for ACGME- required program
evaluations Maintain procient knowledge of ACGME and ABFM requirements Collect and enter resident and program information for the ACGME ADS Annual Update, the annual National GME Census, and the annual
AAFP Residency Census Complete resident, graduate, and faculty verication and reference requests Coordinate residents’ annual and monthly rotation schedules, ensuring all rotations are compliant with ACGME and residency requirements,
and provide residents and preceptors with rotation schedules, goals and objectives, and preceptor- resident contact information Distribute, collect, organize, and submit resident-of-rotation and preceptor-of-residentevaluations Coordinate with contact persons at each preceptor’sofce and hospital to ensure that Program Letters of Agreement, Non-Hospital Site
Afliation Agreements, and faculty appointments are fully executed prior to every resident rotation Assist in the maintenance of the residency program’s Policy and Procedure Manual and each rotation’s goals and objectives Provide oversight (with the program director) of the residency program budget, tracking all residency expenses, guaranteeing accuracy,
ensuring funds are used economically, and approving/denyingexpense requests Apportion monthly resident meal money (based on call shifts/rotations), tracking expenses against the allotted budget Track and schedule certication and recertication courses for all residents and faculty, ensuring that each physician holds state licensure,
professional liability insurance, DEA registration and certication in ACLS, ALSO, ATLS, BLS, NRP, and PALS Coordinate all logistics for the residents’ annual In-Training Exam (register residents with the ABFM, schedule residents for the exam, test
computers, notify residents and faculty of details, and serve as proctor) Serve as liaison between the residency, sponsoring institution, andacademic department to facilitate completion of faculty appointments,
faculty promotions, graduate surveys, and department newsletters Serve as liaison between the residency and residents’ employment ofce, overseeing paperwork associated with employment contracts,
resident leaves of absence, PTO requests, Step 3 completion, and other employment-related matters Arrange logistics for residents and faculty who are required or choose to attend residency and/or family medicine-related events (faculty
retreats, Annual Program Evaluation, CME conferences, chief resident leadership workshops, etc.) Input and maintain resident information on a centralized resident evaluation and scheduling database (demographics, score reports,
certication renewal dates, schedules, evaluations, etc.) Prepare for and execute the PGY1 resident orientation Ensure that all graduating residents have met ACGME and residency requirements and are able to enroll in the ABFM Continuous
Certication Process Upon graduation, review each graduate’s residency le for completeness, scanning to electronic le Employ various communication methods to resolve director, faculty, and resident problems, respond to requests, and answer questions Attend weekly faculty meetings and monthly residency program meetings Schedule meetings for the program director and attend, upon invitation Act as liaison between faculty/residents and building maintenance Oversee reservations for the residency conference rooms Delegate appropriate responsibilities to the residency program administrative assistant and the residency program scheduler and supervise
their assignments Provide backup to the residency program administrative assistant and residency program scheduler Complete other duties as assigned
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References

1. ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Family Medicine. https://www.acgme.org/globalassets/pfassets/
programrequirements/120_familymedicine_2024.pdf. Accessed 21
Dec 2023.
2. Association of Family Medicine Administration (AFMA). http://
www.afmaonline.org. Accessed 6 Jan 2024.
3. Cristin Estes, Executive Secretary, Association of Family Medicine Administration; Sr. Program Strategist, American Academy of Family Physicians (personal communication) (email thread, September 11, 2023).
4. The National Board for Certication of Training Administrators in Graduate Medical Education (TAGME). http://www.tagme.org. Accessed 6 Jan 2024.
5. Annette Lemire, BS, Past President, TAGME (personal communica­tion) (email thread, December 4, 2023).
Association ofFamily Medicine Residency Directors: ACollective Voice forFamily Medicine Residency Program Directors
DeborahClements
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Key Points
• A successful family medicine residency program director plays a crucial role in shaping the next generation of fam­ily physicians.
• To be effective, a family medicine residency program director must possess a combination of clinical, educa­tional, administrative, and interpersonal skills.
• Goals of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) include having a collective voice in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee-Family Medicine, in Washington DC and with other family medicine organizations.
• The AFMRD is a successful mechanism for consensus building among family medicine residency program directors and serves as a unied voice for family medicine graduate medical education.
• AFMRD membership includes program directors who each have a vote at the annual general membership meet­ing and associate program directors, former program directors, and graduates of the National Institute for Program Director Development.
• Membership benets of the AFMRD include access to web-based resources that include a curated, searchable toolbox that offers guidance on program administration, sample job descriptions, teaching techniques and impor­tant information on regulations and requirements in fam­ily medicine.
• Consistently ranked as one of the most valuable member benets of AFMRD is the e-mail-based member discus­sion forum.
• Developed in 1994, the National Institute of Program Director Development is designed for family medicine
D. Clements (*) Nancy and Warren Furey Professor of Community Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA e-mail: DCLEMEN1@nm.org
residency program directors and the content is highly rel­evant to the unique challenges and opportunities of their role, emphasizing collaboration, mentorship and shared best practices.
• The curriculum of the National Institute of Program Director Development includes accreditation, residency program curriculum development, faculty development, resident assessment, residency budgeting and nance, resident recruitment and retention, personal growth, stress management and resiliency.
A successful family medicine residency program director plays a crucial role in shaping the next generation of family physicians. To be effective in this position, a director must possess a combination of clinical, educational, administra­tive, and interpersonal skills. Program directors are adminis­trators, leaders, role models, educators and family physicians. In essence, a successful family medicine residency program director is a multifaceted individual who blends clinical expertise, educational insights, administrative capabilities, and interpersonal skills to create a nurturing and effective training environment for aspiring family physicians.
Because of the unique nature of the job, family medicine
residency program directors united and called for a new organization that could represent their specic interests. In 1990, the Association of Family Practice Residency Directors (AFPRD) was formed to give program directors both a national voice and a mechanism for collaboration and educa­tion. At that time, all family medicine program directors became eligible for membership. Each program director member had one vote for business and policy decision mat­ters within the organization. With the change in specialty name from Family Practice to Family Medicine in 2006, the organization was reincorporated as the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD).
Originally, the six goals of the organization included hav-
ing (1) a voice in existing organizations in family medicine, (2) a voice in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
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Education Residency Review Committee-Family Practice, (3) advocacy in Washington DC, (4) close ties with the American Academy of Family Physicians, (5) communica­tion among program directors to establish their priorities and (6) membership for all program directors, each having asin­gle vote [1].
Throughout the early 1990s, the AFMRD became a suc­cessful mechanism for consensus building among family medicine residency program directors and a unied voice in family medicine graduate medical education. By the mid­1990s, the ACGME RRC-FP incorporated substantial changes into the family practice accreditation requirements as recommended by the members of the AFMRD. Additionally, program directors gained an important voice throughout a network of organizations through liaison rela­tionships with the Family Practice Working Party, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Commission on Education and Student Interest Task Force, The Academic Family Medicine Organizations (AFMO) and the Association of American Medical Colleges Forum on the Transition from Medical School to Residency.
Over the years, the AFMRD has grown in both member­ship and inuence, expanding to better serve the needs of its members through a robust mission, vision and expression of values (Table 6.1). The primary members of AFMRD are those currently serving as directors of ACGME-accredited family medicine residency programs, each continuing to have a single vote in the organization as originally designed. Associate members include other leaders such as associate program directors, former program directors, designated program directors seeking program accreditation, program directors of accredited Canadian family medicine residency programs and graduates of the National Institute for Program Director Development. International program director mem­berships are available as well.
Annually, the AFMRD business meeting occurs in con­junction with the AAFP-sponsored Residency Leadership Symposium (RLS). During this meeting, program directors are recognized for their accomplishments and tenure through bronze, silver and gold awards. Led by the elected leadership
of the AFMRD Board of Directors, changes to the organiza­tion’s bylaws, annual budget and occasionally, proposed resolutions are addressed by the membership in attendance.
To meet the increasingly complex needs of program directors in their daily jobs as managers of both people and budgets, the AFMRD developed the National Institute for Program Director Development (NIPDD) in 1994. The NIPDD continues to attract program directors and associate program directors and is fully subscribed each year. The cur­riculum has expanded since the inception of the course to include accreditation, curriculum development, faculty development, resident assessment, residency budgeting and nance, resident recruitment and retention, and more. Each participating fellow is paired with an experienced program director to offer mentorship and guidance over the twelve­month duration of the program, creating a robust community of learners across the country. Fellows complete a project designed to study an area of interest in graduate medical edu­cation as well as a nancial analysis of their program to enhance their understanding of funds ow and residency nancial support.
Since the NIPDD is specically designed for family med­icine program directors, the content is highly relevant to the unique challenges and opportunities of this role, in contrast to more general leadership development courses. The NIPDD is a rich source of collaboration, mentorship and shared best practices, emphasizing personal growth and development, stress management and cultivation of resilience. Even after the formal training sessions, the relationships and networks established during the year-long course serve as an ongoing source of support and guidance.
Membership benets of the AFMRD include access to online resources that are critical to the success of a program director. A curated, searchable program director toolbox offers guidance on program administration, sample job descriptions, teaching tools and important information on regulations and requirements in family medicine.
Consistently ranked as one of the most valuable member benets is the member discussion forum. This e-mail-based forum, available in both live and digest formats, allows
Table 6.1 Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) mission, vision, and values [2]
Mission
The Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) inspires and empowers family medicine residency program directors to achieve excellence in family medicine residency training
Vision
The Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors envisions a vibrant community of residency directors engaged in excellence, mutual assistance, and innovation to meet the healthcare needs of the public
Values
Quality in family medicine graduate medical education Innovation to enhance the art and science of family medicine residency education Ethical behavior in all efforts Mutual collaboration among family medicine residency directors for the common good Alliance building with organizations that share AFMRD values
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members to seek solutions and advice from each other about their work as program directors. These discussion threads are archived by topic on the AFMRD website and serve as an enduring resource.
In partnership with the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the AFMRD offers a national Residency Curriculum Resource (RCR). The RCR is comprised of both a free core medical topic list with recommended readings and a subscription-based compendium of more than 170 peer-reviewed, case-based presentations, quizzes and facili­tators’ guides to support residency education.
The AFMRD has adapted to changing landscapes in med­ical education, healthcare policy and the increasing chal­lenges faced by family medicine program directors. This includes responding to changes in ACGME accreditation
requirements, addressing physician workforce issues and training family physicians to meet the evolving healthcare needs of the population. Most recently, the AFMRD has been instrumental in making national recommendations regarding program signaling in the AAMC Electronic Residency Application Service for family medicine residency appli­cants and has played a key role in advancing competency­based medical education.

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