Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Group on Education Professionals (GEP)
July, 2004 Report

The co-chairs for the group will remain the same for 2004/05:

• Dennis Baker, Ph.D. ( Florida State University College of Medicine)
• Julie Robbs, M.A. (Southern Illinois University School of Medicine)

The GEP met in Toronto at the annual meeting and discussed goals for the next year. The next meeting will be at the Predoctoral Education Conference in Albuquerque, NM in January, 2005. We continue to discuss action items via email and our listserve.

Presentations:
Members of the group presented the following at the 2004 Predoctoral Education Conference in New Orleans:

1. Seminar, Professional Educator-Physician Partnerships:Key Ingredients for Successful Collaborations at the 2004 Predoctoral Education Conference (Marconi Monteiro, Kathryn Chappelle, Julie Robbs, LuAnne Stockton).

2004 Annual Conference in Toronto:

1. Roundtable: Is There an Educator in the House? It Makes Sense and Saves Cents!
   (Ellen Whiting, Dennis Baker, Kathryn Chappelle). There was valuable discussion about attendees’ perspectives and experiences working as/with educators and how we might refine the description of our roles and contributions to family medicine education.
2. Poster: The Educator is In! (David Yens, Susan Labuda-Schrop). This provided an opportunity for attendees to meet one-on-one with an experienced educator for advice on specific educational projects/dilemmas. We may update the poster for future presentations.

Projected & Completed Activities/Goals for 2004-05/Relationship to STFM Strategic Goals/Objectives:

1. Continue to promote an educational focus for STFM presentations by submitting presentation proposals for the Predoctoral Education & Annual Spring Conferences.
   Goal#1: provide academic development of faculty appropriate to level of experience
   Objective 1.1: include faculty development components in each STFM conference
2. Maintain the new GEP listserv for an updated list of members, which will be revised with help from the STFM Website. This group has more than 75 members.
   Goal #5: explore, incorporate, teach advances in info tech appropriate for family medicine
   Objective 5.3: support quality education in IT by providing appropriate educational experiences at all STFM national meetings
3. Promote the group as a resource for career development for educators. A presentation on basic grant writing skills will be proposed for the 2005 Annual Spring Conference.
   Goal #1, Objective 1.2: Provide programs for faculty (educators) at various levels/settings
4. Gather and disseminate information about the educational backgrounds, responsibilities, professional status, and areas of interest/expertise of professional educators in family medicine. Continue work on “prototype job descriptions” of education professionals. Goal #1, Objective l.2
   Reported 7-7-04 by Julie Robbs, Co-Chair, STFM Group on Education Professionals  

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