December 2000 • Volume 6 Number 12
Academy fellow to survey residents
Residents, keep an eye out for an e-mail from Matthew Lewis, M.D., the new fellow in AAFP's Medical Education Division. Or, better yet, beat him to the punch.
A recent graduate of the Swedish Family Practice Residency in Seattle, Lewis signed on for the staff fellowship with a mission: Bolster communications between family practice residents and the AAFP.
"We need to enhance the resident portion of the Web site," Lewis says. But he wants your input to know where to head with it.
"I've been trying to call about 10 residency coordinators a day to get e-mail addresses for residents in their programs," Lewis says. He's sent a similar request via e-mail to about 100 chief residents.
Lewis needs the e-mail addresses for a survey he plans to distribute to about 2,000 or 3,000 residents, asking them how the Academy's Web site can become more "resident-friendly."
"From the Committee on Resident and Student Affairs meetings I've attended, I've learned that resident leaders are concerned about communication between residents and the Academy," Lewis says. "They want to be sure residents know about resources available to them through the AAFP."
He notes that the Task Force on Student Interest considered the communication issue when developing strategies to attract and hold medical students' interest in family practice. One solution it came up with was Virtual FMIG -- the revised student section of the AAFP Web site designed in the spirit of a family medicine interest group.
To see that site, go to http://fmignet.aafp.org/.
While you're at your computer, send an e-mail to mlewis@aafp.org so Lewis can tap you for suggestions for better communications.
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