FP Report -- July 1999
Special Section
Training the next generation
How well the next generation of primary care doctors is trained in human genetics will be influenced by a $1.6 million federal contract awarded in September 1998.
The contract for Genetics in Primary Care: A Faculty Development Initiative was awarded to the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. The project focuses on educating three types of faculty in family medicine, pediatrics and internal medicine: inexperienced educators, career educators and experienced faculty in leadership positions.
The first year is devoted to laying the project groundwork; an executive committee is up and running, and an advisory committee is being formed. In the second year, six faculty development education and training projects will be implemented. Project outcomes will be assessed and reported in the third year.
The contract is jointly funded by the bureaus of Maternal and Child Health and Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Institutes of Health, and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. AAFP Vice President for Education and Science Norman Kahn, M.D., is the project director, and STFM Executive Director Roger Sherwood, C.A.E., is project administrator.
For more information, contact project manager Ardis Davis, M.S.W., at (206) 542-1750 or ardisd7283@aol.com.
Coverage by Paula Binder, editor; layout by Mary Theobald
FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department. Copyright © 1999 by American Academy of Family Physicians.
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