RAP Workshop Sessions Focus on Future of Family Medicine

"The training of future family physicians will require a culture of innovation and experimentation to identify and evaluate new educational approaches."

That premise, enunciated in the Future of Family Medicine report, forms the foundation of 45 sessions that comprise the 2006 RAP Workshop for Faculty and Staff of Family Medicine Residencies. The workshop will be April 2-4 in Kansas City, Mo.

This year's Residency Assistance Program workshop "is being dedicated to assisting our residency programs in implementing the new model of family medicine," said Perry Pugno, M.D., director of the AAFP Division of Education. "Consequently, the workshops and discussions will be directed to assisting family medicine educators with tools, models and 'best practices' from the RAP consultants and other experts who are working in new model settings."

Workshop sessions include "Planning a Paperless Residency," "Creating New Residency Models: Balancing Tradition With Innovation," "Thriving in the Tempest -- Leading Your Residency Through Major Change," and "Good, Better, Best -- Getting the Residents You Really Want."

A preconference workshop, "Where the Pieces Come Together," will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 1. Offered in conjunction with the Association of Family Medicine Administration, preconference workshop topics include the impact of the new model of care on faculty evaluation and development; implementing the new model of care in family medicine residencies; and federally qualified health centers and family medicine residency programs.

More information about the workshop is available online or by contacting Pat Goranflo pgoranfl@aafp.org at (800) 274-2237, Ext. 6706.