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Residency Program Solutions (RPS) Mini Group Consults
RPS Mini Group Consults provide a quick, free option to access experts for questions, suggestions and discussion on a specific topic.
Each group consult is a live, one-hour, online discussion on a pre-identified topic with one RPS consultant and up to ten individual family medicine residency program attendees.
Upcoming Sessions
Note: There is no cost to attend the sessions listed below.
How to increase peds in the FMP
Explore practical strategies to expand pediatric numbers in your family medicine residency. We’ll discuss supportive service lines and community partnerships, expanding faculty development and clinic redesign to support broader pediatric training.
January 21, 2026 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. CT
Consultant: Greg Sawin, MD
Using available resources for ILP development
This session will explore practical ways of meeting RRC-FM ILP requirements using your program’s existing library assets, elective offerings and faculty mentorship opportunities.
January 29, 2026 | 12 – 1 p.m. CT
Consultant: John Waits, MD
You have citations.... what’s next?
Do you have an ACGME citation that you need help addressing or are you worried that an existing area for improvement will turn into a citation? Join this discussion to brainstorm ideas and share best practices on how to manage ACGME citations.
February 13, 2026 | 2 – 3 p.m. CT
Consultant: Kay Nordling, MD
Faculty recruitment: Finding, onboarding and creating development plans
Session provides practical tools to recruit, train and retain high-quality faculty. Best practices for programs of excellence including faculty individual learning plans, faculty milestones, AI, wellbeing, and utilization of the RPS Criteria for Excellence resources are given to empower program leaders to successfully manage faculty recruitment.
February 17, 2026 | 2 – 3 p.m. CT
Consultant: Walt Mills, MD
Using AI for resident note documentation
The talk will explore the integration of AI-powered tools into resident note documentation workflows, focusing on improving efficiency, accuracy and reducing burnout in family medicine residency programs.
February 26, 2026 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. CT
Consultant: Alfred Gitu, MD
How to succeed in the SOAP
Does your program need to SOAP? Residency Program Solutions (RPS) Consultants are here to help. Learn how to approach your SOAP workflow to optimize the reward to your residency program. Join RPS consultants in this special live, one-hour, interactive discussion about what to do during SOAP week.
March 16, 2026 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. CT
Consultant: Diana Heiman, MD
Register now
You may register for as many sessions as you’d like, but only one person from your residency program may register and attend each individual session. A Webex link will be sent to you before the session.
Don't see a topic you need help with? Learn about our RPS Express 90 and Express 180 Consults – a quick and inexpensive option to help you identify solutions and new approaches to resolve issues or problems within your residency program.
Questions about our services? We'd love to hear from you and learn about your goals. Reach out today by emailing rps@aafp.org. And watch for additional RPS Mini Group Consult opportunities soon.
Meet our expert team of consultants.
A service of the AAFP, Residency Program Solutions (RPS) is a consultative program that supports and grows the family medicine workforce by assisting residency programs. The RPS panel of consultants are experts and an esteemed group of family medicine residency program professionals–with decades of collective experience–who have clients’ and the family medicine specialty’s best interests in mind.