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Family Medicine Midwest Collaboratives

Family Medicine Midwest Collaboratives

The Family Medicine Midwest Collaboratives meet throughout the year via Zoom and in person at the conference. Email Jennifer O’Leary or Lisa Stevak if you are interested in joining any of the collaboratives.

Scholarly Activity Collaborative (SAC)
Scholarship is challenging for many Family Medicine residency programs, especially those that are smaller, rural, or located outside of a tertiary care center. The Family Medicine Residency Review Committee appreciates that learning collaboratives are important to grow and strengthen scholarly activity. The goal of the Scholarly Activity Collaborative is to connect residency faculty responsible for scholarly activity to support collaborative projects and learning.
Chair: Rick Guthmann, MD
Chair-Elect: Kwanza Devlin, MD
2nd Chair-Elect: Lauren Harriett, DO

Perinatal Care & Family Medicine Collaborative
With continued emphasis on the importance of Family Medicine in Perinatal Care and Maternal Health, this collaborative will serve as a thinktank of collaborative ideas to increase, promote and sustain equitable birthing practices across Family Medicine. It is geared toward aspiring and current Directors and Leaders in Women’s and Maternal Health in Family Medicine on all levels (pre-med to practicing attendings). During this conference and foundation for networking and strong coalition of like-minded maternal health care workers will be established, while incorporating robust discussion and workshops in practical application

Learning Objectives:
o Explore the landscape of maternal morbidity and mortality in the Midwest region.
o Share efforts to increase health equity in the Maternal Health Populations we serve.
o Develop collective, focused efforts in advocacy surrounding perinatal care

Led by Safiya McNeese-Ruffin, MD, FAAFP
Suggested Audience: Geared toward aspiring and current Directors and Leaders in Women’s and Maternal Health in Family Medicine on all levels (pre-med to practicing attendings).

Faculty Development Collaborative for Family Medicine Midwest
Goals: The two main goals of the Faculty Development Collaborative are to:
1. Form a group of medical educators in the Midwest interested in teaching and collaborating.
2. Provide a support system where educators can come together, learn from each other, and disseminate information to the wider medical community.

Led by Alicia Vazquez MD, Flanigan, MD, Janice L. Benson MD and Aarohi Munshi, MD.
Suggested Audience: The Faculty Development Collaborative will be open to all faculty, residents and students interested in faculty deveopmen issues. Programs should be prepared to identify a champion in their respective institutions for future collaboration.

 

Statement of Our Commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Adopted by the Family Medicine Midwest Board of Directors on December 17, 2021

Family Medicine Midwest (FMM) is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing outstanding family physicians in the Midwest. We recognize that systems of oppression caused harm in historically marginalized communities, including but not limited to indigenous peoples and their occupied lands, communities of color, LGBTQ+ communities, people of varying abilities and body sizes, immigrant communities and others historically excluded from medicine. These systems of oppression are embedded in our public health, health care, and medical education systems in which family physicians live and work.
At FMM, we are dedicated to continuing to educate ourselves and our colleagues on the impact systems of oppression have on our work as family medicine educators, including, but not limited to, gathering information, identifying disparities in our activities and the root causes for these disparities.

We recognize we will make mistakes in doing this necessary work, and will push ourselves to grow, learn, and act. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining, and developing outstanding family physicians for the future to provide the most equitable and comprehensive care for all.

Additional Resources:  If you have resources to share, please email Ginnie Flynn

AAMC Medical School Fall 2021 Applicant, Matriculant & Enrollment Data Tables
AAFP article/perspectives on AAMC data tables
Dos and Don'ts for attendees at Native American Cultural Events - Created by University of Minnesota - Duluth Medical Students Tamee Livermont, Courtney Cotsonas and Katie Wilson
Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Glossary 
AMA and AAMC Advancing Health Equity Guide 
CDC Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication 
STFM - Antiracism and Health Equity Resources

AMA Policy adopted at 2023 Annual Meeting:  Recognizing the consideration of race in admissions as a necessary safeguard in undergraduate and medical education to support a diverse physician workforce. The new policy urges medical school and undergraduate admissions committees to proactively implement policies and procedures that support race-conscious admission practices. The policy emphasizes the AMA’s unequivocal opposition to legislation that would dissolve affirmative action or punish institutions for employing race-conscious admissions.