2024 Collaboratives at the FMM conference
Friday October 18th 9am - 12pm

Faculty Development Collaborative
Direct Observations-How to implement them, How to do them. Autumn 2024 update
Learning objectives:
  • Review  ACGME & ABFM requirements on Competency Based Medical education
  • Review current CBME goals & tools from ACGME, STFM/ABFM
  • Reflect Applying tools for faculty development or self-learning
  • Review current  practices in 4 residencies in direct observations and consider tips and tricks for workflow, including New Innovations & MedHub forms
  • Interact with peers: Q & A, break out work-groups:
      –Review your current practices and draft ideas for change
      –Work on YOUR current challenge and get feedback
  • Share best practices
  • Review FD Collaborative survey -poll on current needs in group

Led by Alicia Vazquez, MD, Alicia Milan-Flanigan, MD, Aarohi Munshi, MD, Beth Payment, MD, Erica Zak, MD, & Janice L Benson, MD


Scholarly Activity Collaborative (SAC)
The Family Medicine Midwest Scholarly Activity Collaborative works to connect and support Midwest residency faculty in scholarly activities. We have just been awarded a 3- year ABFM Learning Network grant to advance our goals. We seek participation from programs both large and small. This collaborative aims to conduct multi-residency research, QI projects, and to support our members' scholarly activities. We have completed our first research project, and we have started planning our first multi-residency QI project. Please join us on Friday morning, October 18th at 9 AM to hear about and participate in our future plans.
Click here for a description of The Scholarly Activity Collaborative and for the Madison meeting agenda.
Led by Rick Guthmann, MD, Kwanza Devlin, MD, Lauren Harriet, MD & SAC members


Perinatal Care & Family Medicine Collaborative
Led by Safiya McNeese-Ruffin, MD
Associate Program Director, Director of SIU Alton Family Medicine Obstetrics & Women's Health
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).