SAVE THE DATE - MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO ATTEND.
The format for the fair is now confirmed. The WAFP will be mailing announcements to students and programs shortly. Please start to make arrangements for who will attend to represent your program. We have reserved a 6 ft. table for every residency program and every rural training track in the state. We want residents to staff your recruitment table and faculty or practicing physicians to talk with students via a presentation or special interest table. Please look over the topics and volunteer or think of people who could talk about each topic. We will invite MD and DO students from WI, IL, MI, IN, IA, MN. We can still make adjustments to the schedule....let me know if you have comments or further ideas.
Format and topics for presentations/discussions attached and pasted below.
The major goals are to:
· provide information on family practice as a career
· highlight residency training opportunities in Wisconsin
· highlight medical student education opportunities through the two Wisconsin Medical Schools
· provide opportunities for medical students, residents and faculty from all schools to meet one another and talk informally
8:00AM (OPTIONAL) Invitation by the UW-FMIG for interested students to meet at the Farmers Market for a guided tour
FAIR OPENS
10:00 AM Welcome to the WAFP Family Practice Fair at the Crowne Plaza
Presentation #1 - "What they Don't Tell You about Family Practice" (or some catchy title)
Panel including a rural doc, urban doc, suburban, faculty (varied group) Student reads perceived barrier to family practice (How am I going to make it financially - I'm $125,000 in debt) Panel members respond. Student reads next barrier*.etc. (Work from list in STFM Messenger)
(Other presentations possible in 2 smaller side rooms)
11:00 AM Booths open - Every residency will have a table, loan repayment programs, both schools will have a table with information on what students can do in medical school to gain family practice experience
12:00 LUNCH BAR OPENS (food available for 90 minutes)
Taco Bar - Ice Cream & Topping Bar
12:30 PM Booths open - Special Interest Tables Open (Round Tables with topics like "Rural Practice Benefits" or "the Future of Family Medicine" on them and 1-2 faculty at each table. Students are invited to sit down for up to 30 minutes to discuss that topic with others and then move on.)
Prizes will be awarded at 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00 as a way to break into the activity for brief faculty introductions and to encourage students to change tables
2:00 PM Presentation #2
"What to look for in a residency program" and "What is the residency program looking for in you" - Faculty, residents - interactive - mock interview demo
3:00 PM Adjourn - "Goody Bags" given with each completed evaluation form
3:30PM - ? Informal gathering for interested students, residents, faculty at the Great Dane Brewpub off the square. Free appetizers. Tickets for one free beer given to students at the Fair.
Ideas for "Hot Topic Tables" staffed by faculty or practicing family physicians where they can speak informally with groups of 8-10 students at a time, changing groups every 30 minutes or so
· Benefits and Drawbacks of Rural Practice
· Benefits and Drawbacks of Urban Practice
· Can You Pursue Special Interests in Family Medicine?
· Lifestyle Issues in Family Practice
· Obstetrics in Family Medicine
· The Future of Family Medicine
· What do family physicians see in practice?
· Benefits and Drawbacks of Serving the Underserved
Issues that could be addressed with a handout and/or poster information
· Types of practice arrangements for family physicians
· Common practice profile of a family physician
· Research opportunities in family practice
· Income potential for family physicians
· Need for and distribution of family physicians
Issues that could be covered at "booths"
Table for every residency program in Wisconsin (12+6 RTT's=18)
Table for MCW and UW Predoctoral Units to show student opportunities (2)
Loan Repayment Programs and Info (1)
Demonstration of Evidence Based Medicine via computer (1)