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CAFM Educational Research Alliance (CERA)

CAFM Educational Research Alliance (CERA). http://www.stfm.org/cera/ Update at the ADFM Business Meeting February 14, 2014 Bernard Ewigman, MD MSPH ADFM Representative CERA Steering Committee. Objectives for CERA Update. Introduce CERA for new ADFM participants Report on progress of CERA

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CAFM Educational Research Alliance (CERA)

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  1. CAFM Educational Research Alliance (CERA) http://www.stfm.org/cera/ Update at the ADFM Business Meeting February 14, 2014 Bernard Ewigman, MD MSPH ADFM Representative CERA Steering Committee

  2. Objectives for CERA Update • Introduce CERA for new ADFM participants • Report on progress of CERA • Urge all chairs, vice chairs, associate chairs, senior leaders, administrators to: • support CERA research, especially in achieving our goal of 70% response rates • encourage faculty to consider submitting educational research proposals to CERA

  3. What is CERA? Launched in 2011 to: • Increase published educational research and scholarly activity among CAFM members • Provide infrastructure and consultation • Improve surveys, better questions, fewer surveys in family medicine • Provide a clearinghouse of data • Provide mentoring and education to junior researchers http://www.stfm.org/cera/

  4. Who Are CAFM Members?CAFM is Us CAFM = Council on Academic Family Medicine • Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) • Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) • North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) • Society of Teachers of Family Medicine*(STFM) *STFM is the lead organization **The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) also supports CERA financially along with CAFM members.

  5. CERA Steering Committee CERA Chair-Arch G. Mainous III, PhDChair and Florida Blue Endowed Professor; Professor of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida ABFM Representative-Lars Peterson, MD, PhD ADFM Representative-Bernard Ewigman, MD, MSPH  AFMRD Representative-Paul Crawford, MD, Lt Col, USAF, MC  NAPCRG Representative-Lorraine Wallace, PhD STFM Representative-Frederick Chen, MD, MPH  Clerkship Survey Director-Alec Chessman, MD Residency Survey Director-LTC Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH General Membership Survey Director-Navkiran Shokar, MD, MPH

  6. CERA’s Start Up Goals in 2011 Within 3 years: • CAFM members will submit 10 proposals for educational studies • CAFM members will present or publish 5 educational research studies • CERA will achieve survey response rates of 70% or http://www.stfm.org/cera/

  7. CERA Results as of November 2013 ~2 years • 110 submissions/proposals have been received (goal of 10) • 16 papers accepted for publication • 20 presentations given at STFM, NAPCRG, and AAFP conferences • Total of 36 presentations/publications (goal of 5) *report to CAFM by Mary Theobold, CERA Project Manager Vice President for Communications & Programs, STFM

  8. Program Directors: 2011 = 38% 2011/12 = 50% 2013 = 51% MD/DO CAFM Members: 2011 = 48% 2012 = 53% Clerkship Directors 2012 = 65% 2013 = 71% Department Chairs: 2013 = 60% Goal = 70% response rates CERA Survey Response Rates

  9. CERA Survey Schedule for 2014 Group/Date Proposals Accepted/Date Survey Launched: • Clerkship Directors 01/15/14 - 3/11/14 • Department Chairs 03/03/14 - 4/11/14 • Program Directors 04/29/14 - 6/10/14 • CAFM Membership 08/05/14 - 9/16/14 • Program Directors 11/4/14 - 12/16/14 http://www.stfm.org/cera/

  10. Summary • CERA launched in 2011 • Has exceeded goals for research proposals, presentations and publications • Is making excellent progress toward goal of 70% survey response rates • Strong support from academic family medicine organizations and ABFM

  11. Summary • ADFM urges all chairs et al to support CERA research, especially in achieving 70% response rates surveys • ADFM urges all chairs et al to encourage faculty to consider submitting educational research proposals to CERA http://www.stfm.org/cera/

  12. Why? • ADFM urges all chairs to support CERA research, especially in achieving 70% response rates surveys • More valid results • Using far fewer surveys, better questions • CERA saves time; produces more scholarship • CERA coordinates timing of surveys with annual membership surveys by ADFM • CERA helps avoid duplicate surveys, duplicate questions

  13. Why? 2. ADFM urges all chairs to encourage faculty to consider submitting educational research proposals to CERA • Propose a few questions added to annual survey • Engage with educational research experts • Gain consultation, review and collaboration • Produce peer reviewed scholarship that is relevant and useful for all aspects of academic family medicine

  14. CERA:Successful Educational Scholarship for Family Medicine http://www.stfm.org/cera/

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