Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute Mentorship

Mentor and mentee in a conversation.

An integral component of the Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute is mentoring. The mentor serves as a role-model, reflecting those leadership attributes that the program is hoping to impart while providing guidance and support in the execution of the mentees’ Leadership Projects.

Mentor Match

Every effort is made to place mentors geographically near the student/resident to be mentored; however, this cannot always be achieved. Primary considerations for matching include mentor track preference and topic areas of interest.

Length and Frequency of Contact

It is important that mentors are available to the assigned mentee during the 12 months that span the time between the first and second FUTURE conference. Before attending the leadership program, residents and students are assigned or "matched" with an AAFP family physician mentor, then, through an initial introductory call or email, a scheduled method of monthly required contact will be established. The minimum monthly contacts can be by phone call/text, email or, if possible, a face-to-face meeting. These opportunities help accomplish the goals of developing a productive relationship, allowing the mentee to ask questions of interest, in general, and those specifically related to his or her project, and allowing the mentor to assess progress on the mentee's Leadership Project.

Beyond the project deadline, less frequent communication may be needed, though some additional communication regarding the ongoing activities and curricular life of the student/resident is advantageous.

Though an occasional face-to-face meeting is desirable, it is not required. However, if the mentor can attend FUTURE and willing to travel at his or her own expense, this is a great opportunity for an in-person "meet and greet".

Leadership Project

The mentor is involved with two major deadlines: The Leadership Project Plan (charter/detailed timeline) and final Leadership project submission. After attending the FM Leads Emerging Leader Institute, mentees prepare and work on their project topic/idea, then share with mentor to develop their Leadership Project Plan. Once the mentor has discussed the Leadership Project Plan with the mentee, the mentor signs off in October.

During the months leading up to the final Leadership Project submission, monthly contact should continue, even if it is a quick check-in. We’ve developed a Best Practices resource document that can be reviewed and downloaded.

As the Leadership Project submission deadline approaches, the AAFP Foundation expects and requires mentees to share the final draft of their project with the mentor. The project scoring sheet, containing the evaluation criteria that is used by the FM Leads in evaluating/scoring the projects, is provided to mentors to help them understand how the projects will be judged. This knowledge may be useful to provide constructive feedback to the mentees for final project revisions. Mentors will be required to sign off on the final project submission before the project can be submitted by the resident or student in March.

End of the Mentoring Period

At the end of the mentoring period, the mentor and mentee are asked to complete a survey evaluating their experience with the mentoring portion of the FM Leads Emerging Leader Institute. After this point, the mentoring relationship can continue informally, so long as both parties agree. However, the mentoring relationship is no longer under the Emerging Leader Institute program.

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Volunteers

Thank you to our volunteers who spend numerous hours to help make the Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute a huge success!

Past and Current Faculty

  • Jay Sheree-Allen, MD

  • Moazzum Bajwa, MD, MPH

  • Wendy Biggs, MD, FAAFP

  • Natasha Bhuyan, MD, FAAFP

  • Kisha Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP

  • Jay Fetter, MSHA

  • Rachel Franklin, MD, FAAFP

  • Dennis Gingrich, MD

  • Gretchen Irwin, MD, MBA, FAAFP

  • Jessica Johnson, MD, MPH

  • Danielle Jones, MPH

  • Rick Kellerman, MD, FAAFP

  • Christina Kelly, MD, FAAFP

  • Kristina Laguerre, MD, MPH

  • Evelyn Lewis & Clark, MD, MA, FAAFP, DABDA

  • Carolyn Lopez, MD, FAAFP

  • Jason Marker, MD, MPA, FAAFP

  • Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP

  • S. Hughes Melton, MD, MBA, DABAM, FAAFP

  • Robert Moser, MD, FAAFP

  • Christina Pedro, MD, MBA

  • Perry Pugno, MD, FAAFP

  • Richard Roberts, MD, JD, FAAFP

  • Margot Savoy, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FABC, CPE, CMQ, FAAPL

  • Brooke Sciuto, MD

  • P. Brent Smith, MD, MSc, MLS, FAAFP

  • Josh Umbehr, MD

  • Kevin Wang, MD, FAAFP

  • Christopher Watson, MD, MPH

  • Mary Jo Welker, MD, FAAFP

  • Kim Yu, MD, FAAFP

Thank you to our volunteers who spend numerous hours to help make the Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute a huge success!

Past and Current Mentors

  • Suzanne Allen, MD, MPH, FAAFP

  • Moazzum Bajwa, MD, MPH

  • Kimberly Becher, MD

  • Mark Belfer, DO, FAAFP

  • Kenneth Bertka, MD, FAAFP

  • Reid Blackwelder, MD, FAAFP

  • Jaren Blake, MD, FAAFP

  • Russ Breish, MD, FAAFP

  • Donald Briscoe, MD, FAAFP

  • E. Chris Bush, MD, FAAFP

  • Luke Casias, MD

  • Valerie Castle, DO, FAAFP

  • Judith Chamberlain, MD, FAAFP

  • Samuel Church, MD, MPH, FAAFP

  • Clay Cooper, MD, MBA

  • Renee Crichlow, MD, FAAFP

  • Jaividhya Dasarathy, MD, FAAFP

  • Paul DeChant, MD, MBA, FAAFP

  • Dan DeJoseph, MD

  • Kristen Dillon, MD, FAAFP

  • Anne Donnelly, MD

  • Barbara Doty, MD, FAAFP

  • Joanna Drowos, DO, MPH, MBA

  • Kehinde Eniola, MD, MPH, FAAFP

  • John Epling, MD, MS, FAAFP

  • Venus Esquivel, MD

  • Elizabeth Feldman, MD, FAAFP

  • David C. Fiore, MD, FAAFP

  • Julia Flax, MD, FAAFP, DipABLM

  • Conrad Flick, MD, FAAFP

  • James Gill, MD, MPH, FAAFP

  • Joseph Gravel, MD, FAAFP

  • Mark Greenawald, MD, FAAFP

  • Benjamin (Tate) Hinkle, MD, MPH

  • Gretchen Irwin, MD, MBA, FAAFP

  • Rebecca Jaffe, MD, MPH, FAAFP

  • Philip Kaplan, MD, FAAFP

  • Christina Kelly, MD, FAAFP

  • Thomas Kintanar, MD, FAAFP

  • Jeffrey Lanier, MD, FAAFP

  • Robert A. Lee, MD, FAAFP

  • Michael LeFevre, MD, MSPH

  • Erik Lindbloom, MD, MSPH, FAAFP

  • C. Emily Lu, MD

  • Chris Lupold, MD, FAAFP

  • Caitlin Matthis, DO, FAAFP

  • Patricia Matto, DO, FAAFP

  • Marc Matthews, MD

  • Catherine McCarthy, MD, FAAFP

  • Lizzy Wei McIntosh, MD

  • Alex McDonald, MD, CAQSM, FAAFP

  • Anne Montgomery, MD, MBA, FAAFP

  • Margaret O’Dell, MD, FAAFP

  • David O'Gurek, MD, FAAFP

  • David O'Gurek, MD, FAAFP

  • Shivlal Pandey, MD

  • Jeff Panzer, MD, MS

  • Naomi Parrella, MD, FAAFP

  • Shayne Poulin, MD

  • Michelle Quiogue, MD, FAAFP

  • Mark Rastetter, MD

  • Eddie Richardson, Jr., MD, FAAFP

  • Elisabeth Righter, MD, FAAFP

  • Jerry Rogers, MD, FAAFP

  • David Ross, MD

  • Tinsley Rucker, MD

  • Stephen Salanski, MD, FAAFP

  • Sarah Sams, MD, FAAFP

  • Javier Sanchez, MD

  • Margot Savoy, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FABC, CPE, CMQ, FAAPL

  • Alan Schwartzstein, MD, FAAFP

  • Jon Seager, MD, FAAFP

  • Howard (Andy) Selinger, MD

  • Shaila Serpas, MD, MPH, FAAFP

  • P. Brent Smith, MD, MSc, MLS, FAAFP

  • Tobie-Lynn Smith, MD, MPH, Med, FAAFP

  • Daniel Spogen, MD, FAAFP

  • Douglas Spotts, MD, FCPP, FAAFP

  • Keith Stelter, MD, FAAFP

  • Melissa Stephens, MD, MS, FAAFP, DABFM

  • Amanda Stisher, MD

  • Linda Stone, MD, FAAFP

  • Mark Stovak, MD, FACSM, FAAFP

  • Tina Tanner, MD, MPH, FAAFP

  • Johnny Tenegra, MD, MS, FAAFP

  • Jennifer Tieman, MD

  • Marla Tobin, MD, FAAFP

  • Shunling Tsang, MD

  • Bruce Van Cleave, MD

  • Meagan Vermeulen, MD

  • David Walsworth, MD, FAAFP

  • Mary Jo Welker, MD, FAAFP

  • Jay Williamson, MD, FAAFP

  • Sirisha Yellayi, MD

  • Kim Yu, MD, FAAFP

  • Brandon Zabukovic, MD, FAAFP