STFM looks forward to your submissions for the next STFM Conference on Medical Student Education! Submit using this link. The deadline to submit presentations is June 17, 2026.Submissions should focus on topics related to undergraduate medical student education. We strongly encourage collaborative submissions reflecting the perspectives of all individuals involved in medical student education, including department chairs, faculty, coordinators, residents, and students.We welcome engaging and interactive submissions, with an emphasis on encouraging audience participation. Proposals may include both “bread-and-butter” topics supporting the foundation of high-quality medical education, as well as innovative and creative approaches to teaching and learning.We also encourage submissions specifically designed for coordinators and other essential members of the medical education team, recognizing their vital role in supporting student education.
- Submissions must meet all the requirements of the proposed category. Review the submission categories below. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed.
- Do not submit the same proposal in more than one category.
- Acknowledgment of receipt of submissions will be emailed automatically after you complete your submission.
- ALL PRESENTERS MUST PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE. In addition, no honoraria or travel expense reimbursement will be provided for any presenter submitting through the call for presentations.
- Presenters may not use any conference presentation to market products or services; partnerships are available for that purpose.
- Every presenter, lead and secondary, will be required to complete a faculty disclosure form indicating any financial arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that may have a direct interest in the subject matter of the continuing medical education presentation.
Suggested Topics for Submissions
The following list includes suggested presentation topics:Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism & Well-Being
- Increasing URM representative educators and students in family medicine
- Incorporating anti-racism curricular changes
- Improving well-being at the personal and systems level
Assessment, Competency & Educational Quality
- Improving assessment and evaluation processes
- Competency-based medical education
- Professionalism assessment and curriculum for students
- Preparing students for the match
Teaching & Learning Innovations
- Innovations in medical education
- Use of artificial intelligence and other virtual tools in medical education
- Novel strategies/recruitment programs to engage students in family medicine
Faculty Development & Workforce Sustainability
- Recruiting and retaining community preceptors
- Family medicine coordinator best practices and innovations
Faculty development topics, including:
- Curriculum development
- Giving feedback
- Teaching in the clinical setting
- Leadership development
- Conflict management
- Project management
- Educational scholarship/research
- Mentoring and promotion
- Struggling learners and remediation
Health Outcomes, Research & Scholarship
- Health outcomes in practice and education
- Increasing educational research
Advocacy, Leadership & Institutional Impact
- Advocacy skills for faculty and learners
- Making the business case for family medicine within your institution
- Future of family medicine (e.g., scope of practice, advocating for the specialty)
Career Pathways & Professional IdentityExploration of career opportunities within family medicine:
- Direct primary care
- Academic medicine
- Private practice
Clinical Teaching & Emerging Content AreasTeaching clinical topics, including
- Planetary health
- Trauma-informed care
- Behavioral health
- Addiction and MAT
- Community-based hormonal therapy
- Reproductive health
- Lifestyle medicine
- Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
- Chronic disease management
- Disease prevention
- Population health
- Quality improvement
- Planetary Health
