CONFERENCES

2027 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education

The STFM Conference on Medical Student Education provides the opportunity for educators to obtain the skills and resources to help your students become proficient, empathetic, cooperative, and innovative physicians. The 2027 conference will be February 5–February 7 in beautiful Anaheim, CA, at the Anaheim Marriott. We will have information about the Call for Presentations shortly. Registration opens in the fall of 2026.

Registration Information

Registration for the 2027 STFM Conference on Medical Student Education opens in October of 2026. The Call for Presentations will open later this Spring. Check back for more information.Watch a highlight video from the 2025 conference below.

Why You Should Attend the STFM Conference on Medical Student Education

Guide and Inspire Your Medical Students

Obtain skills and resources to help your students become proficient, empathetic, cooperative, and innovative physicians dedicated to addressing the health care requirements of our communities.

Network With Other Medical Educators

Establish connections with family medicine educators, coordinators, administrators, students, residents, and community preceptors nationwide.

Strengthen the Family Medicine Pipeline

Learn how to increase students and faculty in the practice of family medicine with novel strategies and recruitment programs to engage learners and educators.

Variety of Topics and Subject Matter in Sessions

Attend educational sessions focused on CBME, coordinator best practices, health outcomes in practice and education, incorporating anti-racism curricular changes, recruiting and retaining community preceptors, advocacy skills, professionalism assessment and curriculum, and more.

Other Examples of Faculty Development Topics

Curriculum development, giving feedback, teaching in the clinical setting, leadership development, conflict management, project management, educational scholarship/research, mentoring, promotion, struggling learners and remediation

Other Examples of Teaching Clinic Topics text

Impact of climate change, trauma-informed care, behavioral health, addiction/MAT, community-based hormonal therapy, reproductive health, lifestyle medicine, POCUS, chronic disease management, disease prevention, population health, quality improvement

Questions?

If you have questions about this conference, contact Kim Sevedge at (800) 274-7928 or the email link below.

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11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway

Leawood, KS 66211

(800) 274-7928

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Events

March 11, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: GME Leadership Webinar Series: "The Human Side of Leadership: Managing People and Ourselves"

March 16, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: Webinar Hosted by Equitable Advisors: Debt Management for Academic Family Medicine Professionals

March 31, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: Webinar: "Integrity, Identity, and Inclusion: Reframing Professionalism for a New Era"

April 1, 2026: Start of STFM Foundation Online Auction

May 2–6, 2026: STFM Annual Spring Conference

May 13, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: GME Leadership Webinar Series: "Defining Success on Your Own Terms"

June 10, 2026, 1 pm Eastern: Webinar: "Staying at the Table: Leading for Health Equity While Protecting Your Peace"

August 31–September 2, 2026: STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement

Deadlines

March 16, 2026: Family Medicine Call for Papers: Theme Issue on Scope of Practice in Family Medicine

March 19, 2026: Representative to Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS)

April 1, 2026: Early Bird Deadline to Register for 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference

May 4, 2026: STFM Foundation Online Auction Closes

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