Dawn Leberknight, Curriculum
Coordinator, Trident/MUSC Family Medicine Residency Program in Charleston,
recounts this year’s conference
The annual American Academy of Family Physicians’ National
Conference for students and residents was held July 27-July 29, in Kansas
City, Missouri. Residents, faculty and staff from nine South Carolina family
medicine residency training programs attended. The conference is a great
opportunity for medical students and residents to learn more about family
medicine residency programs and fellowships, plus attend educational sessions and
workshops. Areas of focus include leadership development, clinical skills, musculoskeletal
clinics, procedural skills, health policy and advocacy, career planning courses
and much more.
Throughout the conference, the nine South Carolina’s family
medicine residency programs stayed active at the recruiting booth, meeting
medical students and potential fellows and explaining the many benefits of
completing residency training in South Carolina. This year 396 attendees from
around the country visited the booth.
This year’s conference was a big success for each of South
Carolina’s family medicine residency programs and for the residents and
students who attended. We were especially excited to collaborate with our
state’s newest residency programs at Grand Strand and Tidelands. I want to
thank Kristin Cochran, Director of Recruitment and Retention Programs for the
South Carolina AHEC, and Carleigh Wyatt, Coordinator for Self Regional
Healthcare Family Medicine Residency Program, for their help in planning and
organizing this year’s event. In addition, a special thanks goes out to all the
program faculty and residents who were able to help with set up and break down
at the event. It was a pleasure to get to know each of you, and I look forward
to seeing you all again soon!
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