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Faculty Development Conference

2026 Faculty Development Conference & Spotlight on Rural Poster & Recruitment Fair

Spotlight on Rural Poster & Recruitment Fair

Thursday, August 27, 2026, from 4:00 - 7:00pm. This event will take place at Medical College of Wisconsin – Central Wisconsin in Wausau.

Faculty Development Conference

August 28th, 2026 from 8:00am-3:00pm at North Central Technical College. View the agenda below and register here https://www.rwhc.com/Services/Registration/PageId/SignUpToEvent/EventId/719/e/wcrgme-faculty-development-conference-2026-28-aug-2026

Registration closes Friday, August 7th, 2026 

Please contact Jennifer Crubel, JCRUBEL@rwhc.com with any questions!

2025 Faculty Development Conference & Spotlight on Rural Poster & Recruitment Fair

September 4, 2025 - Spotlight on Rural Poster & Recruitment Fair

Congratulations to Our Top 3 Poster Fair Winners!

19 Posters were presented and attendees were asked to vote for the top 3 posters. 

1st - Common Goal, Different Grounds: Embedding Rural Medical Student Training Opportunities in Separate Tribal Clinical & Public Health Rotations - Delaine Anderson, Leah Fuss, Peggy Helm-Quest, Molly Delwiche

2nd - Delivering Wisconsin’s Rural Health Needs: A Review of Rural Obstetric and Gynecology Care Literature - Elizabeth Knoll, Corinn Fritz, Clara Stifler

3rd - Building Capacity and Confidence to Address Healthcare Ethics Issues in Rural Wisconsin and Beyond: A Survey of the Literature - Stephanie Larson, Alexandra Kraus, Jake White, Pearl Scallon, Tyler Stroup

2025 Rural Champion Award

Congratulations Luke Beirl, PharmD, CEO of Tamarack Health Ashland

A rural champion demonstrates unwavering commitment to rural medicine training and practice in Wisconsin, and is dedicated to educating others about the importance of growing rural medicine in our communities.

2025 Rural Champion Award

Congratulations Lisa Grill Dodson, MD, Founding Dean of MCW-Central WI

The Rural Legacy Award honors an individual who has significantly shaped rural medical education in Wisconsin, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to growing the physician workforce and expanding training opportunities. This person is recognized as a positive force for change, whose efforts have made a significant and lasting impact on the well-being of rural communities.

September 5 , 2025 - Faculty Development Conference

2025 Presentations:

Reflections on The Journey to Grow Rural Physicians in Wisconsin

Lisa Grill Dodson, MD

How to Have a Zero Email Inbox

Art Walaszek, MD

AI Enhanced Clinical Training - Practical Tips to Maximize Your Efficiency

John Hayes, DO

Practical Ways to Build Research And Scholarly Activity Portfolio - Panel Discussion

Carlyle Chan, MD, Kristina Kaljo, PhD, Crystal Lalonde, MD, Paul Hunter, MD

Know Your Strengths to Flourish

Jami Kaiser, ACC, MSc

The Future pf Rural Careers- Exploring What’s Next? Panel Discussion

Luke Beirl, PharmD, Alexandra Reischman, MD, Laura Ketterhagen, M.Ed., Analise Hanneman, MD

2024 Faculty Development Conference & Spotlight on Rural Poster & Recruitment Fair

September 19, 2024 - Spotlight on Rural Poster & Recruitment Fair

Congratulations to Our Top 3 Poster Fair Winners!

13 Posters were presented and attendees were asked to vote for the top 3 posters. 

1st Place:  Bridging the Gap - Assessing the Service Needs and Gaps of Rural Communities in Brown County, Wisconsin by Tyson Kauffman, Medical College of Wisconsin - Green Bay

 2nd Place:  Addressing Social Determinants to Advance Health Equity in Rural Wisconsin: Identifying Shared Priorities of Communities, Family Medicine Physicians and University Groups by Sarah D. Hohl, Hazel Behling, Savanna Kiefer, Tomas Schlenker & Shelly Shaw, UW-DFMCH

3rd Place:  Period Poverty within John Muir Middle School by Paige Boruch, Erin Gruber & Amy Prunuske, PhD, Medical College of Central Wisconsin - Central Wisconsin

2024 Rural Champion Award

During the Spotlight on Rural Poster Fair, Dr. Elizabeth Abbas was awarded our fourth Rural Champion.

A rural champion demonstrates unwavering commitment to rural medicine training and practice in Wisconsin, and is dedicated to educating others about the importance of growing rural medicine in our communities.

Congratulations Dr. Abbas!

September 20, 2024 - Faculty Development Conference

2024 Presentations:

Investing in the Future - The Untapped Potential of Rural Residency Training
Ryan Spencer, MD, University of Wisconsin Department of OB/GYN           

Feedback: Do we have to…?
Feedback Models Handout
Allen Last, MD and Megan Everson, MD, Mosaic Fox Valley Residency

Strategies for Effective Change Management
Eli Burks, MD, SSM Health

Everyday Advocacy: Empowering Individuals to Drive Positive Change
Beth Menzel, MD, Mosaic Fox Valley Residency

Boomers to Zoomers, Bridging the Gap of Generational Crosstalk
Carlyle Chan, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Rob Gouthro, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin - Central Wisconsin, Alexandra Reischman, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin - Central Wisconsin

Additional Training

Preceptors & Program Directors:

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM):

Faculty for Tomorrow Webinars
This free webinar series, developed by the Faculty for Tomorrow Task Force, provides fundamental knowledge and skills that new faculty and residents as educators need to thrive in a career in academic family medicine.

Residency Faculty Fundamentals
This certificate program includes self-led courses with assignments to provide foundational training for residency faculty. Completion of the track requires a minimum of 30 hours and covers:

  • The structure and requirements of residency education

  • How to be an effective and efficient faculty member

  • The nuts and bolts of curriculum development and teaching

  • Strategies for assessment, feedback, and remediation of residents

National Institute for Program Director Development (NIPDD):

NIPPD Fellowship
The NIPDD fellowship uses a one-of-a-kind, adult learning model to enhance knowledge, attitudes, and skills and to groom participants to become effective residency program directors. This program is available for family medicine faculty and new program directors.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA):

Rural Interprofessional Faculty Development Initiative (RIFDI)
Rural Interprofessional Faculty Development Initiative (RIFDI) is a two-year training program designed to attract providers, improve clinician job satisfaction and retention, and develop teaching and training skills for educators in rural settings. A long-term goal is to develop new training programs for clinicians in rural areas, exposing new trainees to rural practice environments.

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