Best Practices in Family Medicine Residency Education
Join family medicine program directors, faculty, and program coordinators from across the country for this annual, virtual conference. Faculty development is a core ACGME family medicine residency requirement and attending is a great way to help meet those requirements.
Many of the presentations are linked to required training elements and attendees will hear directly from the ACGME Osteopathic Recognition and ACGME Family Medicine Review Committees.
Registration for 2026 is Open!
The 2026 Faculty Development Program Director Conference will take place February 6 - 8, 2026.
Registration Type | Early Bird (before 1/12) | Registration | Late (after 1/26) |
| ACOFP Member | $420 | $470 | $520 |
| Faculty | $470 | $520 | $570 |
| Coordinator | $160 | $185 | $210 |
Tentative Schedule
| Date/Time (Central) | Track | Session | Speaker | CME |
| Friday, February 6, 2026 | ||||
| 10:50a-11:00a | Main | Welcome Remarks | Gautam J. Desai, DO, FACOFP dist. | Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FAAFP, FACOFP | 0 |
| 11:00a-11:45a | Main | CBME at the “frontlines” | Eric S.Holmboe, MD | .75 |
| 11:45a-12:45p | Main | Understanding Artificial Intelligence in Residency Education and Supervision | Christopher Heron, MD/ Franklin Berkey, DO | 1 |
| 12:45p-1:00p | Main | Break | 0 | |
| 1:00p-2:00p | Main | OR Committee Update | Tiffany Moss, MBA/Joanne Baker, DO | |
| 2:00p-3:00p | Main | Developing a Career as an Educator | Stacy Potts, MD | 1 |
| 3:00p-3:45p | Main | Scaling Up: Integrating Obesity Medicine across the Residency Curriculum | Sarah Cole, DO/Elizabeth Verna, DO | .75 |
| 3:45p-4:00p | Main | Break | 0 | |
| 4:00p-5:00p | Track 1 | Steering the Ship: A Survival Guide for New Osteopathic Family Medicine Program Directors | Sarah Cole, DO/Katheryn Norris, DO | 1 |
| 4:00p-5:00p | Track 2 | How to Develop a Research Curriculum | Stephen Stacey, DO | 1 |
| 5:00p-6:00p | Main | Feedback for Success: Effective Tactics for Giving and Receiving Feedback | Colleen Cagno, MD | Karyn Kolman, MD | .75 |
| Saturday, February 7, 2026 | ||||
| 9:50a-10:00a | Main | Opening Remarks | Greg D. Cohen, DO, FACOFP dist. | Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FAAFP, FACOFP | 0 |
| 10:00a-11:00a | Main | From Consensus to the Bedside: Designing Competency Aligned Nutrition Learning and Assessment | Laura Edgar, Ed.D | 1 |
| 11:00a-12:00p | Main | Review Committee for Family Medicine Update | Lou Edje, MD/Eileen Anthony | 1 |
| 12:00p-12:15p | Main | Break | 0 | |
| 12:15p-1:15p | Main | You Can't Spell AIR without AI: How Artificial Intelligence is Essential for Living, Working, and Learning in Medicine | Lou Edje, MD | 1 |
| 1:15p-2:15p | Main | GME Funding (IME and DME) | Doug McGee, DO | 1 |
| 2:15p-2:30p | Main | Break | 0 | |
| 2:30-3:30p | Track 1 | Transforming a Traditional Residency Block Schedule into a Dynamic Modified 2+2 Curriculum | Meredith Lagouros, DO/Jasmine Acfalle, DO, PGY-2 | 1 |
| 2:30p-3:30p | Track 2 | Precepting the Osteopathic Learner | Sarah James, DO, FACOFP | 1 |
| 2:30p-4:30p | Track 3 | Coordinators Track: Hot Topics and Lessons Learned | Cheryl Haynes | 0 |
| 3:30p-4:30p | Track 1 | Leading Through Change: Empowering Faculty To Navigate Transitions | Brandyn Mason, DO, MSMEd, MHSA, FACOFP | 1 |
| 3:30p-4:30p | Track 2 | Coping Techniques and Resources for Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue | Caitlan Matthis, DO | 1 |
| 4:30p-5:30p | Main | National Resident Survey and Teaching Professionalism | Warren Newton, MD | 1 |
| Sun., Feb. 8, 2026 | ||||
| 9:50 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | Main | Opening Remarks | Bob Moore, MA, MS, FASAE, CAE | Rob Danoff, DO, MS, FAAFP, FACOFP | 0 |
| 10:00a-10:10a | Main | ACOFP Resident Council | Briana Krewson, DO, PGY-3 | 0 |
| 10:10a-10:20a | Main | ACOFP Foundation | Carol L. Henwood, DO, FACOFP dist. | 0 |
| 10:20a-10:50a | Main | NBOME and COMLEX-USA Update | John Gimpel, DO, FACOFP | .5 |
| 10:50a-11:20a | Main | Formative Assessments | Jon Torres, DO, MPA, FAAO, FACOFP | .5 |
| 11:20a-11:50a | Main | AOBFP Update | Ken Heiles, DO, FACOFP dist. | .5 |
| 11:50a-12:00p | Main | Break | 0 | |
| 12:00p-12:30p | Main | STFM Osteopathic Collaborative | Andrew Slattengren, DO | .5 |
| 12:30p-1:30p | Main | Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum in Practice | Priscilla Tu, DO, FAAFP, FAOASM, FAAMA, FACOFP, DipABL | Julia Stelter, DO, PGY-3 | Sean Thuesen, DO, PGY-2 | 1 |
| 1:30p-2:30p | Main | Closing Panel - Teaching Controversial Topics | Panelists: Sarah Hall, DO, | Al Ochasi, PhD | Saroj Misra, DO, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP dist. Moderator: Rob Danoff, DO | 1 |
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Many of this year's faculty development presentations are linked to the required training elements as listed in the ACGME family medicine program requirements. And, for program directors, faculty, and program coordinators, this is a great opportunity to hear directly from the ACGME Family Medicine Review Committee and the ACGME Osteopathic Recognition Committee, as well as to learn more about the new milestones from the director of that committee.
Many of these courses are applicable to anyone in a position of educating family medicine residents.
Attendees are eligible to earn up to 18.75 AOA Category 1-A CME or AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ credits. These courses will be available to stream live or access on demand after the event.