Source: AAFP News, September 18, 2019, (c) American Academy of Family Physicians
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Foundation has announced the Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute project award recipients from its fourth class of participants. Hilten Patel, MD, resident at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program in Columbus, OH, is an award recipient in the policy and public health leadership track.
The program aims to increase the number of well-trained future family medicine leaders by offering up-and-coming family medicine residents and medical students a yearlong leadership development training opportunity.
All 30 scholars from the 2018 class received a $1,000 scholarship to attend the program and the National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students (National Conference) in Kansas City, Mo., last year.
Scholars participated in intensive workshops at AAFP headquarters in Leawood, KS, that focused on three tracks: Policy & Public Health Leadership, Personal & Practice Leadership, and Philanthropic & Mission-driven Leadership.
Following a day-and-a-half of workshops, scholars were assigned a mentor to work with them on a post-conference project based on their chosen track of study.
The AAFP Foundation Board of Trustees reviewed these projects and awarded four scholars (two students and two residents) from each track of study an additional $1,000 scholarship for their return to the 2019 National Conference on July 26 to present and showcase their projects.
Congratulations, Dr. Patel!