More information about ADFM programs & offerings for new chairs and senior leaders of Departments of Family Medicine can be found under the Programs Menu.

Competencies for Family Medicine Department Chairs & Senior Leaders (3/8/2022)

Interim chair "hotline" service (for new interim chairs and those being tapped to become interim chairs)

Information about ADFM

• Learn more about ADFM's Mission, Vision and Values
• Pathway to Leadership in ADFM
• Etiquette for communicating via the ADFM Listserve

ADFM-generated resources

• Mentorship List
• Executive Coaching List
• Leadership Resource List
• Chairs are from Mars, Administrators are from Venus (video by Tom Campbell and team at University of Rochester, 2012)
• What I Wish I Knew When I Was a New Chair (Phil Diller)
• Top Lessons from Experienced Chairs (a document summarizing lessons learned by many of our chairs)
• Advice to chairs from administrators
• a resource developed by Mary Jo Welker and Tom Peterson on the interim chair role
• The Last 5 Years of the MU/ADFM New Chairs Workshop (article on the MU/ADFM New Chairs' workshop)

Additional key articles for new chairs

• Primer for the Interim Chair by Stephen M. Soltys
• Interim Department Chairs in Academic Medicine" by Kevin Grigsby, of the AAMC
• The Future-Oriented Department Chair by Kevin Grigsby, et. al.
• Five Ways to Fail as a New Leader in Academic Medicine" by Kevin Grigsby
• Bigger Chairs at Smaller Tables by Jack Ende, MD
• Chair of a Department of Medicine: Now a Different Job by John A Kastor, MD
• Embrace the Challenge: Advice for Current and Prospective Department Chairs by George F. Sheldon, MD
• Understanding the Needs of Department Chairs in Academic Medicine by Susan Lieff, et. al.
• You've Been Offered the Chair...but Do You Know Enough to Take it? by David J. Bachrach