New & Interim Chair Resources Toolbox
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 (2/4/2020)
Interim chair "hotline" service (for new interim chairs and those being tapped to become interim chairs)
Information about ADFM
- ADFM's Strategic Workplan
- Pathway to Leadership in ADFM
- Etiquette for communicating via the ADFM Listserve
ADFM-generated resources
- Leadership Reading 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
- 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.