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Financial Aid to Attend WONCA FFPAI South Asia Conf of Family Doctors
American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) The Montegut Global Scholars
Program (MGSP).
At the Wonca Full Executive Committee Meeting in Cebu City, Philippines, the Executive
Committee agreed to accept the generous offer by the American Board of Family Medicine
Foundation (ABFM-F) to establish The Montegut Global Scholars Program (MGSP).
Following communication between the Wonca President and the ABFM-F, some clarification
on how the award will be managed by the ABFM-F was obtained. These are as follows:
- ABFM-F will fund nominees from each of the seven WONCA regions. However, ABFM-F
requests that the nominee from the North American region be a physician nominated
by the Caribbean College of Family Physicians (ABFM-F believes that the AAFP and
CFPC should have sufficient funds to send their own physicians to these meetings
if they wish to do so), submitted by them to the WONCA World Secretariat/ Nominating
and Awards Committee, and subsequently approved by the North American Regional President.
- The ABFM-F would agree that the only viable solution for those regions that do not
have staff or committee structures is to allow for the WONCA World Secretariat or
WONCA World Nominating and Awards Committee to assist with the identification and
selection of candidates.
- ABFM-F would request that the Chair of the ABFM-F Board of Directors, currently
Dr. Lewis Sigmon, participate in the final review and approval of the proposed Montegut
Global Scholars from all regions to assure that they meet the selection guidelines
established by the Foundation before any candidates are notified of their selection.
The final candidates’ applications would be forwarded to the Chair, and once his
review is completed, ABFM-F would notify the appropriate regional Presidents and
WONCA representative that the candidates had been approved. The following email
address could be used for submission of the applications:
president@abfmfoundation.org
- It would be permissible for Scholars to travel to another region for a meeting if
their region does not hold a meeting. However, ABFM-F would expect a post meeting
summary as outlined in the attached policy from each of them just as for all Montegut
Global Scholars that attend their respective regional meetings.
The revised version of the MGSP policy document is found below to more clearly delineate
the appropriate issues.
Please make every effort to promote this MGSP to all member organizations in your
Region with immediate effect.
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ABFM (American Board of Family Medicine) Foundation’s (ABFM-F) Montegut Global Scholars
Program Policy and Procedures
Introduction: The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a
member of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). The ABFM’s primary mission
is to certify, for the public good, that its Diplomates have the knowledge and competence
to practice the specialty of family medicine in the United States of America. The
ABFM-F is a supporting organization of the ABFM. Its primary mission is to support
the ABFM’s research and scholarly activities.
The Montegut Global Scholars Program (MGSP) was established by the ABFM-F in April
2010. It was named in honor of Alain Montegut, M.D., a member of the Board of Directors
of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) from 2005-2010 and whose career
has been devoted to developing high quality family medicine practice internationally,
especially in underserved and/or undeveloped countries.
The MGSP was established to foster international education, research and collaboration
in the specialty of family medicine. It will support the attendance of one family
physician from each of the seven regions of the international organization of family
physicians (WONCA) to their regional meetings or to the international meeting in
the year when it is held. Initial funding was approved for the period of 2011-2013.
In years when the local region does not hold a meeting it will be permissible for
the nominee from that region to use the scholarship to attend a meeting in another
region.
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Funding: The MGSP will provide a $2,000 scholarship for one (1)
family physician selected from each of the seven (7) WONCA regions to attend their
respective regional WONCA meetings in 2011 and 2012. It will provide a $3,000 scholarship
for the selectee from each region to attend the world conference of WONCA in 2013.
The selected scholars are expected to devote the entire amount funded toward expenses
related to attending the WONCA meeting for which s/he is chosen.
Should additional funding be necessary for a selectee to attend any of the aforementioned
meetings, the individual or his/her regional WONCA shall be responsible for the
balance. Checks will be cut to the respective regional WONCA treasurer/financial
officer for distribution to the scholar.
Once the Montegut Global Scholar’s travel to a meeting is complete, the respective
regional WONCA office will be required to submit a financial report to the ABFM-F
that will account for the disbursements for the scholarship to the respective scholars.
The ABFM-F is only responsible to the regional WONCA offices and scholars for the
set amount of the individual scholarships outlined above. It will not consider requests
for supplemental funds for any respective scholarship, either in advance or after
the fact.
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Scholar selection: Applications will be sought and processed by
the respective WONCA regional office. Where the local WONCA region does not have
a committee structure or staff which allows for the identification; solicitation
of interest from physicians and the ultimate submission of the Application, the
WONCA World Secretary or the WONCA World Nominating and Awards Committee will be
empowered to assist.
In the instances where the selection and submission of the Application is made by
the WONCA World staff it will be necessary to have the application approved by the
ABFM-F prior to being awarded. The nominee from the North American region should
come from the Caribbean College of Family Physicians and should be approved by the
North American President. These applications can be submitted to the Chair of the
ABFM-F in written or electronic form.
A standard application form with a copy of the MGSP 'Policy and Procedures’ must
be distributed to each applicant. The selection of a scholar from each region will
be processed and determined by the WONCA officers for their respective region except
as noted above when the local WONCA region does not have the wherewithal to handle
the process. When the scholar is chosen by a respective WONCA region or WONCA World
staff for a given WONCA meeting, a copy of that person’s application and curriculum
vitae should be forwarded to the President of the ABFM Foundation at 1648 McGrathiana
Parkway, Suite 550, Lexington, Kentucky, 40511-1247, United States of America, or
via email to President@abfmfoundation.org
for our files.
The person chosen for the scholarship must be a family physician/general practitioner
in good professional standing. It is suggested that the selectee be a physician
involved with education, research and/or committed to improving the quality of family
medical care in his/her region. Furthermore, the selectee chosen should be a person
whom under ordinary circumstances would not have the financial means to attend the
referenced meetings, and is not part of the WONCA leadership in his/her region.
The regional WONCA office should assure in advance that the person chosen for this
scholarship possesses proper documents/credentials for international travel. Finally,
it is suggested that the same individual not be chosen to attend more than one of
the three meetings offered by this scholars program. The scholarship selectee should
be informed that s/he is responsible for arranging the details (e.g., travel, lodging,
etc.) for attending the meeting for which s/he has been chosen.
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Scholar Responsibilities: In return for the scholarship, each scholar
is required to submit a brief report (in English) after returning from a meeting
in their own region or another region to the President of the ABFM-F containing
the following information:
- Name, practice address and WONCA region,
- An essay (2-4 typewritten pages) outlining ‘Lessons Learned’ from the designated
meeting that, going forward, could benefit that physician, his/her patients, residency
training programs or trainees, or the specialty of family medicine in his/her region.
- In the essay referenced above, the scholar should list two (2) or three (3) action
items that s/he will implement in their region, practice, or training program as
a result of attending the meeting.
- Five to six months after the meeting, the scholar should submit a supplemental report
to the ABFM-F office. That report should note which of the items listed in 3 above
were implemented and which were not. If applicable, it should briefly explain what
barriers were encountered in implementing specific failed actions. It should also
describe how barriers to implementation for successful items were overcome.
This report will be due to the ABFM-F office [President ABFM-F, 1648 McGrathiana
Parkway, Suite 550, Lexington, Kentucky, 40511-1247, United States of America] or
via email to: President@abfmfoundation.org
no more than sixty (60) days after the conclusion of the respective meeting. Any
papers, lectures or presentations by the scholar containing information gained as
a result of this scholarship should acknowledge the ABFM-F as a sponsor.
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