Speakers Bureau

The American College of Physicians is seeking physician members to speak with medical students and residents through ACP’s Speakers’ Bureau, about the importance of choosing internal medicine as a career path. There will also be opportunities to engage with early career physicians.

Purpose:

Make a difference and help medical students and residents choose internal medicine as a career. Volunteer to meet, virtually or in person, with young adults and help improve the future of medicine.

Opportunities include:

• Connecting with medical students in one of the 150 Internal Medicine Interest Groups (IMIGs) during the Fall and Winter semesters;
• Introducing ACP Fellowship (FACP) to residents and early career physicians to share the value and benefits of earning the FACP credential;
• Other opportunities such as virtual seminars.

Responsibilities:

• Ability and comfortable speaking, virtually or in person, to groups of students, residents, or early career physicians.
• Flexibility with scheduling to accommodate student and resident schedules.
• Skill to discuss internal medicine in primary care or hospital medicine; subspecialty discussion too.
• Willingness to reach out to ACP staff if needed to address issues or support medical student and resident members.
• Be a resource to point students and residents to the right source of information, i.e. ACP opportunity, academic information, or networking connection.

This is a year-round, as-needed, opportunity available to physician members and offers flexibility to participate on your own schedule.

Goal:

• Support medical students’ and residents’ interest in internal medicine.
• Communicate how Internal Medicine physicians help patients manage their care and connect them with resources and services.