Duke Family Medicine residents Gabriela Plasencia, M.D., and Karen Scherr, M.D., Ph.D., received scholarships to attend the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation's Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute. As two of 15 family medicine residents selected, Plasencia and Scherr will participate in a year-long program designed to help grow leadership skills.
The Emerging Leader Institute is a multi-part leadership program held in conjunction with the national conference that focuses on three tracks:
- Policy & Public Health Leadership
- Personal & Practice Leadership
- Philanthropic & Mission-Driven Leadership
During the year-long program, each participant completes a project related to the chosen track and designed to build leadership skills. Each participant works with an assigned mentor through the process.