Program Elements and Schedule

The ADFM LEADS Fellowship is a year-long program (starting and ending in February at the ADFM Annual Conference). The program is structured around the ADFM leadership competencies, highlights strategic career planning, and is designed to be cohort-responsive though some content is included annually.  Some examples of specific topics that may be covered include:

• Leadership pathways for self and mentees (i.e. knowledge of the different career options available, see CAFM leadership materials)
• Diversity and inclusion; anti-racism; explicitly acknowledge minority tax, sponsorship, allyship
• Self-promotion
• Survival skills vs day-to-day knowledge
• Systems thinking
• Change agency and management
• Teaming and leadership; leadership styles
• Writing, communication, and negotiation skills
• Advocacy skills (legislative and local/institutional)
• Giving and receiving feedback with a formal peer evaluation from other fellows

The timeline for the 2027-2028 cohort year is: 

Program Cost and Commitments

The cost of participation in the ADFM LEADS Fellowship in 2027 is $12,000*. This fee covers all materials and expenses for LEADS Program sessions. It also covers the registration fees for the two ADFM Annual Conferences attended by LEADS Fellows. This does not include additional travel, lodging and some meal fees. 

Travel expenses and costs associated with NAPCRG Annual Meeting attendance are the responsibility of the fellow and/or their supporting department.

*The program cost can be separated into two separate payments at the request of the department.

Application Elements 

• The application form must be completed including your personal essays, project proposal and current CV/resume 
  • LEADS Fellowship Application
    
    
• The nominator form must be completed by your nominator (within or outside your institution - may be your supervisor or not) 
  
  • LEADS Fellowship Nominator Form
    
    
• The time/financial commitment form must be filled out by your direct supervisor 
  • LEADS Fellowship Time/Financial Commitment Form
    
    

Forms are linked for review and preparation, however, please note that they must be submitted online via the form links above. Please feel free to download the Application, Nominator Form, and Commitment Form.

All application materials are due by June 8, 2026.

Access the Faculty Advisor Application

Download the application questions

Position effort: 4 hours/week + 4 in person workshops per cohort year

Location: remote

Background: The ADFM LEADS (Leadership Education for Academic Development and Success) Fellowship Program provides interactive training, tools, and experiential learning for those aspiring to senior leadership positions in academic or other health systems. The program has an emphasis on strategic career planning and features a cohort-responsive curriculum structured around the Leadership Competencies for Family Medicine Department Chairs and Senior Leaders, which we have found fit for other leadership roles as well. 

We are seeking 1 Additional Learning Community Faculty Advisor to work with the 2027-2028 cohort. 

This individual will be someone with at least 5 years in a senior leadership position (department chair level or above) of an academic department of family medicine or academic health systems leader. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

In collaboration with the ADFM staff supporting the LEADS program, the Faculty Advisors will:

• Attend weekly check-ins with the fellows (Wednesdays, 1-2 pm ET) and provide facilitation of discussion sections, journal clubs, and project check-ins for your learning community group during these meetings.

• Help plan fellowship curriculum and provide input on the overall curricular structure, including but not limited to:

• Weekly meetings, including journal clubs and webinars

• In person and virtual workshops

• Progress of fellow projects and other assignments

• Periodically review program goals and fellows’ areas of competencies to ensure weakness are addressed

• Attend the four in-person workshops. 

• Attend monthly check-ins with the program director and staff.

• Review readings and any materials assigned to the fellows. 

• Provide coaching to fellows on their fellowship objectives and LEADS projects throughout the year (focusing on the process, what they learned and gained as leadership development) and helping them prepare for their “ignite” talks sharing their projects during the ADFM conference at the end of the fellowship year. This includes:

• Meet with the fellows mid-point through their fellowship and put together a mid-year report card to be shared with the fellow. Advisors are not expected to meet with each individual on a regular basis but may do so on an ad-hoc basis as needed beyond the mid-point check-in. 

• Outreach to any speakers/outside entities who need to be recruited for participation with LEADS fellows 

• Review of course and program evaluations and evaluation results

• Review applications for the program 

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Evaluation of programming and fellowship overall (high ratings of offerings and overall)

• Improvement in competency area self-evaluation across fellowship year

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

This position requires travel throughout the year, specifically to the ADFM conference in February and the LEADS workshops in July and November. 

Please email Sam Elwood (selwood@adfm.org) and JoBeth Hamon (Jhamon@adfm.org) with questions.