ACOFP Resident Recruiter Program
 As a resident in osteopathic family medicine, here's your chance to help medical students and fellow residents, learn about osteopathic family medicine and the ACOFP.

The ACOFP Resident Recruiter program enhances the education of medical students, inspiring many to become osteopathic family physicians while helping osteopathic family medicine residency programs recruit the best candidates, ensuring the long-term health of our specialty.

As an ACOFP Resident Recruiter, you will automatically be seen as a leader within osteopathic family medicine. But based on your location, you may also get additional leadership opportunities. For instance, you may also be asked to accompany an ACOFP elected officer when speaking about osteopathic family medicine during medical school visits. And, you might even be invited to attend the ACOFP Annual Convention as our guest and speak with medical students at the event.

Here's how ACOFP Resident Recruiters contribute your time and talents during the one-year volunteer term that runs from March to March.

  • Talk about the value of choosing an osteopathic family medicine residency to students inquiring about training at your program
  • Share your knowledge about your program's training curriculum and options for a family medicine rotation
  • Meet with students considering the program or arrange for another resident to meet with them
  • Exhibit with your program or with the ACOFP Resident Recruiters at the Osteopathic Residency Fair at the Annual Convention
  • Participate and/or attend the Resident Recruiter Workshop at the ACOFP Annual Convention
  • Provide a “Spotlight on Resident Recruiter/Residency Program” interview about your program to be highlighted in the SAACOFP e-newsletter
  • Provide interviews about your programs recruitment tools and experiences to be highlighted in the Resident Recruiter e-newsletter

ACOFP Resident Recruiter recommended requirements include:

  • Respond to student telephone or e-mail inquires within 48 hours
  • Keep your contact information with ACOFP up-to-date (email and preferred phone number)
  • Have your contact information listed online in the ACOFP Guide to Selecting an Osteopathic Family Practice and Manipulative Treatment Residency Program
  • Offer feedback on ACOFP and the Resident Recruiter Program
  • Participate as a 2nd Year Resident or a 1st Year Resident who was preciously active with ACOFP
  • Mentor your replacement

Are you interested in representing your program as an ACOFP Resident Ambassador? Contact your Program Director to have them fill out the Resident Ambassador Application (.doc) and forward it along with your completed application questions (.doc) to Veronica Ceaser.

If you already are a Resident Recruiter, please find some tools for you to use when communicating with students.
ACOFP’s Resident and Student Committee has created a handout for members to share information with students about some of the myths and facts pdf about being an Osteopathic Family Physician. The Committee also created a power point presentation about Choosing a Career as an Osteopathic Family Physician that you can use when speaking with students or share with your fellow residents.

If you were unable to attend the 2009 Resident Recruiter Leadership Workshop: Focus on the Future Family, please view the presentation to learn more about: the responsibilities of a Resident Recruiter; the trends of Osteopathic Family Medicine; the role of a Resident Recruiter; Health Marketing 101; ideas and tools for marketing your residency program to students; the myths and facts of family medicine; the view of what students are looking for in a residency program; and Leadership opportunities that will enhance the relationship between Resident Recruiters within the osteopathic profession.

Is Your Information Up-To-Date?
Students across the country use the ACOFP Residency Program Directory to research what residency programs they will apply at -- as the Resident Recruiter for your program it is vital that your contact information is current. Click Here to pull up your residency program and verify your contact information. Scroll down to the bottom of your residency program's information page and double check that your contact information is current. If anything needs to be updated please email veronicac@acofp.org.