Family Faculty
The Family Faculty program allows families to share their perspective through their family story. It is centered around family-centered care and ensures the health and well-being of children and their families through a respectful family-professional partnership.
What to expect at a Family Faculty Presentation?
Parents can participate on panels of 3 family members presenting their experiences to undergraduate and graduate classes in UVM Education and Health Sciences courses and at Saint Michael’s College. Each parent speaks for 20 minutes. Daytime and evening classes are held on campus.
Third-year medical students in their pediatric rotation are assigned a home visit with families. The purpose is to teach family-centered care through your family story. Families are needed throughout the year. The assigned student schedules a mutually-convenient time to meet for about 2 hours to hear the family’s perspective. Brief feedback form is sent to us
First-year medical students meet in groups of 8 with a faculty member and a parent for an introduction to family-centered care. Meeting 4-5:30 pm early in the fall semester. Parents share their family’s experience and perspective of having a child with special needs for 45 minutes.
Want to Become a Family Faculty Presenter?
$50 Stipend and Parking fees covered for presenters.
*offer in person and virtual sessions!