- Experience working with residents or medical learners preferred
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Strong listening, communication, and group facilitation skills
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Ability to foster an inclusive, respectful, and nonjudgmental environment
The facilitator provides a supportive, confidential space for first-year residents to connect, reflect, and navigate the transition to residency.
Responsibilities
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Facilitate a welcoming, psychologically safe group discussion every two weeks
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Encourage peer connection, reflection, and sharing of residency experiences
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Help normalize common challenges of the first year of residency
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Identify when residents may benefit from additional support and connect them with appropriate resources
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Maintain appropriate confidentiality and boundaries; the role is supportive and not evaluative
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Facilitate discussion around topics such as:
- Transition to residency and increasing clinical responsibility
- Work-life integration and personal wellness
- Stress, fatigue, and coping strategies
- Communication and team dynamics
- Managing difficult clinical experiences
- Professional identity development
- Feedback, uncertainty, and growth
- Maintaining relationships and personal priorities during residency
The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota was created more than 50 years ago in response to a legislative mandate to train primary care physicians. Since then, we have been leaders in transforming the specialty through education, research, and patient care. We are the academic sponsor of ten family medicine residencies—five in the Twin Cities, five in Greater Minnesota. We are involved in medical student education activities across the Medical School's three campuses: Twin Cities, Duluth, and Saint Cloud. We sponsor five fellowship programs—sports medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, behavioral medicine, clinical informatics, and human sexuality— and offer continuing medical education opportunities. We are regularly among the top National Institutes of Health-funded family medicine departments. Our faculty are actively researching health disparities, healthcare delivery, and population health. More at https://med.umn.edu/familymedicine.
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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC)
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.
At the University of Minnesota, we are proud to be recognized by Forbes as a Best Employer for Company Culture (2026), Best Employer for Women (2023, 2025, 2026), and Best Employer by State (2022-2026). In 2026, we also received Culture Excellence & Industry Awards recognition for employee appreciation and work-life flexibility.
