1. The kick off program( one time session for all participants), Developing Teaching Skills for the Primary Care Physician A nationally known physician educator, Gary Ferenchick, MD, MS, was selected to present the basics of community based teaching to the entire group of primary care network physicians at one of their required dinner meetings. The speaker was chosen for his enthusiastic hands-on approach to office-based teaching. The speaker at the end of his talk then introduced the community based faculty development program and the four peer faculty. Each of the four peer faculty developed an interactive module to be presented to each of four groups of teaching physicians at dispersed sites around our large urban service area. They selected these topics based on a needs survey and their own personal experiences in teaching. These topics include the following: