November | 2025

Plan now for the

2026 FMEC Annual Meeting

Join the FMEC at the 2026 Annual Meeting in

Atlantic City, NJ, September 24-26, 2026.

The 2026 FMEC Call for Submissions will open during the week of December 5^th. Prepare now to submit for Workshops, Seminars, Research, QI, Papers Lecture Discussions, Breakfast Tables, Preconferences and more!

We are also looking for volunteers to help plan the meetings by reviewing session proposals and by serving on the Host Committees. To learn more about volunteering, contact Scott Allen at scott.allen@fmec.net.

News from the FMEC

Welcome to our new Student and Resident Board members

The FMEC Board is excited to welcome new medical student and resident members to the Board. Senya Huda, MS3, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell will join as a medical student member, and Jessica Cerdena, MD, PhD, PGY-3, Middlesex Health Family Medicine Residency Program will join as a resident member. They will participate in Board meetings from now through September 2026, alongside current members Hannah Clarke and Dr. Taylor Rider, and serve their official terms from September 2026 to September 2027 after Hannah and Taylor rotate off.

FMEC Residency Coordinator Meeting, November 19

The FMEC will hold a meeting for residency coordinators and other GME staff on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 from 12:30pm-1:30pm Eastern. Any interested coordinator in the FMEC region is welcome. As follow up to a meeting of coordinators and administrative staff at the 2025 Annual Meeting, we will discuss the potential for a track or afternoon of sessions specifically for coordinators, improvements to the registration process for our Annual Meetings, and opportunities to apply to be on the FMEC Board or project leadership teams.

FMEC Residency Coordinator/GME Staff Meeting – November 2025

Wednesday, November 19

12:30pm-1:30pm Eastern

Zoom Link to Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jMfDsfYAToeuYxCqWCaeig#/registration

Future coordinator meetings and registration links are below.

Monday, December 15, 2025, 12:30pm-1:30pm Eastern

Thursday, January 29, 2026, 12:30pm-1:30pm Eastern

Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 12:30pm-1:30pm Eastern

Congratulations to our 2025 Award Winners

Read about our 2025 award winners in the full awards booklet including the prose, poetry and prose-poem submissions on the FMEC awards website. The FMEC congratulates the winners and also thanks the many impressive candidates who submitted or were nominated for this year’s awards. A call for nominations for the 2026 awards will be released in the spring of 2026.

Keep Rockin’ and Rollin’ with an FMEC Discount

From now through November 23, being part of the FMEC gets you a 15% discount at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame store! Even if you weren’t able to attend the event during the 2025 Annual Meeting, you can use the code FMEC15 to purchase t-shirts, vinyl and more. Visit https://shop.rockhall.com/ and start your holiday shopping now.

FMEC Programs Offer Performance Improvement Credit

The FMEC has convened learning networks/collaboratives for many years, but recently, we’ve prioritized securing Performance Improvement (PI) AAFP Prescribed credits for physician participation. By joining and completing an FMEC learning collaborative project, FMEC staff will submit your name and AAFP ID number to the AAFP and ABFM, attesting that you have completed the PI activity. If you are an AAFP member, 20 Prescribed credits will be added to your AAFP portfolio. If you are board certified with the ABFM, 20 Performance Improvement credits for participation in the activity will be added to your ABFM portfolio. Since 2023, we’ve helped nearly 100 physicians with this requirement. Read more about FMEC’s projects at FMEC Residency Learning Networks and watch your FMEC email for the next opportunities to join our learning collaborative projects.

Opportunities for You

2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference Proposals Due January 5

STFM invites fellows, residents, and students within family medicine to present their completed or ongoing research projects at the upcoming 2026 STFM Annual Spring Conference. The conference will be May 2–6, 2026, in New Orleans, LA. The submission deadline is January 5, 2026 For more information, visit Call for Presentations for Fellow, Resident, and Student Completed or Works-in-Progress Research Posters.

STFM Practice & Quality Improvement Session Proposals Due January 27

The Call for Presentations is open for the 2026 STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement is open. STFM invites members of care and residency teams to submit proposals to present their work at the conference, which will be held August 31–September 2, 2026, in Palm Desert, CA. The deadline to submit is January 27, 2026.

AAFP Residency Leadership Summit Registration Open

The AAFP Residency Leadership Summitt will be held Wednesday, March 4 through Friday, March 6, 2026 at a new location, the Hyatt Regency in Dallas, TX. Join your peers to gain the ACGME- and ABFM-aligned education, along with a new networking reception and new workshops. To register, visit AAFP Residency Leadership Summit.

Perils of Online Calculators

Free calculators are online for just about everything these days, including student loan payments. However, these tools only provide one limited view of your situation, and the results can often be misleading. A good example is the FSA Loan Simulator – free on studentaid.gov – which can give you an overview of potential repayment options, but it doesn’t provide the complete picture.

Online calculators often rely on simplified assumptions that may not fit your specific circumstances. They do not factor in detailed variables such as career progression, residency transitions, or household changes. Depending solely on these tools can lead to inaccurate expectations about monthly payments or long-term costs. Personalized guidance can help avoid costly mistakes when planning repayment or forgiveness strategies.

Connect with FMEC’s partners at Navigate, who can provide precise, scenario-based estimates of your monthly payments under various plans, project how your payments may change as your income grows, and help you understand how major life changes—like getting married or switching plans—can impact your loan strategy. Use this special link so Navigate knows we sent you: https://navigate.as.me/FMEC.

Benefits of FMEC Partnership

Joining the FMEC as an individual or institution gives you discounts! Programs who are FMEC Partners receive $300 discounts on their Residency Fair booths, and individuals who join, or receive complimentary memberships through an FMEC Partner organization, receive $50-75 discounts on registration. Join or renew now so you get your discounts on the 2026 Annual Meeting!

Also, institutions that join at the Silver ($2,500) Partner level and above get access to the FMEC’s Special Edition newsletter to post their job and fellowship openings. That’s one fee for an entire year of posting job ads! Read more about Special Edition and share the information with your recruiting department in this FMEC Special Edition Overview.

The FMEC can “bundle” your invoices for Partnership dues, Residency Fair booths, and faculty and resident individual registrations. We can also invoice your program at specific times during the year, for instance if it’s easier for you to pay at the beginning of your fiscal year, or you have funds left at the end of the fiscal year to put toward next year. If you would like special handling of your payments to the FMEC, contact Shayla Rammel at shayla.rammel@fmec.net.

Help Introduce Students to Family Medicine

Donate Today

The Nik Zervanos, MD, Student Scholarship program has brought nearly 8,000 medical students to FMEC meetings over the last 20 years. Please help continue the great work started by Dr. Zervanos and donate to the Nik Zervanos, MD, Student Scholarship program. Help us bring over 300 students to the 2025 Annual Meeting in Cleveland! Donors (individuals, residency programs, medical staff, etc.) are recognized on the FMEC website and on signs and slides at the meeting.

Upcoming Meetings

A selection of upcoming family medicine and primary care meetings, nationally and in the FMEC region. If you have a meeting to be listed, please email jennifer.stamper@fmec.net.

Nov. 21-25 – (NAPCRG) North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
Jan. 29 – Feb. 1, 2026 – STFM Conference on Medical Student Education, Charlotte, NC
Feb 19-21, 2026 – ACGME Annual Educational Conference, San Diego, CA
Feb. 25-28, 2026 – ADFM Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
Feb 19-21, 2026 – ACGME Annual Educational Conference, San Diego, CA
Mar. 3-6, 2026 – AAFP Residency Leadership Summitt, Dallas, TX
Apr. 15-19, 2026 – ACOFP Annual Convention, Orlando, FL
May 1-5, 2026 – STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA
Aug. 31 – Sep. 2, 2026 – STFM Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement
Jan. 29-Feb. 1 – STFM Conference on Medical Student Education, Charlotte, NC
Feb. 25-28 – ADFM Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
Feb. 19-21 – ACGME Annual Educational Conference, San Diego, CA
Mar. 4-6 – AFMRD Residency Leadership Summit, Dallas, TX
Apr. 1-5 – SNMA Annual Medical Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
Apr. 15-19 – ACOFP Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
May 2-6 – STFM Annual Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA
July 16-19 - DPC Summit, New Orleans, LA
Jul. 30 – Aug. 1 - AAFP FUTURE Conference, Kansas City
Aug. 31 – Sep. 2 – STFM Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement, Palm Desert, CA
Sep. 24-26, 2026 – FMEC Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ
Oct. 20-24– AAFP FMX, Nashville, TN
Sep. 9-11, 2027 – FMEC Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD