December 18, 2024

NOW OPEN: Application for the 2025 Leadership Academy

2025 FAFP Leadership Academy:

The Foundations of Leadership

Friday, April 4, 2025 in Orlando

Application Deadline:

January 31, 2025

Embark on your next step towards becoming an impactful and standout physician leader!

What to Expect:

• One-on-one guidance from an experienced physician leader and executive, Dr. Bruce Flareau
• Program tailored to participants’ skill sets and needs
• Real-World activities and behavioral change management techniques
• Upon program completion, receive an FAFP Foundations of Leadership Certificate of Completion

Spots are limited, so apply now and begin your leadership journey!

Click here to apply.

Thank You for Attending the 2024 FAFP Winter Summit

Thank you to all 800+ attendees of the 2024 FAFP Hybrid Family Medicine Winter Summit, hosted from December 6-8 at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island! Whether you participated in-person or virtually, we hope that the learning experience was as enjoyable & worthwhile for you as it was for the FAFP leadership & staff.

Please do not report your credits to AAFP/CEBroker as this delays the process of proper reporting to the state. More than 550 attendees have claimed CME credits, and these credits were sent to the AAFP and CEBroker on December 11, 2024. While these credits have been sent, please allow 7 business days for them to be properly reported in both your AAFP and CEBroker accounts.

If you submitted your evaluation and claimed credit by Monday, December 16, 2024, your CME credits will be reported to AAFP and CE Broker before the end of 2024. Due to FAFP/AAFP office closure, credits submitted after December 16, 2024 will not be reported to AAFP and CE Broker until after January 2, 2025. Rest assured, credits claimed between December 17-31, 2024 will be posted the first week of January 2025 with no impact to membership status. As a reminder, please claim your CME credits by completing and submitting your evaluation no later than Friday, December 27, 2024.

Q&A: Residents Share Insights on Program Ranking

Ranking opens Feb. 3 for students and graduates participating in the 2025 National Resident Matching Program, and applicants have until March 5 to finalize their rank order lists. With those dates approaching, AAFP News asked four first- and second-year family medicine residents to share insights from their Match experiences.

Read what FAFP member, Dr. Grace Kelly, a second-year resident at the University of Florida Family Medicine Residency in Gainesville, shared by clicking here.

Caring 4 Communities

The FAFP’s “Caring 4 Communities” (C4C) project visited America's Youth Inc. (located in Fernandina Beach) on Saturday, December 7, during the FAFP 2024 Winter Summit in Amelia Island. The FAFP helped with donating gifts for the center while also hanging out with over 35 kids. FAFP’s resident and student membership led a basic first-aid workshop to help inspire kids and show how it's fun to take care of others. The FAFP is excited about where the future of the C4C will grow in the years to come!

DEA Extends Controlled Substance Prescribing for 2025

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in concert with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing a third extension of telemedicine flexibilities for the prescribing of controlled medications, through December 31, 2025 - CLICK HERE to learn more. To learn more about telemedicine prescribing requirements, visit the FAFP.org. 

Additional Resources

Announcing "Optimizing Care Delivery: A Framework for Improving the Healthcare Experience"