Education Initiatives & Programs

Education Initiatives The educational support for future family physicians through the AAFP Foundation helps create a brighter future for the specialty. Through the Foundation, medical students and residents have access to a number of outstanding programs, mentors and faculty that ensure success as they pursue a career in family medicine.

Signature Program: Family Medicine Leads

Family physicians serve as the patient's first contact for health concerns and studies show that this patient-centered care helps people live longer, healthier lives. The Family Medicine Leads program focuses on supporting efforts to fill the workforce pipeline with both the quantity and quality of family physicians needed to improve the health of all people, as well as by supporting the development of future Family Medicine leaders.

Family Medicine Leads Scholarships for National Conference

The AAFP Foundation provides 250 Family Medicine Leads Scholarships for Family Medicine residents and medical students to attend the AAFP National Conference, with the goal of influencing their commitment to the specialty of Family Medicine.

Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute

The Emerging Leader Institute is a year-long leadership development program that brings together 30 participants following a competitive application process. It targets family medicine residents and medical students who display leadership potential but may or may not have served in a leadership role.

Medical and Public Education Programs

Center for the History of Family Medicine

The Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) collects, organizes, preserves and provides access to the records of leading Family Medicine organizations.

Family Medicine Philanthropic Consortium