2013 AAFP NCSC: Being There and Giving a Damn
Hard to believe but it has been almost exactly one year since the 2012 American Academy of Family Physicians‘ National Conference of Special Constituencies. I had the privilege of serving as the Convener, or conference chair, and we all had the privilege of hearing from Dr. G. Gayle Stephens, one of the original Family Medicine Revolution-aries. During his keynote, Dr. Stephens reminded us of 3 essential values to guide our lives as...
Our #FMRevolution Olympic Moment
In advance of last year’s AAFP National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students (NCFMR), I blogged about family medicine and origin stories. My premise was that all heroes have an origin story and all family docs are heroes and so why shouldn’t we? In the process, I learned these pointers about constructing origin stories: Give us a reason to care Don’t make your hero a Chosen One– give him a chance to...
Need a Reason to Attend the AAFP National Conference? Here Are Five
As one of the newly appointed Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) Coordinators for the David Geffen School of Medicine in the spring of 2011, I was anticipating an eventful year of promoting and learning more about family medicine through workshop planning, networking, and service in the community. In addition, I was excited for the National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students in Kansas City, MO at the end...
Admiring a Pioneer in the FMRevolution
Posted from Kansas City, MO In spite of the whirlwind of excitement, status updates and tweets whilst chairing the AAFP National Conference of Special Constituencies (NCSC) here in Kansas City, it was important to take a deep breath and pause to admire Dr. G. Gayle Stephens as he delivered his plenary session on the evolution of family medicine in America from counterculture to revolution. It was not solely because he is an original...
2011 AAFP NCFMR, #FMRevolution and Origin Stories
Greetings, fellow Family Medicine Revolutionaries! The 2011 American Academy of Family Physicians’ National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students begins today in Kansas City, MO. Many of you have flown in from every nook and cranny of our vast nation (and beyond) to explore all that Family Medicine has to offer you: not only the future of our great specialty, the future of American medicine. As a soon-to-be...