As a growing organization with an increasingly diverse membership, the American Academy of Family Physicians is committed to allowing all members to have a voice in the organization. To support this ongoing effort, the AAFP Board of Directors established AAFP member interest groups to define, recognize, and engage groups of AAFP active members who have shared professional interests.
- Network with fellow AAFP members
- Participate in interest-specific continuing professional development activities
- Deliver a unified message to AAFP leadership
- Suggest AAFP policy
- Provide input on AAFP policies and positions (upon request)
- Pursue professional leadership development within the AAFP
- Connect to existing AAFP resources
- Meet face-to-face at AAFP Family Medicine Experience (formerly AAFP Assembly)
- Adolescent Health
- Direct Primary Care
- Emergency Medicine/Urgent Care
- Global Health
- Hospital Medicine
- Independent Solo/Small Group Practice
- Lifestyle Medicine
- Oral Health
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound
- Reproductive Health Care
- Rural Health
- School Doctor
- Single Payer Health Care
- Telehealth
- Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative
Interested in joining a member interest group? Visit the individual webpage for a specific member interest group and click on the “Visit the Community” button located on the right side of the webpage. Members will be redirected to the online community for the group. Upon reaching that page, click “Join Group.”
Interested in forming a new member interest group? Visit the AAFP website to learn more or to download a member interest group application.