Family Medicine has record Match Day!
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FMEC 2024 Annual Meeting Updates
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Exhibitor, Sponsor and Residency Fair registration will open this week!
Watch your email for links to sign up for the Residency Fair, or to exhibit or sponsor the meeting. If you are not already an FMEC Partner and getting a discount on your Residency Fair booth, consider joining before you register.
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Reminder of the schedule change
As previously communicated, we have eliminated programming on Sunday. Preconferences will occur on Thursday, September 19, and the meeting itself will be held all day Friday and Saturday, September 20 and 21. Attendees should plan to arrive on Wednesday (for preconferences) or Thursday, and leave on Saturday evening or Sunday morning.
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New record for educational program submissions!
The 2024 Annual Meeting is shaping up to be our biggest ever! As of the February deadline, the FMEC had received 426 program submissions – compared to 267 in 2022 and 320 in 2023. It’s wonderful to have so much interest in presenting at the FMEC. Submissions came from all over the FMEC region, from about 100 unique programs and institutions, with Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey submitting the most. All submissions are in the process of being reviewed by your peers of family physicians in order to build an academically strong and inspiring program. All authors will receive feedback on their submissions that can be used for future growth and improvement. If you submitted a proposal, you will find out if you were accepted, declined, or asked to revise your presentation in May 2024.
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ALSO Instructor and POCUS workshops planned for September 19
Once again, the FMEC expects to offer an Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Instructor Course workshop all day, as well as two Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) workshops in collaboration with the Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI), on Thursday, September 19. Each year, we hear from people who wanted to attend but didn’t make plans early enough. Mark your calendars and prepare your budgets now! Note that to attend the ALSO Instructor Course, you must have attended an ALSO Course. Use the AAFP ALSO Course website to find one now and attend before September!
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FMEC Healthcare Innovators Network write ups available
Since 2008, the FMEC has hosted the Healthcare Innovators Network during its Annual Meeting, where industry leaders present cutting-edge practices and more. You can catch up on these presentations by reading short write-ups posted on the FMEC Annual Meeting Healthcare Innovators Network page. The FMEC is very grateful to One Medical for their support of the event, and for participating to showcase their unique model. Do you have an innovation to share? The FMEC is working on the agenda for the 2024 Healthcare Innovators Network now. Contact Scott Allen at scott.allen@fmec.net to discuss presentations and/or sponsorship.
Your colleagues may not be getting FMEC emails
Have you ever said “hey, did you see that email from the FMEC?” and get a blank stare from a colleague who you know participates in the FMEC? Here are some steps you can take to make sure the faculty and residents in your department are getting FMEC emails. 1) Ask them to check their spam folders; 2) make sure your IT department is allowing emails with the extension “.fmec.net” to go through; and 3) tell them to contact FMEC to make sure they are actively subscribed. Unfortunately, many faculty and residents in the FMEC region have hit “unsubscribe” on one previous FMEC email, so they no longer get ANY emails from us. We can send those individuals a resubscribe link if they let us know. In order to get a resubscribe link, people should contact Jennifer Stamper at jennifer.stamper@fmec.net.
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Get discounts as an FMEC Partner or Member
Joining the FMEC as an individual or institution not only helps support the FMEC mission and promote family medicine, but it gives you tangible benefits and 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. Read more about FMEC Memberships and Partnerships now and join or renew. And don’t forget to watch the FMEC Special Edition email newsletter for job and fellowship openings from FMEC Silver Partners and above.
A hearty THANK YOU to the residency programs, medical schools, and health systems who have joined or renewed their FMEC partnerships. See the full list at FMEC Partners. The support of these FMEC partners is critical to the FMEC’s success.
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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.
March 25-27, 2024 – AAFP Residency Leadership Summit/Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD), Kansas City, KS
March 27-31, 2024 – Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Annual Medical Education Conference, New Orleans, LA
April 4-7, 2024 – American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
April 18-20, 2024 – AAFP Leadership Conference, Kansas City, MO
May 4-8, 2024 – STFM Annual Spring Conference, Los Angeles, CA
May 19-21, 2024 – AAFP Family Medicine Advocacy Summit, Washington, DC
May 30-June 1, 2024 – AMSA Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA
June 20-23, 2024 – Direct Primary Care Summit, Dallas, TX
August 1-3, 2024 – AAFP National Conference for Family Medicine Residents & Medical Students, Kansas City
September 15-18, 2024 – STFM Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement, Denver, CO
September 19-21, 2024 – FMEC Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
September 24-28, 2024 – AAFP FMX, Phoenix, AZ
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