Education

National Conference 2024 | Kansas City | August 1–3

Fill Your Inspiration Tank

Watch fam med come to life at National Conference through procedural skills courses, workshops, and more. Here’s a few we’re excited for:

  • Do's and Don'ts of Residency Interviewing
  • AI and the Future of Medical Education
  • Physicians as Agents of Change

Check the session catalog for more when it’s live and join us at this year’s conference to get inspired about your future in fam med.

Workshops by Track

Whether you're selecting a residency, exploring career options and fellowships, or negotiating your first employment agreement, sessions are available to help you with this process.
 

  • Applying to Residency: From Before Application to After Interview
  • Country Doctoring: Exploring the Facts, Myths, and Preparation for an Exciting Career in Rural Family Medicine
  • Demonstrating Competence in Residency: New Expectations for Residents
  • Do's and Don'ts of Residency Interviewing: Advanced Skills for Residency Applicants
  • Family Medicine Cares: Building Capacity in Local and Global Communities
  • Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute Best Leadership Project Award Presentations
  • Fellowships in Family Medicine: Who, What, When, Where, and Why?
  • Financial Wellness 101: Start Investing in Residency
  • Finding Your Voice: Disruptive Leadership and Advocacy
  • FMIG Leadership Summit
  • From One IMG to Another
  • Health at the Margins: Caring for Migrant, Refugee, and Asylum-Seeking Patients in Your Future Career
  • How to Get Involved in Advocacy
  • Jaded Is a Shade of Green: Humanities for Physician Well-being
  • MyERAS and Program Signaling: What Students Need to Know
  • Myths, Legends, and the Truth About Family Medicine: A Workshop for the Inquisitive Mind
  • Take Control of Your Financial Life: A Step-by-Step Guide
  • Tell Your Story: Demonstrating Resiliency in Residency Applications
  • The Perpetual Tightrope: Balancing Work and Family Life Throughout Your Career
  • Understanding and Negotiating Your First Employment Agreement

Enhance your clinical skills, such as providing trauma-informed care, understanding reproductive and maternal care in family medicine, and more.
 

  • A Glimpse Into the Patient’s Experience for Interpreter-Assisted Doctor’s Appointments
  • Cannabis 101: Key Topics and Practice Tools for All Family Physicians
  • Experiencing Food as Medicine: Nourishing Ourselves Through Training and Beyond
  • FMOB: A Hands-on Mini Bootcamp
  • Fundamental Principles of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
  • Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy
  • Hands-on Approach to Pain Relief
  • Health Care Identification and Response to Intimate Partner Violence
  • Hepatitis C Treatment Is Primary Care
  • Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound: The New Stethoscope
  • Patient-Oriented Evidence That Matters: Power Up Your Practice With POEMs
  • Practical Approach to EKG Interpretation
  • Sim Gym: Bedside Procedures for Family Physicians
  • SMART: Sideline Management Assessment Response Techniques
  • The Medication First Model for Substance Use Disorders: Fight Morbidity and Mortality With A Utility Belt of Medication
  • The Papaya Workshop: Pregnancy Options Counseling and Uterine Aspiration Practice
  • To Rapidly Respond or Code: Role of Family Physicians When Patients Are Unstable
  • Vasectomy Tactile Workshop
  • Wilderness and International Medicine: Thriving and Surviving in the Austere Environment
  • Wound Care Workshop: Practical Skills for Future Primary Care Physicians
  • Hey, You're a Doctor! Responding to Emergencies When Everyone Knows What You Do

Take your practice skills to the next level. Learn about up-and-coming tech, advocacy opportunities, and more.
 

  • AI and the Future of Medical Education
  • Direct Primary Care: Creating Value for Patients, Doctors, and the Community
  • Must-Have iPhone Apps for Students & Residents
  • Physicians as Agents of Change: The Crucial Role of Social Justice Education in Health Care
  • Prioritizing Community Engagement Through Mobile Outreach and Street Medicine

Stand out in med school with exclusive techniques taught in hands-on workshops.
 

  • Advanced Suturing Techniques
  • Basic Joint Injections
  • Basic Suturing Techniques
  • Extremity Splinting in Primary/Urgent Care: A Case-Based, Hands-on Introduction
  • Skin Biopsy Techniques
  • Women's Health Techniques