You might want to post some of these deadlines on your calendar. For details, call (800) 274-2237 and the extensions noted below, contact staff via e-mail, or check the Web sites.
Encourage your constituent chapter to nominate a physician or another individual for the AAFP Public Health Award. The chapter should e-mail jhaas@AAFP.org or call Ext. 3140 for a nomination form, to be submitted by March 1.
March 15 is the deadline for proposals for workshops, seminars, lectures, papers, poster displays and special interest discussions at the 2004 Conference on Patient Education Nov. 11 - 14 in San Francisco. Submit your proposals online at http://www.stfm.org/calendar/cal_pe.htm.
Want to present your research or a scientific exhibit at the AAFP Scientific Assembly Oct. 13 - 17 in Orlando, Fla.? Go to http://www.AAFP.org/assembly.xml for applications to make family medicine research presentations and to present scientific exhibits. Submit those applications by April 2.
The World Organization of Family Doctors, or Wonca, is holding its 17th World Conference of Family Doctors in conjunction with the AAFP Scientific Assembly. Go to http://www.wonca2004.org/x14653.xml to access applications to give an oral presentation, lead a workshop or symposium, or present an international poster. Those applications are due by March 15.
Two deadlines are near for Tar Wars®, AAFP's tobacco-free education effort aimed at fourth- and fifth-graders. Nominations for the Star Award, which honors individuals or groups that have significantly contributed to the Tar Wars effort, are due by April 15. Applications for scholarships to attend the Coordinator Leadership Conference July 20 - 22 in Alexandria, Va., are due by April 30. The Star Award nomination form is at http://www.tarwars.org/PreBuilt/2004StarForm.pdf, and the scholarship application is at http://www.tarwars.org/PreBuilt/2004ScholarshipApplication.pdf. For help using PDF files, go to http://www.aafp.org/pdf.xml.
AAFP President Michael Fleming, M.D., of Shreveport, La., has called on FPs to encourage medical students to attend the National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students July 28 - 31 in Kansas City, Mo. -- a way to get students fired up about the specialty. Consider these possibilities, some for students, some for students and residents: Family Medicine Interest Group Leadership Award, Student Community Outreach Award, Resident Community Outreach Award, Tomorrow's Leader Award, and First-time Attendees and Resident/Student Minority Scholarships. The application deadline is May 3. For information, go to http://www.aafp.org/conference.xml.
The Joint AAFP Foundation-AAFP Grant Awards Program is accepting requests for support of research in family medicine. Applications must be postmarked by June 1. Go to http://www.aafpfoundation.org/x270.xml for more information.
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