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Consider participating in the following activities and adding the deadlines to your calendar.
Perhaps you've got ideas you and your colleagues want the AAFP to adopt as policy. Channel your suggestions through your constituent chapter now; the chapter needs to submit its resolutions by Sept. 11 for them to be considered by the AAFP Congress of Delegates Oct. 11 - 13 in Orlando, Fla.
Look ahead to the 2005 Scientific Assembly and decide whether you'd like to present a CME session during the convention Sept. 28 - Oct. 2 in San Francisco. Speakers' proposals, which must be submitted online, are due Nov. 1. Go to http://www.aafp.org/proposal.xml to apply.
The Fundamentals of Management program, a management and leadership training experience approved for Prescribed CME credit, has two deadlines looming: Sept. 30 for early-bird applications and Oct. 29 for other applications. You can download a program brochure, including an application, from http://www.aafp.org/fom.xml.
Your constituent chapter or its foundation may also offer leadership training. Chapters sponsoring 6- to 8-hour educational sessions focusing on communication, media training and leadership skills may request a Schering-Plough State Leadership Grant. The maximum grant is $10,000, but an added $1,500 may be awarded to support resident and medical student participation. The deadline for applying for a grant is Sept. 6. For information, go to http://aafpfoundation.org/x478.xml or e-mail mnichols@aafp.org.
The Resident Scholars Competition has a deadline of Nov. 15 for applications. If you are or recently were the lead author for a research project or scholarly activity as a resident, join this competition. Awards range from "honorable mention" to $300. Go to http://www.aafp.org/x20566.xml for more information or e-mail pcarter@aafp.org to request details and an application form.
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