Jazz it up at 25th resident/student meeting
Max out on educational sessions, mix with your peers from across the country, help create AAFP policy, connect with community service projects and "get down" with the sound of Kansas City -- jazz.
Do all this and more at the 25th National Congress of Family Practice Res-idents/National Congress of Student Members from Wednesday, July 29, to Sunday, Aug. 2.
Accenting the anniversary, the meeting's theme is "Building on Our Tradition: Becoming Leaders for To-morrow." The plenary talks will be by two former resident/student leaders: AAFP Past President Douglas Henley, M.D., of Fayetteville, N.C., and Raye Maestas, M.D., of Seattle. Workshops -- some to be given by NCFPR/NCSM veterans -- will cover topics such as AIDS, alternative medicine and tobacco. Procedural skills courses range from no-scalpel vasectomy to chest tube placement. Both the educational program and community service activities start Wednesday.
If you're a resident, you can job hunt as you talk with exhibitors hiring FPs and as you visit AAFP Placement Services in the Technology Center. If you're a student, you might meet your future at the specialty's largest residency fair.
Be ready to write resolutions and defend your views during debate with other residents and students. Win their support, and your ideas may evolve into AAFP policy.
Friday night fun will include Worlds of Fun, a Kansas City Royals game, and a visit to the newly renovated 18th & Vine District, featuring a jazz museum, a jazz club and baseball memorabilia from the Negro Leagues.
For the lowest fees and the most options for procedural skills courses, register by June 12, using the brochure the Academy mailed in May. Questions? Contact Judy Schmid in the AAFP Division of Education at jschmid@aafp.org or (800) 274-2237, Ext. 5234.
FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department. Copyright © 1998 by American Academy of Family Physicians.