FP Report -- September 1999
(Above) Chris Lupold, a medical student from Philadelphia, analyzed a tobacco ad with Kansas City youngsters, from left, Gary Stallings, age 11; Tysean Broils, age 15; and Terrence Dumas, age 12, during a Tar Wars presentation at the resident-student meeting. (Below) Residents, students and guests circled, promenaded and do-si-doed at the conference's annual picnic and square dance.
Annual meeting: New name, new offerings
The largest-ever meeting for family practice residents and medical students was July 28-Aug. 1 in Kansas City, Mo. It boasted a new name and new educational offerings.
Called the National Conference of Family Practice Residents and Medical Students, the meeting's innovations included the Procedures Lecture Center, the Doctors' Lounge® and four plenary addresses.
An all-time-high number of residents -- 845 -- attended the AAFP meeting, as well as 899 students. Guests, staff and exhibitors, including many from residency programs, boosted total registration to a record 3,253.
The residents and students sent 45 resolutions to the AAFP Committee on Resident and Student Affairs. They also sent resolutions to the Congress of Delegates on these topics:
- opposition to the Federation of State Medical Boards' position that three years of residency training should be required for full and unrestricted licensure (currently, states require one or two years of training);
- support for Medicare coverage of some prescription costs; and
- the request that AAFP expand its anti-discrimination policy to cover residency applicants.
Next year's resident-student meeting will be Aug. 2-6. Mark your calendar and ask your constituent chapter's help in gaining one of about 70 scholarships to attend.
FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department. Copyright © 1999 by American Academy of Family Physicians.
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