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AAFP opens new "home" on World Wide Web

The Academy entered a new world of communication May 16 when it opened an AAFP site on the World Wide Web.

If you already surf the Web, visit AAFP's home page at this address--http://www.aafp.org--and gain access to about 4,500 pages of information from the Academy.

If you don't already use the Web, perhaps the information at AAFP's Web site will encourage you to get access to the Web, says Jeff Altwies, AAFP's online services manager.

What's up?

From the home page, you can follow the links to AAFP Online, the "members only" section of the Web site.

When prompted for your "User name" or "User ID" (depending on what software you're using), enter your AAFP ID number. For "password," enter your last name, all in capital letters, without punctuation.

You will see pretty much what the above illustration shows you.

What can you do from there? For starters:

• Name a topic and scan Academy materials on that subject.
• Read AAFP materials on patient education, obstetrics, privileges, practice guidelines, and age charts for periodic health exams.
• Scan AAFP CME course descriptions and check dates and locations for meetings you might attend.
• Read the FP Report, excerpts from American Family Physician and Family Practice Management, AAFP Catalog, and Academy policies.
• Open the family practice residency directory, click on a state, and read about the state's residencies.
• Review the program for the AAFP Scientific Assembly Oct. 3-6, including CMEand family events.
• Use the "guest book" to tell the Academy what you think about AAFPOnline.
• Search for funds for education or research in AAFP's list of awards, scholarships, and grants.
• See who's running for AAFP offices.
• Contact online constituent chapters.
• Send e-mail to AAFP staff members for information about AAFP services and products.
• Read information on state and federal legislation and send e-mail to online members of the US Congress.
• Read information from the AAFP Foundation.

Family Medicine Online

The public does not have access to AAFP Online, but can enter another section of the AAFP Web site, Family Medicine Online, without a password. This section tells what a family doctor is and what medical problems an FP is trained to treat.

Family Medicine Online gives patient education information and contains information for health care professionals, reporters, and students who want to know about family practice.

The public can also use Family Medicine Online to link with other Web sites, including America's HouseCall Network.

• This material is from a special section on "Computers and Family Practice" in the July 1996 issue of FP Report, published by the AAFP News Department.

"Computers and Family Practice" contents
FP Report, July 1996 headlines
More information about FP Report