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American Academy of Family Physicians: Leader in Online Physician Education

AAFP Members Now Have Direct Access to MerckMedicus.com, Internet-Based Medical Information and Education

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, October 16, 2002

Contact:
Leslie Champlin
American Academy of Family Physicians
(800) 274-2237, Ext. 5224
lchampli@aafp.org

SAN DIEGO -- The AAFP and Merck & Co., Inc. announced a joint effort today that will provide physicians with access to high-quality medical information and education on the Internet.

MerckMedicus.com is now available directly through the AAFP Web site (aafp.org). The site, which does not carry advertising, allows AAFP members access to the best of the medical Internet all at one location. MerckMedicus.com features:

access to textbooks and journals specific to physician needs;
medical news tailored to physician specialty;
patient resources specific to a specific patient population;
national guidelines, clinical tools, slides, and much more; and
more than 1,800 hours of continuing medical education (CME) programs.

Merck & Co., Inc. is a leading research-driven pharmaceutical products and services company. Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of innovative products to improve human and animal health, directly and through joint ventures.

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Founded in 1947, the American Academy of Family Physicians represents more than 93,500 physicians and medical students nationwide. It is the only medical specialty society devoted solely to primary care. Please visit www.aafp.org for more information about AAFP.
Founded in 1947, the AAFP represents more than 93,000 physicians and medical students nationwide. It is the only medical society devoted solely to primary care.

Nearly one in four of all office visits are made to family physicians. That is 215 million office visits each year – nearly 48 million more than the next medical specialty. Today, family physicians provide the majority of care for America’s underserved and rural populations.

In the increasingly fragmented world of health care where many medical specialties limit their practice to a particular organ, disease, age or sex, family physicians are dedicated to treating the whole person across the full spectrum of ages. Family medicine’s cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on integrated care.

To learn more about the American Academy of Family Physicians and about the specialty of family medicine, please visit www.aafp.org.

For more information about the AAFP's positions on issues and clinical care and downloadable multi-media on family medicine and health care, visit the AAFP Media Center.

For more information about health care, health conditions, and wellness, please visit familydoctor.org.