Residents, Medical Students Still Can Register for National Conference

Students, residents: You still have a few more days to preregister for the National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students, Aug. 1-4 in Kansas City, Mo. July 17 is the preregistration deadline for the conference.

Although on-site registration will be available, you can save a bundle by preregistering: Students who register by July 17 save $60 on all four days; residents save $135; and program directors, faculty and others save $180.

The National Conference offers you the opportunity to make a difference by running for national office or shaping AAFP policy through the National Congress of Family Medicine Residents or the National Congress of Student Members. Congress business sessions and reference committee hearings are open to anyone registered for National Conference; however, only AAFP members may vote on recommendations before the congresses, and only chapter delegates are eligible to elect resident and student leaders.

Educational sessions at the conference will include workshops on numerous topics, musculoskeletal clinics with hands-on practice sessions, procedural skills courses and a research skills seminar.

Not your first National Conference, you say? Well, you should know that this year's a little different: National Conference has gone paperless. Be sure to bring your laptop, because handouts for the conference workshops will be on a CD-ROM in your registration bag. No hard copies will be provided on-site, although two printing stations will be available in the registration area if you want to print a handout to review during an educational session.