Resident Members Invited to Join New AAFP E-mail Forum

Family medicine residents now can get more involved in the AAFP -- and in the many issues facing family medicine -- all without making a lengthy time commitment. It's as simple as joining an e-mail discussion forum specifically designed to allow residents to share information and concerns with their peers.

The discussion list also will let the Academy communicate information directly to residents, as well as update them on key issues challenging the specialty.

Residents who want to take advantage of this new communication network can subscribe by sending their e-mail addresses to Angela Wasson in the AAFP Division of Medical Education. They also can self-subscribe.

Subscribers can discuss a wide range of topics relevant to family medicine, such as issues that arise in their residency programs, clinical procedures, fellowships and international experiences, and resolutions being brought to the 2008 AAFP Congress of Delegates next month in San Diego.

AAFP resident leaders Roy Miner, M.D., a third-year family medicine resident at Ball Memorial Family Medicine Residency in Muncie, Ind., and Robert Stenger, M.D., M.P.H., a third-year resident at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, will moderate the discussion list. Both Miner and Stenger served as alternate delegates to the 2007 AAFP Congress of Delegates; earlier this month, Stenger was elected resident chair of the 2009 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students.