The American Academy of Family Physicians is committed to the development of a strong and diverse family medicine workforce to meet the needs of all patient populations.
To accomplish this goal, the AAFP strongly encourages family physicians to participate in medical education, particularly the teaching of medical students and resident physicians. The AAFP supports efforts to recruit, train, and retain family medicine faculty at medical schools and residency programs in addition to the development of community preceptors.
Fostering a collaborative culture of lifelong learning at all stages will improve family medicine education and serve to attract future generations of family physicians, leaders and educators. (1987) (October 2025 COD)