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Call for Proposals – January 2026

Be among our faculty and subject matter experts for AAFP education activities.

The January 2026 Call for Proposals for Spring/Summer 2026 activities and the Global Health Summit in October 2026 is now open. Details about these activities and topics are outlined below.

The deadline to submit your proposal is Friday, January 30.

The AAFP is developing a broad spectrum of education that will provide the most recent and relevant clinical practice guidelines, practice recommendations, and research evidence to help family physicians improve outcomes and practice success.

We encourage multiple proposal submissions from applicants. Submitting more than one may increase your chances of acceptance. Please review the following information as you design your proposal.

What Does a Strong Proposal Look Like?

We are seeking proposals of the highest quality, particularly those that are:

Innovative, at the forefront of technological and medical advancements
Equitable, addressing the health needs of diverse patient populations
Interactive and case-based, with clinical decision-making poll questions
Barrier-breaking, incorporating practice-based strategies that encourage positive changes

New Video:
How to Write a Superb Proposal

Additional resources are available, including guidelines for writing learning objectives, examples of well-structured proposals, and much more. Find them below the video link in the "additional resources" section.

Submission Resources

Submission Requirements
Faculty Agreements
Being a Speaker

Questions?

Email us:
CallforProposals@aafp.org

What Makes for an Exceptional Learning Experience?

We are seeking proposals that integrate exciting ways to use new technology:

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Clinical Procedure Workshops (CPW)
E-learning/Interactive Online Content
Game-based Learning
Interactive Lectures
Panel Discussions
Podcasts
Problem-based Learning (PBL)
Rapid Lecture (done in 15-minutes)
Virtual Clinical Procedure Demonstration
Virtual Reality (VR)

What Are the Submission Requirements?

To be considered eligible, your submission must include:

Evidence-based content
Family physician input
A completed or updated CME Disclosure Form
Evaluation scores from prior presentations (except for previous AAFP faculty)

January 2026 Call for Proposal Activities and Topics

Acute coronary syndrome
Acute kidney injury: etiologies and management
Acute knee pain
Acute red eye: evaluation and management
Adrenal incidentaloma: evaluation and management
Adult vaccine: recommendations update
Advanced lifestyle strategies for hypertension and CKD
Alcohol use disorder: treatment of withdrawal, managing use disorder, and preventive care
Asthma management
Atopic dermatitis: diagnosis and treatment
Autism in primary care: beyond childhood diagnosis
Barrett’s esophagus/esophagitis: etiologies and treatment
Buprenorphine for pain management
Buprenorphine: strategies for low-barrier initiation in primary care clinics
Cancer risk evaluation
Cardiorenal syndrome: diagnosis and treatment
Cerebrovascular diseases
Cholangitis and cholecystitis: diagnosis and treatment
Chronic knee pain
Chronic shoulder pain
CKD: risk factors, comorbidities, diagnosis, and treatment
Coaching for change: motivational interviewing in lifestyle medicine
Cognitive decline
Contraception update
COPD management
COVID infection management
Cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease
Depression and chronic disease management
Diverticulitis: risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment
Dyslipidemia: lipid management
Dysrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation
Erectile dysfunction (primary and secondary): evaluation and treatment
ESRD patients: types of dialysis
Foreign body in ear, nose, and throat
Gastrointestinal motility disorders
Genetic screening update (chronic conditions)
Genital warts: identification, evaluation, and treatment
GLP-1: overview of risks and benefits
Headache disorders (cluster, tension)
Hearing loss: evaluation and management in the elderly
Heart disease in women
Heart failure
Hematuria: workup and management in adults
HIV/AIDS: highlights of yearly International AIDS Society conference findings
Hormonal therapy: men and women
Hypertension
Hypertension control: lifestyle and behavioral approaches
Hypertension: resistant
Hypertensive urgency
Hypo- and hyperthyroidism
Immunological reactions (types I, II, III, IV, V): recognition and management
Initial Medicare visit and annual wellness
Inpatient: ANOCA, INOCA, MINOCA—chest pain with nonobstructive coronary arteries
Inpatient: common rapid response scenarios and what to do
Inpatient: IDSA update on complicated urinary tract infections
Inpatient: sepsis recognition and management approach
Insomnia and cognitive health in aging adults
Integrating lifestyle medicine into practice 101
Lifestyle medicine: nutrition strategies for chronic disease reversal
Lifestyle medicine: reimbursement and practice growth
Lifestyle medicine: stress management for cardiovascular and metabolic health
Lifestyle medicine: the gut–heart–lung connection
Lower urinary tract symptoms: evaluation inclusive of these conditions and chronic pelvic pain in men
Lung cancers: etiologies and management
Migraine: evaluation and treatment
Mosquito-borne illnesses update
Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases
Nausea and vomiting in adults: causes and treatment
Neoplastic disease of the male genital tract
Nicotine use: current trends and cessation
Pancreatic disorders (pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer): etiologies and treatment
Papulosquamous disorders (e.g., psoriasis, lichen planus, and pityriasis rosea)
Parkinsonism
Peripheral neuropathy
Preconception counseling
Primary aldosteronism: updated clinical evaluation and management
Primary hyperparathyroidism: choosing between conservative vs. surgical management
Re-emerging and emerging infectious diseases: recognition, reporting, risk reduction, and management
Rosacea
Seasonal allergies management and the significance of allergy testing
Seasonal respiratory diseases: diagnosis and management
Seborrheic dermatitis
Sedative use disorders: creating a safe benzodiazepine taper plan
Seizures and epilepsy
Skin manifestations of STIs and HIV
Sleep-disordered breathing
Social determinants of health: practical strategies
STDs/STIs: treatment updates, prevention, PrEP, doxy-PEP
Stress, burnout, and physical health
Structural heart disease
Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH): evaluation and management
Systemic lupus erythematosus: diagnosis and management
Thyroid cancers: diagnosis and management
Tick-borne illnesses
Tinnitus: evaluation and management
Top 10 clinical updates
Tourette syndrome and adult tics
Uninsured patients: practical strategies
Urgent DVT/PE evaluation and treatment
Urinary tract infection: differential diagnosis and management
Vaccine hesitancy: strategies and addressing misinformation

Acute pain management of oncology patients
Beyond the diagnosis: managing depression and anxiety in cancer patients
Bladder cancer: FP role in diagnosis and management
Bone tumors
Brain tumors
Cancer and digital health
Cancer and emerging therapies
Cancer and end-of-life care
Cancer and genetic syndromes
Cancer and health equity
Cancer and mental health
Cancer and nutrition during treatment
Cancer and oral health
Cancer and physical rehabilitation
Cancer care update: latest research
Cancer care: practice management strategies and addressing administrative burden
Cancer prevention through vaccinations
Cancer treatment: impact to future fertility
Cancers involving the special sensory organs: an overview of clinical presentation and diagnosis
Caring for patients with SUD and cancer
Chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy
Choosing Wisely recommendations for screening for cancer care
Colorectal cancer for primary care: screening, diagnosis, and treatment plan
Common oncologic emergencies
Commonly used supplements and pros/cons in cancer treatment: benefits, interactions, and evidence of harm
Communication strategies in cancer care
Diagnosis and updates in available treatment modalities
Disparities in access amongst different types of cancers
Emergent/urgent: fever in oncology patients
Endometrial cancer (who to perform EMB for): diagnosis
Environmental exposures and risk for cancer (pollution, microplastics, etc.)
Esophageal cancer: evaluation and treatment plan
Evidence-based genetic family history, testing, and counseling (assessment)
Family physician role in caregiver care
Family physician role in evidence-based prevention
Family physician role in evidence-based screening
Family physician role in monitoring and follow-up
Family physician role in referral and care coordination
Family physician role in survivorship
Financial toxicity and cancer care
Genitourinary (GU) cancers
Geriatric assessment techniques to identify frailty (“who is the person with the newly diagnosed cancer?”; using geriatric assessments to provide appropriate cancer care)
Geriatric cancer patient: assisting the patient with symptom management in cancer care (depression, pain, debility, social suffering, existential suffering)
Geriatric cancer patient: FP role—screening vs. hands-off/defer to oncology vs. aftercare
Geriatric cancer patient: impact of frailty on cancer care
Geriatric cancer patient: planning for the future—healthcare POA, POLST forms, and advance directives for primary care
Grief, stress, and resilience: supporting families through the cancer journey
Head and neck cancer: survivorship care
Hepatocellular carcinoma (primary and secondary): evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment plan
Homeless and underserved populations
Immunotherapy in primary care
Inpatient palliative management of incurable cancer pain
Inpatient screening for occult cancer in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism
Integrating lifestyle medicine into oncology care teams
Integrative medicine approach to cancer care
Leukemia and multiple myeloma in primary care
Lifestyle medicine: deprescribing and medication optimization in cancer survivors
Lifestyle medicine: gut health, immunity, and cancer risk
Lifestyle medicine: nutrition and cancer prevention
Lifestyle medicine: strengthening community ties for cancer support
Lifestyle medicine: stress, spirituality, and meaning in cancer healing
Lung cancer
Lymphoma/leukemia: diagnosis and primary care considerations
Managing psychotropic medications in cancer care
Managing sleep and fatigue in cancer patients
Medications and cancer risk (e.g., GLP-1 RA and thyroid cancer)
Metastatic lesion: workup and treatment plan
Oral cancer and precancer: screening
Ovarian cancer: diagnosis and post-treatment considerations (fertility)
Pancreatic cancer: screening and referral
Pediatric cancers and survivorship (fertility considerations, long-term screening, etc.)
Prostate cancer: evidence-based shared decision-making
Renal cancer: FP role in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan
Reproductive care for cancer survivors
Rural medicine: FP role in cancer care
Screening, prevention, and role of the HPV vaccine
Skin cancer: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Substance use and cancer: hidden risks and recovery in primary care
Vulvar cancer: diagnosis and distinguishing benign from malignant vulvar lesions
Well visit: screening recommendations for cancer, including disparities and higher-risk populations (BIPOC, those with incarceration histories, etc.)
Wilms tumor: diagnosis

Health for all: advancing equity and inclusive global health
Integrating global health into medical education and practice
Emerging technology and global health (AI and beyond)
Global is local: the GLOCAL perspective in family medicine

Addressing social determinants in vaccine confidence
Adult immunization update
Advocating for health policy
Antimicrobial resistance and its intersection with vaccine strategies
Behavioral drivers of vaccine misinformation
Behavioral risk factors and infection susceptibility
Clostridium difficile
Communication strategies for diverse populations
Congenital infections and vaccine prevention
Coronavirus disease (long COVID)
COVID vaccine update
Culinary medicine and immune resilience
Cytomegalovirus: symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of CMV for immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons
Dengue and West Nile virus
Emerging vaccine medical research
Exercise prescriptions for immune optimization
Geriatric immunization update
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
Health literacy and learning differences in vaccine education
Hepatitis (A, B, C)
HPV prevention
Impact of climate change on emerging diseases
Infection harm reduction for patients with SUD: PrEP, vaccinations, HCV treatment, syphilis identification, etc.
Influenza vaccine update
Leadership in promoting vaccine confidence
Legal and ethical issues in vaccine mandates and exemptions
Lifestyle factors and immune health
Measles
Medication-assisted treatment and infectious disease prevention
Meningitis and encephalitis (viral, bacterial, fungal)
Mononucleosis / Epstein-Barr virus (EBV): diagnosis and treatment
Mumps
Optimizing vaccinations in rural populations
Overview of VAERS and current ways to report and investigate adverse reactions
Pandemic preparedness
Patient discharge vaccine catch-up
Pediatric immunization update
Performance-enhancing drugs and infection risk
Pertussis
Pneumococcal vaccine update
Polio/post-polio syndrome
Post-vaccine adverse event management and counseling
Post-vaccine reactions
Practice management strategies and addressing administrative burden
Practice sustainability and preparedness for emerging infections
Pregnant patient immunization update
Recognizing re-emerging infectious diseases
RSV prevention
Scarlet fever
Seasonal respiratory diseases: vaccine update
Shingles vaccination
Syphilis and other STDs
The coach approach to vaccine hesitancy
Transmission-based precautions in the hospital
Travel medicine and immunization for re-emerging global diseases
Tuberculosis (including drug-resistant TB)
Vaccine hesitancy
Vaccine recommendations for children with immunodeficiencies
Vaccine storage and handling best practices

Important to Know

The Use of AI

The AAFP Education Division supports the use of AI and AI-generated content; however, authors still hold full responsibility for the output and accuracy of content and references.

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