Education

National Conference 2024 | Kansas City | August 1–3

Fill Your Inspiration Tank

Watch fam med come to life at National Conference through procedural skills courses, workshops, and more. Here’s a few we’re excited for:

  • Do's and Don'ts of Residency Interviewing
  • AI and the Future of Medical Education
  • Physicians as Agents of Change

Workshops by Track

Whether you're selecting a residency, exploring career options and fellowships, or negotiating your first employment agreement, sessions are available to help you with this process.
 

  • Applying to Residency: From Before Application to After Interview
  • Country Doctoring: Exploring the Facts, Myths, and Preparation for an Exciting Career in Rural Family Medicine
  • Demonstrating Competence in Residency: New Expectations for Residents
  • Do's and Don'ts of Residency Interviewing: Advanced Skills for Residency Applicants
  • Family Medicine Cares: Building Capacity in Local and Global Communities
  • Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute Best Leadership Project Award Presentations
  • Fellowships in Family Medicine: Who, What, When, Where, and Why?
  • Financial Wellness 101: Start Investing in Residency
  • Finding Your Voice: Disruptive Leadership and Advocacy
  • FMIG Leadership Summit
  • From One IMG to Another
  • Health at the Margins: Caring for Migrant, Refugee, and Asylum-Seeking Patients in Your Future Career
  • How to Get Involved in Advocacy
  • Jaded Is a Shade of Green: Humanities for Physician Well-being
  • MyERAS and Program Signaling: What Students Need to Know
  • Myths, Legends, and the Truth About Family Medicine: A Workshop for the Inquisitive Mind
  • Take Control of Your Financial Life: A Step-by-Step Guide
  • Tell Your Story: Demonstrating Resiliency in Residency Applications
  • The Perpetual Tightrope: Balancing Work and Family Life Throughout Your Career
  • Understanding and Negotiating Your First Employment Agreement

Enhance your clinical skills, such as providing trauma-informed care, understanding reproductive and maternal care in family medicine, and more.
 

  • A Glimpse Into the Patient’s Experience for Interpreter-Assisted Doctor’s Appointments
  • Cannabis 101: Key Topics and Practice Tools for All Family Physicians
  • Experiencing Food as Medicine: Nourishing Ourselves Through Training and Beyond
  • FMOB: A Hands-on Mini Bootcamp
  • Fundamental Principles of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
  • Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy
  • Hands-on Approach to Pain Relief
  • Health Care Identification and Response to Intimate Partner Violence
  • Hepatitis C Treatment Is Primary Care
  • Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound: The New Stethoscope
  • Patient-Oriented Evidence That Matters: Power Up Your Practice With POEMs
  • Practical Approach to EKG Interpretation
  • Sim Gym: Bedside Procedures for Family Physicians
  • SMART: Sideline Management Assessment Response Techniques
  • The Medication First Model for Substance Use Disorders: Fight Morbidity and Mortality With A Utility Belt of Medication
  • The Papaya Workshop: Pregnancy Options Counseling and Uterine Aspiration Practice
  • To Rapidly Respond or Code: Role of Family Physicians When Patients Are Unstable
  • Vasectomy Tactile Workshop
  • Wilderness and International Medicine: Thriving and Surviving in the Austere Environment
  • Wound Care Workshop: Practical Skills for Future Primary Care Physicians
  • Hey, You're a Doctor! Responding to Emergencies When Everyone Knows What You Do

Take your practice skills to the next level. Learn about up-and-coming tech, advocacy opportunities, and more.
 

  • AI and the Future of Medical Education
  • Direct Primary Care: Creating Value for Patients, Doctors, and the Community
  • Must-Have iPhone Apps for Students & Residents
  • Physicians as Agents of Change: The Crucial Role of Social Justice Education in Health Care
  • Prioritizing Community Engagement Through Mobile Outreach and Street Medicine

Stand out in med school with exclusive techniques taught in hands-on workshops.
 

  • Advanced Suturing Techniques
  • Basic Joint Injections
  • Basic Suturing Techniques
  • Extremity Splinting in Primary/Urgent Care: A Case-Based, Hands-on Introduction
  • Skin Biopsy Techniques
  • Women's Health Techniques