Family Medicine Advocacy Summit
Monday, May 20 - Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Read about FMAS
Shawn Martin, senior vice president of advocacy, practice advancement and policy, lays out the event in the AAFP's In the Trenches blog.
Read about FMAS
Shawn Martin, senior vice president of advocacy, practice advancement and policy, lays out the event in the AAFP's In the Trenches blog.
Fight for Family Medicine in the Nation’s Capital
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2018 Family Medicine Advocacy Summit. You can check the official hashtag for FMAS, #FMAS2018(twitter.com), on Twitter for conference highlights. We hope you will join us from May 20-21, 2019, at the Marriot Marquis Hotel(www.marriott.com) in Washington, DC.
If you have questions, contact grassroots@aafp.org.
Registration and Fees
Registration for the 2018 Family Medicine Advocacy Summit. 2019 information to be released soon.
Attendee Type | On or Before Early Bird Date
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Attendee Type :General Attendee | On or Before Early Bird Date : $250 | After Early Bird Date : $300
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Attendee Type :Students/Residents | On or Before Early Bird Date : $150 | After Early Bird Date : $150
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See Also
- Video: Lobbying 101 (4:53 minutes)
FMAS Agenda
Want to get a feel for how the Family Medicine Advocacy Summit runs? Download the 2018 agenda to see topics, speakers, and how the conference is structured.
FMAS Conference Documents
- Leave-behind: Congressional Primary Care Caucus(2 page PDF)
- Leave-behind: Improve Maternal Mortality(2 page PDF)
- Leave-behind: Rural Graduate Medical Education Innovation(2 page PDF)
- Leave-behind: Standard Primary Care Benefit in High Deductible Health Plans(2 page PDF)
- Leave-behind: Support Opioid Crisis Solutions(2 page PDF)
- Leave-behind: Insurance Market Stabilization(2 page PDF)
- Leave-behind: APC-APM Overview(2 page PDF)(2 page PDF)
- Leave-behind: Chronic Pain Management and Opioid Use Disorder(2 page PDF)
Access the FMAS 2018 Event via the AAFP Events App
Want to build your FMAS schedule and stay updated on the Family Medicine Advocacy Summit? The AAFP Events App(app.core-apps.com) is available for Apple, Android, and mobile devices and contains a link to download the 2018 FMAS Event.
Download the 2018 FMAS event before arriving at the conference and use it to:
- Build your schedule
- Connect with your fellow attendees
- Receive event updates
- Download sessions materials directly to your device
Note: to receive information about possible schedule changes, make sure you allow the app to send notifications.
Sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians, FMAS educates participants on family medicine’s legislative priority issues, trains attendees on how to lobby on Capitol Hill, and allows participants to put these skills to use with federal legislators and their staff. Advocacy is a high priority of the AAFP and every family physician and educator can learn how to be effective in Washington and at home.
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