AAFP Global Health Summit

Whether you're exploring opportunities to engage in global health, preparing for your overseas experience, or seeking to broaden your clinical knowledge about global health concerns, the AAFP Global Health Summit (formerly the Family Medicine Global Health Workshop) is the place to network and learn with global health advocates.

• Match your experience and skills with global health needs.
• Prepare to serve as a family medicine consultant
• Learn how to organize and conduct a global health consultation
• Evaluate the practical management of chronic diseases in resource-constrained settings
• Advise and train students, residents and physicians for global health endeavors
• Promote family medicine faculty development
• Explore opportunities to think on a global scale in a local setting

Note for Participants: All session times are listed in Central Time. 

*CME Credit Hours

The AAFP has reviewed AAFP Global Health Summit and deemed it acceptable for up to 16.75 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 10/02/2020 to 04/02/2021. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Please note that the following session was not approved for CME credit:

• What Employers Look for When Hiring Physicians in Global Health Positions - due to the content not having a direct bearing on patient care

The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this for a maximum of 16.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.

CME Compliance Information

It is the policy of the AAFP that all individuals in a position to control content disclose any relationships with commercial interests upon nomination/invitation of participation. Disclosure documents are reviewed for potential conflicts of interest and, if identified, conflicts are resolved prior to confirmation of participation.  Only those participants who had no conflict of interest or who agreed to an identified resolution process prior to their participation were involved in this CME activity. 

All individuals in a position to control content for this activity have indicated they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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