Get involved: AAFP member interest groups (MIGs)
Connect with other AAFP members who share your professional interests.
Member Interest Groups (MIGs) give AAFP members a voice within our diverse organization. These groups ensure you feel supported in what you care about, giving you the opportunity to go deeper into a specific topic or passion area within family medicine.
- On this page
- What are MIGs?
- Connect with a MIG
- Create a new MIG
What are member interest groups?
Family physicians lead busy lives, but we know finding time for networking, career growth and sharing ideas is an important part of your professional experience. You'll find other family physicians who share your professional interests.
When you get involved in a MIG, you can deliver a unified message to AAFP leadership on issues that are important to you and your patients. In addition to meeting in person at FMX every year, MIGs offer a year-round online forum for you to:
Stay in touch with other family physicians
Suggest AAFP policy
Identify gaps in AAFP educational resources
Participate in professional development activities
Pursue AAFP leadership opportunities
What's the difference between MIGs and member constituencies?
MIGs are online groups for shared professional interests. Member constituencies include AAFP members from groups underrepresented in leadership at the national and chapter levels. They may also experience challenges entering leadership through traditional pathways.
Constituency groups include Women, Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), New Physicians, International Medical Graduates (IMG) and LGBTQ+.
Connect with a MIG
Each group offers an online community so you can discuss ideas, progress being made around the topic you support and the group's long-term goals.
Note: As a first-time visitor to an online community, you will be asked to affirm a code of conduct prior to access.
Create a new MIG
If you want to start a new member interest group, you must submit an application to the Commission on Membership and Member Services (CMMS).
The CMMS uses the following criteria when reviewing a MIG application:
Focus is consistent with the AAFP's definition of a MIG—a forum of active members who have shared professional interests.
Furthers AAFP's strategic objectives.
Does not duplicate groups represented by the current board-approved member constituencies.
Membership is not limited by geography or employment by a single entity.
Does not duplicate current chapters or membership categories.
Does not substantially overlap the goals and objectives of any existing MIG.
MIG officers have disclosed any conflicts of interest.
Any AAFP member can show their support for a proposed MIG by emailing mig@aafp.org.
Whether you’re chatting with your peers in an online forum or at an AAFP event like FMX, MIGs can be a springboard to grow your network, find allies and work to improve the family medicine.