The Kansas Academy of Family Physicians’ nearly 2,000 members include hundreds of residents and students.

The KAFP is a resource and advocate for Kansas family medicine residents and students. KAFP provides these benefits to resident and student members:

• Free membership for students. Join here.
• Kansas residency programs pay membership dues for their residents
• Complimentary and reduced registration for Fam Med Forward and other events
  • Resident and student education tracks at Fam Med Forward featuring hands-on workshops
• Subscription to Kansas Family Physician, our quarterly publication
• Opportunity to present research through poster presentations and resident presentations at Fam Med Forward
• Scholarships and Grants
  • Financial assistance for each medical school campus in Kansas to send students to request grants provided by KAFP Foundation
    
  • Scholarships for residents’ international medical mission trips. 
  • Awards for medical students who best promote the values of family medicine and represent the future of the profession.
• Board involvement
  • Residents: A resident director seat on the KAFP Board of Directors.
  • Students: A student director seat on the KAFP Board of Directors.
  • Students and residents may volunteer to participate on a KAFP committee.
  • Students and residents can serve on the student and resident advisory group.
  • One resident position on the KAFP Foundation Board of Trustees.