Residents & Students
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 KU campus to send students to the AAFP National Conference of Family Medicine residents and medical students provided by KAFP Foundation
- Scholarships for two residents’ international medical mission trips.
- Awards for three medical students who best promote the values of family medicine.
- Financial assistance for each KU campus to send students to the AAFP National Conference of Family Medicine residents and medical students provided by KAFP Foundation
- Board involvement
- Residents: Each residency program has a Resident Representative on the KAFP Board of Directors to ensure the resident voice is heard.
- Students: Each KU campus has a student representative on the KAFP Board of Directors.
- Students and residents may volunteer to participate on a KAFP committee.
- One resident position on the KAFP Foundation Board of Trustees.