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 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.

Photos of Students & Residents