Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians

Academy

Student Membership

Explore family medicine with a free membership to MAFP/AAFP and find your peers and resources you can use in medical school.

Why Choose Family Medicine?
Form your future with the specialty that lets you be you. Being a family physician allows you to focus on the whole patient.   It is a “customizable” specialty allowing a broad scope of practice ranging from urban settings, rural settings or academic family medicine. Family medicine is centered on the personal relationship with patients sometimes treating the entire family. Some of what the specialty includes: health promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance, counseling, patient education, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses in a variety of health care settings. Generally, more patients are seen by family doctors than any other specialty.

The MAFP offers several opportunities throughout the year for medical students to network with our physician members and residents. We encourage you to utilize this time to gather information regarding Family Medicine that you may not always find in the classroom. It is important to build a strong foundation within the medical community and the MAFP provides the setting to foster these relationships.

Link to Student Membership Application

Opportunities for Students

FutureDOX – MAFP’s Newsletter for Students & Residents

September 2022 Issue
August 2022 Issue
March 2022 Issue
January 2022 Issue

September 2021 Issue
February 2021 Issue

MAFP and MAFPF Board of Directors
The MAFP and MAFP Foundation both provide opportunities for the future leaders of family medicine to enhance their education, make connections and gain “real world” experience. Both organizations seek dynamic medical students (4) and residents (4) to serve a 1-year term on the Board of Directors for each organization. Interested students and residents should complete a Student and Resident Board Application  and review 2022 Student and Resident Board Campaign Rules. The Board of Directors Application and additional required documents must be received at MAFP at a predetermined deadline in the Spring. Elections for these board members takes place at the Spring Fling Conference.


MAFP Spring Fling for Students and Residents
The Future in Family Medicine Spring Fling is held each April specifically for medical students and residents.  The conference features procedures, practice topics, panel discussion and the opportunity to network with practicing Mississippi family physicians. Get more info on our Spring Fling page.

Academy Ambassador Opportunity for Students
Are you a medical student interested in attending the MAFP Annual Scientific Assembly? Each year MAFP seeks medical students interested in Family Medicine who can join MAFP to help with registration, events, exhibits and more at our annual meeting. In exchange for this help, the student’s rooming and meals are provided by MAFP. Each interested student must complete an application. MAFP Academy Ambassador Application

Student National Leadership Positions – Medical students can serve in American Academy of Family Physicians leadership positions for a 1-year-term, many beginning in the fall. Some positions are elected and some are appointed.

Family Medicine Emerging Leaders Institute – This is a year-long program open to residents in their first, second or third year and medical students in their second, third or fourth year. Recipients receive a $1,000 scholarship to attend National Conference, a family physician mentor/role model, and the opportunity to develop and complete a Leadership Project. To apply for 2019, the deadline is March 1, 2019.

American Academy of Family Physicians National Conference for Students and Residents
Each year, the AAFP hosts a National Conference for Residents and Medical Students to learn more about family medicine, explore residency programs, and connect with potential employers. The event features workshops, musculoskeletal clinics, procedural skills courses, and sessions about applying to residency.

Each year the ‘Family Medicine Leads’ Scholarships are provided by the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. In 2017, 250 of these scholarships were awarded. Winners attend National Conference. All scholarships are made possible by the donations of family physicians across the country. See information below on how to apply.
Family Medicine Leads (FML) $600 Travel Scholarships (May 1 deadline each year)

Each year, the MAFP Foundation provides scholarships to students to attend the AAFP National Conference for Residents and Medical Students. MAFP Foundation will reimburse up to $1,000 in conference travel expenses. Students are encouraged to apply for BOTH scholarships. Winners will be notified prior to the conference early bird registration deadline. MAFPF Conference Travel Application

ACOFP Annual Convention
Each year the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians hosts its Annual Convention & Scientific Seminars for members. The event features exhibitors, a residency fair, poster presentations and continuing education.  Interested in attending?  STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE – click here.    MAFPF Conference Travel Application

Tar Wars
Medical students at both the University of Mississippi Medical Center and William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine teach the Tar Wars program to a 4th or 5th grade class. In addition, family physicians, school teachers, school counselors, nursing students and others teach the program each year.

Financial Planning
The American Academy of Family Physicians offers an online debt management resource to help you develop a plan to finance medical school, identify specific strategies for covering those costs, and creating an annual budget timeline for reassessing those costs. This information will provide you with practical tools to better understand the issues and sources of aid as you apply to medical school.