By joining the LAFP/AAFP, your membership allows you to receive materials that will help you with your decision about going into family medicine. The LAFP is here to support you, as a student, through your residency, as a new physician and throughout your family medicine career. Through conferences, scholarships and other opportunities, LAFP provides students the resources they need to as they are in medical school.
Become a Student Member of the LAFP
As a member of LAFP, students have the opportunity to participate in LAFP activities; network with other students throughout the state and receive LAFP publications.
In addition, leadership opportunities for students exist to get involved in the LAFP and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The following position descriptions and requirements describe these leadership opportunities.
If you have questions or need more information on any of these opportunities or requirements, please send an e-mail to jverrett@lafp.org.
Announcing the LAFP Mentorship Program
LOOKING TO BE MENTORED?
Are you…
- A medical student with a strong interest in pursuing a medical career in family medicine and want to explore your options by shadowing a family physician?
- A newly graduated resident about to start practice?
OR
DESIRING TO BE A MENTOR?
Who better to ensure the successful future of Family Medicine than our own members? These opportunities take very little time, and the rewards will leave you re-energized and re-inspired to be a family physician! Here are a few areas where you could mentor someone:
- Create visibility and attraction to our specialty. Provide realistic insights into the practice of family medicine by communicating directly with medical students. Share your passion for family medicine and inspire the next generation of physicians to become agents of change in their medical careers.
- Provide encouragement and support to new-to-practice or new-to area physicians in your geographic area by listening, sharing experience, coaching and linking with other resources.
One of LAFP’s Mentorship Programs is designed for you!
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION
Student Representative/Alternate Board Member: Serve on the LAFP Board of Directors
Requirements:
- Must be an LAFP member
- Must submit a Board Nomination Form 60 days prior to the General Assembly to be reviewed by the Nominations Committee and voted on during the General Assembly
Delegate and Alternate Delegate: AAFP National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students Delegate and Alternate Delegate
(both positions are reimbursed according to the LAFP reimbursement policy)Requirements:
- Must be an LAFP member.
- Must submit a report regarding the conference and submit an expense report from the meeting within 30 days to be reimbursed by LAFP.
- Candidates must submit materials for a candidate packet, including a CV (two-page maximum) and a one-page letter of interest.
As the Student Membership Coordinator, your main responsibility is to inform other medical students on your campus about the specialty of family medicine and about the great benefits and services of being a student member of the AAFP and the LAFP. Read more...
Are you interested in working with a practicing family physicians to conduct clinical or educational research? Apply to receive $2,000.00 to conduct important research in primary care.
The LAFP’s Family Medicine Externship Program is a four-week summer clerkship that exposes rising second-year medical students to the daily activities of family physicians. It gives the student a better understanding of the role that the family doctor plays in his or her community. Students who participate in externships are given the opportunity to visit hospitals, nursing homes, continuing medical seminars, and physician’s practices.
After completion of the four-week externship, the student will receive a stipend of $2000. This program is funded and sponsored by the LAFP Foundation. Housing and travel arrangements are the responsibility of the student. For more information, read the application guidelines below.
Guidelines and Eligibility
Each proposal must be written and submitted by a student currently enrolled in a Louisiana Medical school. Each project must have one preceptor and the preceptor must be a family physician. The preceptoring physician will receive a $500 stipend for their time.
The proposal should be no more than five pages in length, double spaced. In the proposal, you must:
- State the research question, describe the background of the study, and relate its importance to family medicine.
- Describe the study design or education evaluation, including the study subjects, setting, and data analysis.
- Describe the time frame for the project. (Most projects will be four weeks in length.)
- Indicate ways you plan to disseminate the results.
- Itemize the budget. Each grant can be up to $2500 of which up to $500 goes to the preceptoring physician and up to $2000 for a student stipend.
- Include the CV of the student and abbreviated CV of the preceptor. Highlight qualifications and experience. Provide complete addresses and contact information, including e-mail addresses. (CV’s are not included in the five page limit.)
- Include a letter of support from the preceptor, describing the preceptor’s role. (Letters are not included in the five page limit.)
Also, you must submit the following application with your proposal for consideration. There is a limited amount of scholarships.
Download a 2009 Application
*Applications submission deadline is April 1, 2009. Students will be notified in May of their status.
For any questions, please contact the LAFP at (225) 923-3313.
