Members New to Practice

New To Practice

Being a New Family Physician is a new and exciting time in your life. Finding your way in a new practice environment takes time and expertise in areas you may not be familiar with yet. The Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians (LAFP) is here to supply you with information, resources and support while you begin your new practice. The New Physician Toolkit will provide you with information essential in starting a new medical practice.



With limited time and resources, new physicians face unique challenges. Your LAFP and AAFP membership can be especially helpful in your first years. The LAFP has developed a new physician toolkit for you with information and steps that you need to start your career- both on a national level and on the STATE level.


Click here to view the New Physician Toolkit.



Our "voice" of the New Physician Members, Jason Fuqua, MD, from Sulphur Louisiana has put together an article of "Things I Wish I had Known...". This article gives ten (10) topics that Dr. Fuqua states that he wish he had known before starting his practice. Dr. Fuqua is a first-time practice owner with his wife, Kelly Fuqua, MD.

Click here to view the article "Things I Wish I would Have Known..." by Dr. Jason Fuqua.
 
“I love the challenge of family medicine.
     I never know what I am going to see in a given day…”

Marguerite “Cissy” Picou, MD, FAAFP
Member since 1987