Your Family Medicine Journey Starts Here |
Family physicians are an invaluable resource for patients, their communities, and an evolving health care system. Family medicine offers a medical career of diversity and flexibility. It provides significant opportunities while allowing you to be the kind of physician you want to be.
The LAFP is here to support you during medical school, residency, as a new physician, and throughout your family medicine career. With four allopathic medical schools, one osteopathic medical school, and 16 family medicine residencies in rural, suburban, and urban communities, Louisiana offers a wealth of resources for those pursuing a career in medicine.
Eligibility for Student Membership
Limited to students enrolled in allopathic or osteopathic medical schools that are:
- Accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME); or
- Accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (AOA COCA); or
- Listed as operational in the then-current edition of the World Directory of Medical Schools
AAFP Student Privileges
Student members may hold floor at the AAFP Congress of Delegates, vote on organizational matters and hold leadership positions within the AAFP.
LAFP Membership
As a member of the LAFP, medical students have the opportunity to participate in state and national activities, network with others students and the family physician community, and receive LAFP publications. In addition, leadership opportunities exist to get involved in the LAFP and the AAFP through service on the board of directors, commissions, committees, workgroups, taskforces, and resource teams. By being an Academy leader, you will have a voice and vote on key issues affecting the family medicine specialty.
The LAFP Foundation (Foundation) also has opportunities for medical students including scholarships and resources for your school’s family medicine interest group.
If you have questions or need more information on any of these opportunities or requirements, please contact Membership and Outreach Coordinator,
Ready to join? Apply for your FREE membership on the AAFP website today!
Resources for the Match
Years of preparation lead a medical student to this pivotal point when the next phase of their medical training will begin. For months leading to the official Match Day, medical students navigate a variety of steps including interviews, site visits, networking events, and more. Each of these steps become critically important to the decision of ranking residency program choices and ultimately setting the path for the next stage of their career.
Following are resources to help navigate this long anticipated process: