A New Family Physician (or family physician who is new to practice) is defined as an active family physician member of AAFP and CAFP who is within seven years of completing residency.

Among CAFP's full offering of benefits for members, the Academy provides programs, resources and services that are of special interest to young physicians, including:

Career Development

Are you starting your own practice? Check out CAFP's practice resources center dedicated to helping your practice survive and thrive, particularly with new opportunities for family physicians resulting from health care reform.  If you need assistance with your job search, CAFP has partnered with 12 other state Academy chapters to bring you an easy to use online job center- www.FPJobsonline.com.

Educational resources

Check out the latest news for young physicians, information on continuous quality improvement and care coordination (a hallmark of a medical home) and start logging on to your online CME transcript.   

Whether you want more information on health care reform legislation, legal/malpractice issues or achieving meaningful use with electronic health records, CAFP has the resources to help you understand and navigate the health care system as a family physician new to practice.

Find Colleagues

Join CAFP on Facebook or Twitter to stay connected with us and your family physicians network online.  Post information pertinent to family medicine on our Facebook wall or comment on CAFP blogs (FP Forum, Legislative Advocacy, Resident) written by Academy members about key health care issues.

Maintenance of certification/Board certification

Confused about Maintenance of Certification with the American Board of Family Medicine?  Look no further.  This page provides links to the latest re-certification material and a downloadable Roadmap to Maintenance of Certification.

Leadership opportunities

If getting involved is what you're looking for, ways to become active in the Academy and other volunteer opportunities also are included in this section.

If you have an idea for a New Family Physician service or a suggestion for an article, please email us at cafp@familydocs.org