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If you’re getting your 2025 calendar ready, here are the key WAFP and AAFP events to keep in mind. Keep an eye on your monthly e-newsletter for more detailed information, including how to register.

The AAFP Board of Directors recently approved the launch of two new member interest groups on wilderness medicine and obesity medicine. By using the links above, users can visit the communities. You may need to attest that you will adhere to a code of conduct before gaining access to the community. Both new MIGs are…

WAFP’s Nominating Committee is tasked with identifying nominees to run for open leadership positions. The 2025 Nominating Committee will begin its work later this year; elections will be held at the 2025 House of Delegates in April. But the Nominating Committee doesn’t just draw names out of a hat. It identifies capable and interested members…

The WAFP Foundation will host the 2025 Student & Resident Retreat on Jan. 25-26, 2025, again at the Icicle Village Resort in Leavenworth. Registration will open later in 2024. If you’d like to be alerted when that happens, complete our short form and we’ll send you an email!

Join us on Saturday, Oct. 26, for a virtual KSA on pain medicine. Registration is now open! If you’ve never attended a KSA before, these CME events are sponsored by the American Board of Family Medicine. Attendees complete a 60-question knowledge self-assessment (KSA) as a group, and the sessions are led by a moderator and…

The Washington Medical Commission is seeking commission members from the 8th (represented by Rep. Kim Schrier) and 10th (Rep. Marilyn Strickland) Congressional Districts. To identify your congressional district, use the “Find Your Representative” tool in the upper right of the House of Representatives’ homepage. To be eligible, you must have an active allopathic license, have…

WENATCHEE — New leadership for the Washington Academy of Family Physicians was elected and sworn in at the 2024 House of Delegates at the Wenatchee Convention Center. Carla Ainsworth, MD, MPH, of Seattle, was sworn in as president by the AAFP visitor, president-elect Jen Brull, MD, FAAFP, of Colorado Springs. The full elected leadership of…

WAFP’s House of Delegates is the organization’s annual meeting where members elect new leaders and debate policy proposals. WAFP’s leadership, committees, and staff will continue work throughout the year on those proposals approved by the House of Delegates. Topics of this year’s proposals (called resolutions) include continuity of care, crisis pregnancy centers, expedited partner treatment,…

The WAFP will host the Care of Women KSA on Saturday, April 27, in Wenatchee. Registration is open, so join us today! The Care of Women KSA focuses on having a better understanding of the unique health care needs as well as common medical conditions experienced by gender-identified women including gynecologic conditions and reproductive health,…