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2025 Faculty Proposals
The LAFP is now accepting applications online for faculty proposals for CME sessions for the 78th Annual Assembly and Exhibition to be held July 24 – 27, 2025, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, LA. Submit your online application by Friday, January 17, 2025.
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Get Ready for the MATCH
This interactive session prepares medical students for the Match. Speakers will provide an overview of the ERAS process, talk about letters of recommendations, crafting your “experiences” of why you chose family medicine and provide recommendations on how to develop your CV.
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LeaAnn Love, MD
Dr. Love attended undergraduate at Xavier University of Louisiana and graduated from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 2023. She is currently a PGY-2 resident at the Baton Rouge General Family Medicine Residency Program.
Types of CME Credit
Active and Supporting (FP) LAFP/AAFP members must submit at least 150 credits every three calendar years. This is called a re-election cycle. The 150 credits must include at least 75 Prescribed credits.The following are different types and examples of CME credits members may earn to reach the requirement:
Prescribed Credits
AAFP Prescribed credit is designated for activities that are designed primarily for physicians. Content is directly related to patient care, patient care delivery, or certain nonclinical topics. A family physician who is an AAFP active or life member must be directly involved in the planning of the activity to ensure the content is relevant to the specialty of family medicine.
Examples of prescribed credits include:
- CME activities for which application has been made to the AAFP Commission on Continuing Professional Development (COCPD) that have been approved for AAFP Prescribed credit
- Instruction of health professions learners in formal individual (e.g., preceptorships) or live educational formats
- Most life support courses (e.g., ALSO, ACLS, ATLS, BLS, NALS, PALS)
- American Family Physician and FPM journal quizzes
- Most activities produced by the AAFP
- Some point-of-care learning
- Activities designated as Mainpro by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
- Scholarly activities
AAFP Elective Credits
Activities not individually approved by the AAFP as AAFP Prescribed credit that have been designated as American Medical Association (AMA) Physician's Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 Credit™ or have been approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) are acceptable as AAFP Elective credit.
Examples of elective credit include:
- Professional enrichment activities for which proof of completion is not required, (e.g., other medical education experiences and activities, including independent examination preparation and informal self-study activities, such as reading a medical journal); these activities may or may not be documentable
- Activities approved for American Medical Association (AMA) Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 Credit™
- Activities approved for American Osteopathic Association (AOA) credit
- Programs created without family physician input and designed for nonphysician health care professionals, if they have medical education content of interest to family physicians
For more information on types of CME credit and FAQs, click here.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
The AAFP offers various types of CME to members!
AAFP Members enjoy a variety of free CME and learning opportunities that allow them to study when, where, and how they want.
Prepare for your Boards, maintain certification, or enhance your clinical skills with family medicine Continuing Medical Education (CME) produced by the AAFP.
Offered in a variety of great locations throughout the year, AAFP Live CME Events feature up-to-date, evidence-based sessions created by family physicians for family physicians. Earn CME while you network with colleagues at AAFP CME courses & conferences.
Offered throughout the year, AAFP Live CME Events feature up-to-date, evidence-based sessions created by family physicians for family physicians. Find CME that fits your schedule. View AAFP CME courses & conferences by month & year.
Learn what, when, and where you want with self-study CME offered in various formats, from print to online. Designed for family physicians, choose from a wide variety of topics and formats.
AAFP Members enjoy a variety of free CME and learning opportunities that allow them to study when, where, and how they want.
Journal CME
The LAFP is proud to offer Journal CME in the quarterly magazine, Louisiana Family Doctor. Readers (including physician authors of CME articles) who complete an online CME quiz will obtain the number of credits offered in each edition (which vary from .5 to 2 credits). This is an easy way to obtain credit at no cost – a value-added benefit to our physician readers.NOTE: As of 12/31/2015, The Louisiana Family Doctor will no longer be accredited for CME. You may still obtain credit for any of the 2014 issues until 12/31/2016.
Interested in Submitting an Article?
Protocol for Authors: Please prepare and send your article according to the following protocol. Each edition is mailed to LAFP members/others and posted on www.lafp.org. Residents and Students receive and E-copy of each issue as well!
Length/Photo/CV: Your article should be no longer than 2000 words (preferably shorter but we understand that certain topics need more in-depth treatment). We also welcome tables, graphics, etc. Please title your article. A current CV or short biography must accompany the article along with a suitable photo.
Submission: Articles must be submitted electronically via e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please send photographs in jpg format (resolution must be at least 300 dpi or 500 KB in size).
Article Type: Articles submitted may be an individual case presentation, a case series, original research, literature review, or opinion/commentary. Other article types may also be appropriate, subject to approval by the editorial board. And don't forget- Case studies completed by residents with an advisory faculty member are accepted for review.
Questions? Contact the LAFP office at 225.923.3313 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Newsletter
The LAFP Weekly Family Medicine Update is an LAFP membership service intended to provide timely family medicine information to your e-mail inbox. The newsletter contains information about healthcare legislation, partnerships, conference opportunities and other need-to-know member news.
Journal
Louisiana Family Doctor is LAFP's quarterly journal. Subject matter includes features on sports medicine, healthcare legislation, medical journal reviews as well as a range of other topics that affect family physicians.Click here to read the latest edition of Louisiana Family Doctor.