The LAFP and AAFP's award system is designed to recognize individuals and/or groups whose initiatives or efforts benefit the family medicine specialty. The LAFP and AAFP tracks all awards given by the organization and maintains records of previous recipients, award citations, and photographs of actual awards for reference.
The types of awards available through the academy are listed below:
Awards for Medical Students & Residents
These awards recognize medical students and residents who are deemed to have made exceptional advances in furthering the strategic objectives of the LAFP.
Awards for Family Physicians
These awards recognize family physicians who are deemed to have made exceptional advances in furthering the strategic objectives of the Academy.
Awards for Teachers of Family Medicine
These awards recognize medical education faculty who are deemed to have made exceptional advances in furthering the strategic objectives of the AAFP.
General Awards
These awards recognize both physicians and other individuals that support family medicine, as well as organizations, who are deemed to have made exceptional advances in furthering the strategic objectives of the Academy.
Primary Care Innovation Fellowship
The American Academy of Family Physicians is offering one Primary Care Innovation Fellowship position for family physicians interested in improving health IT in primary care.
