For the first years of your journey in family medicine, lean into an array of information and tools designed to address your needs and help you navigate your career.
Keep Up on Your Clinical Expertise
Latest Clinical Guidance and Recommendations
Easily find evidenced-based resources to support your clinical decisions.
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SEE CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Land Your Best Job
Job Search Resources
- How to Write a CV
Make your CV stand out with these formatting tips and example headings.
- Members Only: Know Your Worth
Looking for your next job? Get armed with real data just for family physicians—including compensation, benefits, and more.
- Career Coaching for Physicians
Working with a career coach can help you discover your ideal role, get back on track after a setback, and even improve your well-being.
Negotiating Employment Contracts
- How to Choose a Lawyer
Know what questions to ask an attorney before you hire one to review your contract.
- How to Review Your Contract
Use a checklist to determine whether your contract is missing something important.
- How to Negotiate a Contract
Get tips for successfully negotiating, and learn important changes to ask for.
Free Employment Contracting Guide and Checklist
- Your Guide to Employment Contracts
Members only: Learn the provisions and elements of contracts and the employment contract process.
- Your Employment Contract Checklist
Members only: Review your contract and negotiate the best opportunity for your career.
Managing Your Practice
Practice Resources
- A Practice Management Resource for You
For many new physicians, the area of practice management is new and exciting territory. Use the FPM Journal for information and ideas to improve your practice, your patients' experience, and your career.
- Telehealth and Telemedicine
A library of tools and resources from videos to coding tables to help you start or refine your patient telehealth offerings.
- Business Fundamentals for New Physicians – Earn 14 CME Credits Online
Learn the principles of practice management and how to navigate the business side of medicine.
Value-Based Payment
- 9 Reasons to Try Value-based Payment
Family physicians give the top nine reasons why you should implement value-based payment.
- The Role of Care Management & Coordination in Value-based Payment
The care management components you and your team will need to perform to meet the goals of value-based payment.
Coding and Payments
- Behavioral Health Integration
Care management and payment for patients with mental health issues.
- Evaluation and Management
Reduce your stress with accurate documentation and coding.
- Prior Authorization Practice Hack
Learn quick tips that help reduce the burdens of prior authorizations.
Starting Your Own Practice
- Do you dream of starting a practice?
Download this tool to get your arms around start-up expenses, monthly budgets, and revenue management.
- Your Practice Finances
Learn how to measure the financial health of your practice with this series of short videos.
Connect with Your Peers
- New Physician Issues Online Forum
Members only: Engage with your peers in a community designed for you to share, learn, inspire, and network. - Member Interest Groups (MIGS)
Members only: Join interest-specific online communities and enjoy collaboration with peers while growing your professional network.
Maintain Your Well-being
Put Your Health First
As a new physician, there's nothing more important than being mindful of your well-being.
Build Your Leadership Skills
Leadership Opportunities for You
Share your passion as a new physician and help strengthen the specialty of family medicine by applying for an AAFP leadership position. Member positions are available on the Congress of Delegates, the Board of Directors, and AAFP Commissions.