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2024 National Conference

Meet with hundreds of residency programs, take in inspiring talks and educational experiences, advocate via the student and resident congresses and more.

Thursday-Saturday, August 1-3, 2024

Kansas City Convention Center (Kansas City, MO)

Financial support available.

Explore Your Future in Family Medicine.

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) National Conference brings together medical students and residents from across the nation with family medicine leaders, residency programs and potential employers for three days of family medicine exploration + celebration.

Meet with hundreds of residency programs, take in inspiring talks and educational experiences, advocate via the student and resident congresses and more.

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Foundation is offering reimbursement of up to $800 for registration, travel and hotel accommodations to attend the AAFP National Conference. Click “show details” for eligibility info and more.

Who is eligible for reimbursement?

MAFP student members currently enrolled at:

  • Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (Rochester)
  • University of Minnesota Medical School (Twin Cities and Duluth campuses)
You must be a medical student member of the MAFP at the time of the conference. Not a student member yet? No cost to join! Sign up to be an MAFP student member through the AAFP.

How does the reimbursement work?

  1. Students must apply for reimbursement in advance.
  2. Applicants will be notified by email if their application was approved and receive additional information about the reimbursement process.
  3. Reimbursements will be made after the conference to approved applicants who meet the reimbursement requirements.
The University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health is providing a charter bus for students and residents to travel from Minnesota to the National Conference (at no cost to students and residents). The bus will leave on Wednesday, July 31, and return on Saturday, August 3. If you choose to take the charter bus, you can focus your reimbursed funds on hotel and registration expenses and have more time to make connections.
Wednesday, July 31 – Traveling to Kansas City
7:00 amDepart Duluth (board at 6:45 am)
9:45 amDepart Minneapolis (board at 9:30 am)
11:45 amDepart Albert Lea (board at 11:30 am)
5:00 pmArrive Kansas City
Saturday, August 3 – Returning from Kansas City
2:00 pmDepart Kansas City (board at 1:30 pm)
7:30 pmArrive Albert Lea
10:00 pmArrive Minneapolis
12:30 amArrive Duluth
Thanks to the generosity of individual donors, the Mayo Clinic Foundation for Medical Education and Research and MAFP local chapters across the state for making this financial support possible.
We will be holding an orientation meeting (online) on July 22, 2024, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm for all Minnesota medical students attending the National Conference. You’ll receive a meeting link and other important details by email the week before the orientation meeting.
Questions?
Contact Lisa Regehr at lisa@mafp.org or 952-224-3875.
Contact Lisa Regehr at lisa@mafp.org or 952-224-3875.

Support Minnesota medical students in attending the largest national gathering of students and residents interested in family medicine. The event is an opportunity for students to explore family medicine as their specialty choice and for you to connect with students and residents interested in training and practicing in Minnesota at our Friday night reception. View sponsor package.

(Information about and from the 2023 National Conference can be found here.)

Thank You to Our Sponsors

The MAFP is grateful for our sponsors and their support of family medicine and Minnesota medical students.