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Shape Your Path: Empowering New Physicians

Gain essential tools and insights to confidently navigate the early years of your family medicine career.

This interactive online series is geared toward family medicine residents and early career physicians. Topics include physician well-being, advocacy, financial planning, career paths, community partnerships, health care teams and power mapping.

Attend live on Zoom or access recordings later. (CME credit is available for attending live.)

Open to all AAFP members. No cost to participate.

Upcoming Sessions

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Session 7: Power Mapping: Strategizing Influence for Impact
Thursday, April 2, 2026
7:00 – 8:00 pm CDT (online)
Presented by: Katie Freeman, MD

Past Sessions

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Session 1: Achieving Harmony: Effective Methods for Physician Well-being
Thursday, April 10, 2025 (at Spring Refresher)
Presented by: Olusola Adegoke, MD, MPH, FAAFP, and Chaun Cox, MD, FAAFP
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Session 2: Partnering with Community for Change
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Presented by: Roli Dwivedi, MD, FAAFP, DABFM, and Rebecca Shirley, MPH
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Session 3: Top 5 Financial Tasks to Set Yourself up for Success
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Presented by: Lisha Taylor, MD, MPH
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Session 4: Exploring Career Paths to Take Charge of Your Future
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Panelists: Jay Sheree Allen, MD, FAAFP, Najaha Musse, DO, and Britta Reierson, MD, FAAFP (plus facilitator Eduardo Medina, MD, MPH)
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Session 5: Strength in Numbers: Physician Organizing for Advocacy and Impact
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Presented by: Katherine Oyster, MD, and Cora Walsh, MD
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Session 6: Strategies for Leveraging Health Care Teams
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Presented by: Claire Fish, RN, Kati Lyon, LPN, Chris Thompson, MD, Kati Lyon, LPN, and Karla Vasek, Patient Access Specialist

Continuing Medical Education

Application for 1.00 AAFP Live Prescribed credit will be filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians for each session except Session 3 (Top 5 Financial Tasks to Set Yourself up for Success). Credits are only available for participating in the live presentations (not for viewing the recordings).

Activity #108462: The AAFP has reviewed Shape Your Path: Empowering New Physicians Series and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of Approval is from 06/10/2025 to 04/3/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Each accredited session is approved for 1.00 AAFP Live Prescribed credit.

Partnership Opportunities

Help family medicine residents and early career family physicians gain essential tools and insights to confidently navigate the early years of their family medicine career by supporting this informative series. Limited to three partners.

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