Member Benefits

CME Opportunities - Networking - Advocacy

The Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP) exists to defend the specialty of family medicine and improve healthcare in Georgia as the state-wide, grassroots arm of the American Academy of Family Physicians. GAFP members join an active movement, not a roster, to improve the health and well-being of Georgians.

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Benefits to being a family medicine champion, advocate and patient-centered care provider as an active member of the largest physician organizations in Georgia include:

Stay Current on CME and Practice Resiliency

  • Ongoing, state-wide CME opportunities at reduced costs

  • Fall Annual Scientific Assembly

  • Summer CME Conference

  • Online / Virtual CME and regional educational events

  • Self-study, web-based and live courses for board certification preparation

  • Physician Health First & Well-being Planner

  • Online resources designed especially for the family physicians on local public health programs

Member Value and Networking

Advocacy

  • State Legislative Priorities Defined by Membership

  • State Political Action Campaign

  • Annual Day at the Capitol