Core Purpose: Advancing Family Medicine To Improve Health Through A Community of Teachers and Scholars

Core Values:
   * Integrity
   * Relationship-centered
   * Openness
   * Nurturing
   * Excellence
   * Learning

The Society engages in a number of activities to meet its purpose, all of which are designed to enhance communication and facilitate the activities of our members. Some of these activities include:

Publications—The Society publishes Family Medicine, a monthly scholarly journal featuring clinical and educational research articles that help define the discipline. The STFM Messenger provides a bimonthly update of STFM activities. The Society also publishes and distributes books, monographs, and videotapes of interest to family medicine educators. STFM members also receive a discounted print subscription to the Annals of Family Medicine, the peer reviewed research journal that seeks to address important questions in health and the provision of patient-centered, prioritized, high-quality health care.

Meetings—The Annual Spring Conference is held in late spring and attracts more than 1,000 participants. These meetings provide the opportunity to hear plenary speakers address issues facing academic family medicine, and they offer a wide variety of workshops and other skill-building and informational sessions. Most importantly, they provide an opportunity for individuals with special interests to come together, share information, and plan their activities.

The Society sponsors other conferences that reflect an ongoing interest of our members. Presentations for these meetings are selected through a peer-reviewed call for papers process. STFM's annual conferences include:

• The Predoctoral Education Conference focusing on medical student education, held in late winter.
• The Conference on Families and Health, held early in the spring.
• The Conference on Practice Improvement: Health Information and Patient Education, cosponsored with the AAFP in the fall.

The Society also conducts special interest meetings from time to time, covering a variety of subjects. In addition, STFM members host regional meetings that provide junior and senior faculty an opportunity to present and network with peers within their region.

Web Site—Visit the STFM Web site, which offers a variety of information of interest to family medicine educators, including Family Medicine abstracts, conference information, position opportunities, STFM group information, links to other sites, and more! Along with public information on Society activities, you’ll have access to features of the Web site available only to STFM members.

Networking—STFM members place a high value on the opportunities provided for communication among individuals with common interests and goals. At any given time, there are 30 to 40 special interest groups (officially named Groups on . . . ) operating within the Society. These groups provide an opportunity for you to become involved in your area of special interest. The annual report contains a listing of these groups and an outline of their activities; you will find the members responsive to your needs and eager to assist as you become involved in the Society.

Membership Categories

Voting Members

Active Physician Member - $245

Any physician who is in a teaching position or is actively involved in the organization, administration, or promotion of family medicine.

Active Nonphysician Member - $180

Any other individual who is in a teaching position or is actively involved in the organization, administration, or promotion of family medicine.

Nonvoting Members

Associate Member - $110

Any part-time family medicine teacher or community preceptor who devotes no more than 10 hours per week or 3 months per year to a family medicine program.

This category also applies to physicians in private practice.

Affiliate Member

Any fellow-in-training ($85), resident ($65), or medical student ($25) in an approved family practice program, department, or medical school.

Emeritus Member - No membership fee

Any individual who has held an active (voting) membership in STFM for a period of 10 years and who has retired from professional activities or has reached age 70 may be granted an emeritus membership. Emeritus members may choose to subscribe to the Family Medicine journal at a reduced rate ($25 per year).

International Member - $110

Any individual who either holds a teaching position or is actively involved in the organization, administration, or promotion of family medicine who resides outside the United States and Canada.

NOTE: From October 1 through December 31, full dues for new incoming members are credited to the following year.

For membership application, choose one of the following forms:
Join Online | Mail/Fax Application

For more information:
Contact Mary Ruhl, 800-274-2237, ext. 5404, mruhl@stfm.org