Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)
The Family Medicine Interest Group
(FMIG) is comprised of medical students interested or thinking about pursuing
a career in Family Medicine. It is run by a student volunteer steering
committee. This committee is responsible for planning all events with
the support of personnel in the Family Medicine Student Affairs Office, including Katie Watts, Program
Assistant and Dr. David Gaspar, FMIG advisor.
An important activity of the FMIG is the monthly Family Medicine lectures.
These are noon-time talks open to the campus on various topics related to
Family Medicine and Primary Care. Other activities sponsored by the FMIG
are workshops on IVs, immunizations, casting and suturing.
The purpose of the FMIG is to:
- Learn about the specialty of Family Medicine.
- Facilitate contact with practicing family physicians
& Family Medicine faculty.
- Provide opportunities for students to gain experience
in primary care outside of the standard curriculum.
- Student members will begin meeting in the Fall to plan
activities (Family Medicine lectures, Residency Fairs, etc.) and develop
new ideas.
Support for the FMIG will be provided by the Department of Family Medicine.
Our meetings are informal and fun.
The FMIG is supported in part by generous grants from the Colorado Academy
of Family Physicians Foundation and the American Academy of Family Physicians
Foundation.
Who's invited?
All health sciences students interested in learning more about Family Medicine.
What else is a benefit?
All students in the School of Medicine can receive a free subscription to
the American Family Physician journal, the official publication of the American
Academy of Family Physicians. You can complete the application online, print it out and bring it to the Family Medicine Student Affairs Office, or just come by and complete it in the office. We will take care of the subscription fee for you. The link to the application is
www.aafp.org/studentbenefits.xml. You'll also be eligible for various scholarship
and travel opportunities.
FMIG Mailing List
Join the new FMIG mailing list. Keep up with everything that is going on
with your FMIG. You can subscribe to the list at
https://lists.ucdenver.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=fmig
Informative Family Medicine Websites
American Academy of Family Physicians
Colorado Academy of Family Physicians
Virtual FMIG World
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