Family Medicine Interest Group
The Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) is an organization that gives students a glimpse into family medicine and the diverse career opportunities available within this specialty. All medical students, whatever their interests, are encouraged to attend organization events which include informational meetings, faculty panels, procedural/skills labs, community service projects, match panels, Mental Health First Aid training, and the annual Family Medicine Residency Dinner.
Membership
Student membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians and Ohio Academy of Family Physicians is free. Students are encouraged to get involved at the state and national level. As members of the AAFP, students receive a journal by mail each month. The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians pays the annual membership fee for medical students. You can join anytime — just e-mail one of the officers if you have any questions.
News
Thanks to the efforts of the student leaders and support from family medicine faculty, the FMIG improved the way it promotes family medicine to Boonshoft students during the 2014-2015 school year. The American Academy of Family Physicians noticed these efforts and awarded this FMIG with a Program of Excellence Award for both 2014-15 and 2015-16.
Residency Program Dinner
Officers
Feel free to contact any of us at any time with questions, concerns or ideas!
- To view the list of officers: https://wright.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/fmig
Faculty Advisor
- Jennifer Lee, D.O.
Department Contact
Events
- Procedure Clinics/Skills Labs
- Faculty panels (career paths, inequity in medicine, navigating the healthcare system, public health, etc.)
- Annual FM Residency Program Dinner
- Mental Health First Aid training
- Community service projects
- Documentary screenings
- Match panel
The Ladder
Get involved with The Ladder, a cascading mentorship program based at the Family Medicine Residency that invites local children who are interested in a health career to join a society of medical scholars. The society gathers on the second Saturday of each month for sharing, learning about some aspect of health and lunch. Family medicine faculty, residents, medical students and other health professions students and pre-health students are involved. The program's slogan is “Lift as you climb. Build as you grow.”
Links
- Wright State Family Medicine Residency
- Ohio Academy of Family Physicians — Students
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
- Northeast Region of STFM: Family Medicine Education Consortium Inc.
- Student Externship Matching Grants from the American Academy of Family Physicians
