We're With You – Your Well-being Is Our Priority
The MDAFP Board of Directors have prioritized your well-being in our strategic plan, and a workgroup is actively designing programs and services to support our members. The well-being workgroup is dedicated to support not just your practice, but you as a person behind the profession. We know that being a family physician today takes more than clinical skill. It takes resilience, compassion, and a deep personal commitment to your patients and community. Some of the ideas already being implemented include member gatherings and educational programming.
Now a mentorship program is being designed. All members, regardless of your career stage, are invited to participate in our new Family Medicine Mentorship Program. This program is intended to help family physicians prosper, both personally and professionally.
Family Medicine is rewarding, but it can also be isolating, demanding, and emotionally draining. Our mentorship program is designed to reconnect you with a sense of community, purpose, and shared growth. If you're looking to expand your professional horizons or simply find someone who understands the highs and lows, mentorship supports both your career and your well-being.
Whether you’re interested in being a mentor or be mentored, programs like this have shown to reduce burnout, improve job satisfaction and lower turnover among mentored physicians. Mentorship is also linked to higher productivity and career satisfaction.
If you want to sign up for this program, click the following links below:
For New Physicians: Apply Here
For Experienced Physicians: Apply Here
We’ve already begun to host member gatherings. Our first gathering at Top Golf in June was a hit! Members enjoyed this free event with food, fellowship and even those without a lot of golf experience, took a swing at fun and nailed it!
We’re currently planning a Fall-themed gathering in October. Watch your email inbox for information coming soon.
In addition, in collaboration with the MDAFP education committee, our dedicated workgroup is planning education designed with you in mind on topics like EMR management to give you practical solutions you can bring into your practice as well as how to advocate for the tools you need, and also Physician Health First sessions such as trauma, secondary trauma, coping, returning to the joy of medicine and more.
Many thanks to our FM Well-being Workgroup, led by Dr. Stephanie Groff, for all their work to make all these activities happen. Thank you Drs Ayesha Abid, Chioma Anyikwa, Sajida Chaundry, Melissa Clark, Jamie Harms, Ndidi Obichere, Jackie McGrath, Pani Rao, Stacy Ross, Amar Duggirala and Stephanie Groff!
Let me know if you’d like to be involved in any of these new programs, if you’d like more information, or would like to be notified when details are available.
Kind regards,
Your Executive Director
