Family and Community Medicine

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FMIG - Family Medicine Interest Group

AAFP Virtual FMIG

The Family Medicine Interest Group is an on-campus organization comprised of students interested in a career in the specialty of family medicine. The Kansas Academy of Family Physicians provides some financial support.

The goals of FMIG are:
  1. To promote interest in the specialty of family medicine.
  2. To provide exposure to the three family medicine residencies:
    Via Christi 
    Wesley
    Smoky Hill - Salina
  3. To provide educational and social events related to the above.
FMIG provides practical information about the specialty of family medicine to other students; encourages students with an interest in the specialty to learn more about it and provides opportunities for students to come together in a casual environment for social and learning experiences.

For the past two years, FMIG has hosted a Doc for a Day workshop, for high school students from Wichita and the surrounding area who are interested in a career in medicine. Activities include a procedure workshop, introduction to obstetrics, discussion of careers in the medical field and tips for getting into medical school. Refreshments will be provided and each participant will receive a t-shirt with registration.

Click here for pictures from the latest workshop.

Officers for 2009-2010 are:

Co-President: Shane Thoreson and Andy Jurgensmeier
Vice-president: Kyle Goerl and Lucas Thompson
Secretary: Scott Pauly
KAFP representatives: Shane Thoreson
Public Relations Giao Pham
Event Coordinator Rachael Hauser
Third year representatives: Alicia Chennell, Stacy Dimitt, and Alyssa Newth

For more information about FMIG contact:
Department of Family and Community Medicine: (316) 293-2607.

Choosing a Specialty  - a poem by a former FMIG officer, Chris Best, winner of the 1997 "George E. 'Ned' Burket"   senior student award in Family Medicine at KUSM-W. He is a graduate of the Family Medicine Residency Program at Lincoln Medical Education Foundation, Lincoln Nebraska.