Family and Community Medicine

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FMIG - Family Medicine Interest Group

Strolling Through the Match
AAFP Virtual FMIG
FMIG 2011-2012 Schedule of Events

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 ten 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 2012-2013 are:

President:
Jessica Leiker
Jessica Leiker

Co-Vice Presidents
Nathan Norris Kysha Totten
Nathan NorrisKysha Totten

Secretary:
Sofia Kerbawy 
Sofia Kerbawy

KAFP Representative:
Erin Locke 
Erin Locke

Third-Year Representatives:
Lan Ly Isaac Johnston
Lan LyIsaac Johnston

Second-Year Representatives:
Stephanie Shields Whitney Weixelman
Stephanie ShieldsWhitney Weixelman

First-Year Representatives:
Taylor Neff Jimmie Stewart
Taylor NeffJimmie Stewart


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.