American
Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) www.aafp.org
Homepage contents
Family Practice
- Definitions, statistics, Government advocacy, AAFP Policies (searchable
policies, press releases, Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies), International
Family Medicine, Rural Health Exchange
Clinical Information
- Drug database (members only), Research (guidelines, grant sources) Clinical
Policies (18 items, detailed and downloadable in PDF), Public Health (teams
and school health) AFP Journal (fully searchable back to 1996, online to 1997,
PDF 2001, includes quizzes, cases, monographs, algorithms, index, 'coming
soon', email preview and patient information), Annual Clinical Focus and 'Join
Email Discussion Lists'
CME - Online CME
(including lectures, quizzes, cases monographs [as above] video [fee USD8
members USD10 non-members, requires RealPlayer and Acrobat Reader]), courses,
records, CME offerings, conferences and packages
Practice Management
- Coding, Resources, Family Practice Management Journal (online and searchable
back to 1996), Fundamentals of Management, Safety Guidelines, and other items
About the AAFP
- News, Policies, Meetings, Organization, Offices, Staff Opportunities and
other items
Products and Services
- Meetings, Catalogue (with online search and ordering), CME, Publications
and Tar Wars Program
Publications -
News, Journals, AAFP Directories, Catalogue, AAFP Health and Medical Guide
(order facilities), Facts about Family Practice, 'Patient Education in your
Practice Handbook' (contents and order facilities)
Career Opportunities
- Becoming a Family Physician, Online opportunities, AAFP staff opportunities
Daily Question
- One question and answer
Practice Pearl
- Single statement
What's New - Reference
to AFP article
AFP Online cases
- Free access to 7 cases (two assessed - cardiovascular risk factors and heart
murmurs for which audio was provided), limited interactivity, mostly information
(which is useful), cases are scored, but for CME credit USD5 for members USD7
non-members
Members - Members
only (news, messages, drug database, Catalogue, Membership Directory, Budget
Deficit Reduction Suggestions, Bulletin Board, Lonesome Doc Service, Quality
Enhancement Program and Email discussion lists)
Patients - Gives
access to 'familydoctor.org' which provides Health Information Handouts, AAFP
Family Health Facts (60), Drug Information (provided by MICROMEDEX, searchable,
including interactions), Self Care (45 items downloadable), FP Web Directory
to locate local family physicians by State, Herbal and Alternative Remedies
(also MICROMEDEX), Dictionary, Daily Health Tip and Featured Items (site searchable)
Residents - A
variety of items to encourage and inform those interested in family practice
residencies
Students - Family
Medicine Interest Group ('Virtual' searchable site)
Media - Releases,
Health Research Issues, Publications, Statements, AAFP Officers and other
items
This is a very
large website that houses around 150,000 pages. It is well organized and easy
to use and the whole site is searchable.