2026 Awards form now open! Nominate or submit here (Deadline is April 17th) Who do YOU know that should be nominated? Family Physicians Changing Our World - Key requirement: a family physician who has developed innovative projects and programs that have had a positive impact on the world. Read More Mid-Career Faculty Achievement - Key requirement: a faculty member with five to twelve years of academic experience who has demonstrated significant achievement and not yet been recognized or received tenure. Read More Emerging Leader - Key requirement: family medicine senior residents, junior faculty and clinicians in practice (three years or less experience) who have the potential to be future leaders in family medicine academic and community service efforts. Read More Do you have a story to share? Consider sharing your story through one of the creative expression categories: Creative Writing (prose, poetry, prose-poetry) - Stories and poems are powerful ways of sharing the vision and depth of family medicine, its philosophy of care and scope of practice. We invite submissions of written materials that derive from the experience of teaching/learning or practicing family medicine. Read More
The call for submissions form is now closed. Note: Poster submissions will be accepted May 15 - July 1, 2026. Thank you to everyone who submitted! We received over 320 submissions in 10 different categories for the educational program, covering a wide-variety of topics. This is almost a record high for FMEC! Submissions were received from 18 states and DC. Notification of approval and any recommended changes or questions will be sent to submission authors no later than early May 2026. Planning Committee members are available as mentors at any time to discuss your submission. If you have any questions about the 2026 FMEC Annual Meeting, please contact Lisa Schwieterman at [email protected].
FMEC IMPLICIT Project is an Action for Women’s Health Awardee
Although women make up half of the world’s population, they face inequities in nearly every aspect of their health. Women’s health is chronically underfunded and under-researched, and even when resources and solutions do exist, they often aren’t reaching the women who need them. “The FMEC has a long history of developing innovative programs. The IMPLICIT Network, with its 20-year growth and evolution, is our most significant achievement,” said Dr. Pam Vnenchak, FMEC President and Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital. “We are thrilled that these resources will help us share IMPLICIT’s models, training and support to residency programs and clinics throughout the country. Read more FMEC Learning NetworksThe FMEC received seed programming funds from the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) for its project, FMEC Learning Networks: Collaborating to Accelerate Innovations. Even before ACGME requirements, the FMEC was a leader in creating residency learning networks and collaboratives. The ABFM grant funding will help the FMEC formalize and advance its work over the next three years. Interested in joining? Have ideas for what FMEC learning networks might address? Complete this short survey to help us plan our Residency Learning Network projects (no commitment necessary): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ResLearningNetworks. |
The Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) has been announced as one of 80+ organizations that were awarded funding through Action for Women’s Health, a $250 million global open call, launched in 2024 to support organizations working to improve women’s mental and physical health around the world. Organizations received between $1 million and $5 million in funding. Funding will support and expand the