AAFP FMX Student Schedule 

This schedule includes a curated list of CME sessions, Main Stage events, social and networking events ideal for students. Students may pick up a detailed CME session schedule on site that includes room numbers. For additional details on the below sessions, see AAFP FMX Schedule

Students must register to attend AAFP FMX. 

Tuesday, September 24
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Member Reception, Maggiano's Little Italy, 12th & Filbert Streets, Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 25
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Your Choice of Various Continuing Medical Education (CME) Sessions

Assisting Patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment: Identification and Treatment
Colorectal Cancer Update: Butt Seriousy
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Evidence-Based Approach
Leadership Skills for the Non-Leader Can Improve Job Satisfaction and Patient Care
Planned Care for your Patient Population
Polypharmacy in the Elderly: Too Many Pills!
Practice Changers: Top 20 POEMs of 2018
Returning Veterans with PTSD: When the War Comes Home
Syncope: To Head CT or Not, That is the Question

3:00 – 4:30 p.m.          Opening Main Stage Session  

Michael Eisner Former Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company Founder and CEO, The Tornante Company, LLC   Against the backdrop of the 2019 FMX theme, Love Your Why, Michael Eisner will share what’s always driven him to be someone who loves what he does. Known as one of the most accomplished entertainment executives of all times, Eisner transformed the Walt Disney Company into an entertainment industry giant—expanding Disney’s consumer products and theme park businesses. During his 21-year tenure, Eisner quickly proved that blending the power of ideas, innovative vision, and creative risks was a magical combination.  

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.          Student Reception: “Plotting Your Course in Family Medicine: Survive and Thrive”  

Field House, Filbert St, Philadelphia

Network with your fellow Pennsylvania medical students and residents and family medicine leaders from across the country. Learn about career opportunities and training pathways in family medicine from a panel of family medicine residents.

Thursday, September 26

7:15 a.m. - Noon* Volunteer to serve as a patient actor for the workshop "Sideline Management Assessment and Response Techniques" (Space Limited)

*Serving as a patient actor is the only way to attend this workshop free of charge, and you must be available for its entirety.

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Your Choice of Various CME Sessions

Abdominal Pain and Acute Abdomen Emergent and Urgent Care: Urgent Abdominal Pain Not to Miss
Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
Anxiety Disorders Management: Effectively Treating the Anxious Patient
Atrial Fibrillation: The Regular Irregularity
Creating a Thriving Practice Culture By Design
Demystifying Low Back Pain in Primary Care
Diabetes Treatment Update: After Metformin
Direct Primary Care: A Day in the Life
On Scene Initial Trauma Response for the Family Physician
Osteoarthritis: Moving Beyond Those Aching Joints
Safe Medical Abortion Care

2:15 – 3:00 p.m. Scientific Informational Displays (Posters) – Meet the Presenters

Engage in the latest scientific research and get the most current medical information from industry.

3:15 – 4:45 p.m. Main Stage Session:

“Artificial Intelligence and its Role in Reducing Administrative Burden, and Improved Patient Care, Lily Peng MD, PhD

Recognize how artificial intelligence can improve patient care by optimizing patient engagement and communication at the point of care and consider how artificial intelligence can be used as a tool to improve patient care by providing enhanced screening and diagnosis, while allowing physicians to optimize their time spent with patients.

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Your Choice of Various CME Sessions

Adult and Elderly Hypertension: The Pressure’s On!
Anticoagulation Management Update: Through Thick and Thin
Anxiety Disorders Management: Effectively Treating the Anxious Patient
Demystifying Low Back Pain in Primary Care
Evaluation and Management of Sepsis/Septic Shock in Adults: Managing the Silent Killer
Increasing Your Knowledge of Immunization Policies Through AAFP Vaccine Science Fellows
Stroke: Time is Brain
You Can’t Give What You Don’t Have: Optimizing Your Persona Well-Being to Enhance Your Professional Satisfaction

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Member Constituencies and Member Interest Group (MIG) Reception

Join your peers to celebrate diversity of the AAFP. Whether you identify with one of the five member constituencies (women, minority, new physician, international medical graduate, or LGBT) or are a supporter, you will enjoy good company, refreshments, and light snacks among friends. Connect with family physicians practicing in a variety of ways and learn more about the MIGs. Speak with family physicians with shared professional interests.

Friday, September 27
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Main Stage Session: Top 10 Evidence-Based Medicine Updates of the Year, Frank Domino, MD

Understand practice changing data that can applied to clinical practice the next day. Gain perspective on the impact of these changes by interpreting medical statistics into easy to understand counseling statements. Remind the audience to remain skeptical of the medical literature.

(Various CME sessions throughout Friday may be attended by students who want to join the conference during the morning)

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Your Choice of Various CME Sessions

Adolescent Opioid Misuse
Adult and Elderly Hypertension: The Pressure’s On!
Concussion and Return to Play Guidelines: New Concussion Management Paradigms
Diverticulitis Update
Do You, Do Direct Primary Care!
Dyslipidemia: Beyond the Numbers
Health Care Reform 2020 & Beyond
Stroke: Time is Brain

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Scientific Informational Displays (Posters) – Meet the Presenters

Engage in the latest scientific research and get the most current medical information from industry.

2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Your Choice of Various CME Sessions

Clostridioides difficile (Pseudomembraneous Colitis)
Do You, Do Direct Primary Care!
Endocrine Disorders in Pregnancy
Fibromyalgia
Primary Care for Headaches
Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Use Prevention in Adolescents: How to Snuff Out the Snoking
Tendinopathy: Tackling Troubled Tendons
Type 1 Diabetes: Where Does the Family Doc Fit In?

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Your Choice of Various CME Sessions

Adult Immunization Update: Are You Ready For Your Vaccine Today?
Climate Change: Managing Health Impacts
Dizziness and Balance Disorders: You’re Making Me Dizzy
Evidence vs Myth: Addressing Tobacco Cessation in Adults with Mental Illness
Health Care Reform 2020 & Beyond
Pediatric Hypertension: Never Too Early to Start
Sexually Transmitted Infections Update: Screen, Treat, and Prevent

6:00 – 10:00 p.m. FMX Celebration at XFINITY Live! Philadelphia

The FMX Celebration offers exclusive access to Xfinity Live!–a dining and entertainment district in the Wells Fargo Sports Complex. Mingle with fellow medical students and family physicians from across the country in this 50,000 SF indoor/outdoor venue that offers an array of activities.

Satisfy your appetite with a variety of dining options throughout the venue. Heavy appetizers will be provided by AAFP, and drinks can be purchased from any bar in the venue. Each attendee over age 21 will be issued one drink ticket; a cash bar is available for additional beer, wine, and spirits.

Enjoy live music from the world renowned Emerald City Band—a 13-piece super group that electrifies audiences with a combination of high energy dance songs from the past with the hits of today. They have shared the stage with artists including Justin Timberlake, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, Zac Brown Band, Martina McBride, and many more. This super group has taken their energy all over the world, from Dallas to New York, Paris, Dublin, Los Angeles, and South America.