Resident Award Certificates

Resident Award for Scholarship 

To encourage skills and interest in family medicine research, it is important for family medicine residency programs to mentor and recognize residents for their accomplishments in scholarly activities. The Resident Award for Scholarship is provided by the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) and the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG). The Resident Award for Scholarship allows family medicine residency directors to recognize a resident who has engaged in scholarly activity, as defined by the criteria below. 
 

Award Criteria: 

  • The award will be presented once per year. No resident may win the award more than once. 

  • Two or more residents may be eligible for a joint award for jointly performed scholarly activity. In this instance only, multiple certificates may be requested. 

  • The scholarly activity for consideration must have been completed while the resident was in residency training. 

  • The nature of the scholarly activity and whether it qualifies is at the discretion of the program. Your program could create a committee to review resident scholarly activity applications and make the award recommendation to the program director. AFMRD and NAPCRG do not select the honorees, your program does. 

  • Scholarly activity must be, in large measure, performed by the resident. This activity includes most, but not necessarily all, of the following:  

    • the inception of the idea 

    • development of the project 

    • gathering data 

    • presenting the results 

    • writing a report or publication 

Resident Award for Advocacy 

Family physicians are advocates for their patients, their communities, and their specialty. To encourage the skills and interest necessary to impact the future of health care reform and of family medicine, it is critical to engage family medicine residents in advocacy efforts at local, regional, and national levels. The AFMRD Resident Award for Advocacy allows family medicine residency directors to recognize a resident who has demonstrated skills and interest in advocacy, as defined by the following criteria. 

Award Criteria: 

Residency program faculty shall select their program's recipient(s). Awardees may demonstrate an interest in legislative or regulatory advocacy, for example, through the following (all are not required): 

  • Two or more residents may be eligible for a joint award for jointly performed advocacy activity. In this instance only, multiple certificates may be requested. 

  • Attendance at an advocacy conference  

  • Evidence of participation in family medicine advocacy-related activities, such as letter writing campaigns, preparing advocacy materials, attending lobby days, or visiting, calling, or otherwise interacting with government representatives or elected officials 

  • Evidence of independent efforts to build a relationship with congressional offices and/or state or local officials 

  • Participation in AAFP committees or commissions on legislation or advocacy at the state or national level 

  • Participation in other state or national organizations' committees or commission on legislation or advocacy 

  • Presentation on advocacy given at national, state, regional, local, or residency program meetings or conferences 

  • Valued as an advocacy leader by faculty and peers 

  • Advocacy work must be done while resident is in residency. 

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Upon request, the AFMRD will provide each family medicine residency program with an award certificate (PDF format) suitable for printing and framing. We will email your certificate to you within two weeks of your order. Certificates are available through Friday June 6, 2025. Click here to request a certificate.