King County Academy of Family Physicians

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"King County Academy of Family Physicians"

A family doc is a physician who is educated and trained in family medicine - a broadly encompassing medical specialty. Family physicians provide continuing and comprehensive medical care, health maintenance and preventive services to each member of the family regardless of sex, age or type of problem. These specialists are best qualified to serve as each patient's advocate in all health-related matters, including the appropriate use of consultants, health services and community resources.

Our Mission

The King County Academy of Family Physicians (KCAFP) is a professional medical society dedicated to maintaining high standards of family medicine representing family physicians. The responsibility of the King County AFP is to advocate for family physicians and their patients:

To promote and maintain high standards of family practice of medicine and surgery;
To encourage and assist medical students and physicians in preparing, qualifying and establishing themselves in family practice;
To preserve the right of the family practitioner to engage in medical and surgical procedures for which he/she is qualified by training and experience, and as granted by his/her state license;
To assist in providing post-graduate study courses for family practitioners, and to encourage and assist practicing physicians and surgeons in participating in such training;
To advance medical science, private and public health, and to preserve the right of free choice of physician by the patient.

Our Mission

The King County Academy of Family Physicians (KCAFP) is a professional medical society dedicated to maintaining high standards of family medicine representing family physicians. The responsibility of the King County AFP is to advocate for family physicians and their patients:

To promote and maintain high standards of family practice of medicine and surgery;

To encourage and assist medical students and physicians in preparing, qualifying and establishing themselves in family practice;

To preserve the right of the family practitioner to engage in medical and surgical procedures for which he/she is qualified by training and experience, and as granted by his/her state license;

To assist in providing post-graduate study courses for family practitioners, and to encourage and assist practicing physicians and surgeons in participating in such training;

To advance medical science, private and public health, and to preserve the right of free choice of physician by the patient.