The King County Academy of Family Physicians (KCAFP) is a professional medical society dedicated to maintaining high standards of family medicine. Family medicine is the medical specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, all sexes, each organ system, and every disease entity.

CALL for NOMINATIONS

2019 Rosenblatt Award
The King County Academy of Family Physicians (KCAFP) is seeking nominations for it's Rosenblatt Community Service Award for exemplary leadership in the field of Family Medicine. Last year we honored Terry Maresca, MD for many reasons including her extensive work with the Native American Community as well as her passion and commitment to the art of medicine. 

For a list of past winners, please check the ABOUT page the KCAFP website. Also on the about page is additional information on the awards namesake, Roger Alan Rosenblatt, M.D., M.P.H., M.F.R.

KCAFP Annual Meeting

SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday May 22nd!
Held at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture, we are planning a great program for our members. Besides electing a 2019-2020 Board of Directors, we will also be voting on a Bylaws update and hearing from the WAFP Primary Care Investment Task Force about plans for constituency engagement with legislators! Please save the date and check back for more information and details!

2019 Bylaws Update

During the 2018-2019 program year, on Sept 6th 2018, the Board of Directors (BOD) acknowledged a need for bylaws review. At the second meeting on Oct 4th, 2018, BOD members Annie Gayman (member-at-large), Sonal Patel (Treasurer), Dini Pineda (Immediate Past President), and Jonathan Wells (President) volunteered to form a subcommittee to review and make recommendations to the BOD regarding the bylaws. At the next regular board meeting on Dec 6th, 2018, suggestions were made with the acknowledgement that ratifying the proposed changes required a vote from the KCAFP membership at the Annual Meeting held on May 22nd 2019. Below is a summary of the changes 30 days prior to the convening of the meeting: 

  1. Chapter 1 Section 2:  Removed "a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Illinois" as this does not exist in WAFP bylaws
  2. Chapter 1 Section 3: Renamed section by title and reformatted the content to ensure that the language about the KCAFP Mission, Values, and Priorities is embedded into our Bylaws, similar to the WAFP, so that it can be reviewed and voted upon by membership each time we review our Bylaws; additionally reworded the strategic priority around education to incorporate new physicians into scope as well as eliminate outdated language
  3. Chapter 2 Section 1: Renamed section and language updated to include residents, students, and new physicians in membership as well as reference membership in the larger WAFP and AAFP chapters
  4. Chapter 2 Section 2: Renamed section to reflect "Application for Membership"
  5. Chapter 2 Section 3: Renamed/consolidated prior sections to updated Eligible membership definitions to reflect WAFP/AAFP definitions, particularly around ability to hold office and vote if inactive, resident, or student member.
  6. Chapter 2 Section 4: New section discussing "Maintenance of Membership" paralleling language from WAFP
  7. Chapter 2 Section 5: New section created to help insert language around what would happen where local chapter to have concerns about membership and have path to evaluate consideration for membership termination in consultation with state chapter WAFP
  8. Chapter 3 Section 1: Updated language to reference how dues are set locally and updated within the context of larger WAFP and AAFP organizations
  9. Chapter 3 Section 2: Updated language to reflect at what meetings votes on special assessments could occur and who would be eligible to vote
  10. Chapter 3 Section 3: Updated language to reflect how unpaid dues are understand and defined within the AAFP and how that impacts holding office/voting
  11. Chapter 4 Section 1: Updated section to provide definition around what is expected to occur at Annual Meetings
  12. Chapter 4 Section 2: Updated section to provide definition on how special meetings are set up and what purposes they have recently served for KCAFP
  13. Chapter 4 Section 3: Added "or the Administrator" as a means for conveying notice of meetings, as this is who in reality communicates
  14. Chapter 6 Section 4: Added language to help clarify how the board will make decisions "in between meetings"
  15. Chapter 10: Updated outdated name for parliamentary procedure use (not Sturgis, but instead AIP Standard Code)
  16. Chapter 11: Grammar corrected to say submitting "them"

The links below show a PDF of the Current and Proposed Bylaws. Please email kcafp@kcafp.net if you have any concerns you'd like to share prior to our meeting on May 22nd 2019.
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KCAFP Sponsored Fall & Spring Events 2018-2019

Pictures from our Third Year Resident Professional Development Seminar and Career Fair from October & Fall Member Meeting in November. 

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