FMF OBJECTIVES – FMF will enable participants to:

1. Improve and implement new evidence-based knowledge in areas of self-identified interests from the entire discipline of Family Medicine.
2. Develop existing skills or acquire new skills in areas relevant to their daily activities including among others: teaching, research, advocacy, and clinical practice.
3. Include top quality, relevant and current educational opportunities for those offering comprehensive family medicine as well as members of the Member Interest Groups Section.
4. Appraise and discuss family medicine research through free-standing papers or poster presentations.
5. Design and debate new teaching methodology as it applies to undergraduate, postgraduate, faculty development and continuing professional development.
6. Explore and integrate a deeper perspective of important national or international health issues, through keynote addresses, workshops and symposiums.
7. Identify new colleagues with similar interests.
8. Network and socialize with family physicians, residents, medical students and related health care professionals from across Canada and abroad.
9. Showcase and celebrate excellence and accomplishments in family medicine.