A call for papers has been issued f...

A call for papers has been issued from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) for presentation at the 2004 Scientific Assembly occurring October 13 to 17 in Orlando, Fla. Applications must be submitted by the agency of April 2. Membership in the AAFP is not a prerequisite for submission.

Applications may be submitted in pair different categories. Category I is for original research relevant to family medicine; Category II includes case studies and literature reviews. Each category has six author classifications: family physicians and peers primarily in academic medicine, family physicians primarily in clinical practice, family medicine residents, medical scholars international attendees, and others. The international attendee classification is render free of access to anyone outside the United States who course of lifeed clinical or educational research relevant to family medicine.

Up to six first place winners in Category I and united first-place winner in Category II will each receive a cash award of $1000 Up to six runners-up in Category I and individual runner-up in Category II will receive $250 cash awards. All awards are given at the discretion of the Subcommittee upon Family Medicine Research Presentations. Application forms may be obtained by dint of visiting the AAFP Web site at http:// www.aafp.org/x20696.xml or from Carrie Vickers, Scientific Program Department, AAFP, 11400 Tomahawk cove Pkwy., Leawood, KS 66211; telephone: 800-274-2237 ext 6568 or cvickers@aafp.org.

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