Education Mission Statement

1. This commission shall encourage and assist medical schools, hospitals, and other
    organizations in developing and maintaining quality programs and facilities for the
    education of family physicians at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

2. It will provide program services to program directors, chairs and faculties of
    educational programs to facilitate family practice education.

3. It will collect data supporting the progress and growth of family practice education.

4. It will make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding Academy policy in
    matters of graduate, undergraduate and continuing medical education.

5. It will act as liaison with New York medical schools and family practice departments
    and advise medical schools in establishing family practice departments where none exist.

6. It will act as liaison with family practice residency programs in New York.

7. It will assist hospitals and other organizations interested in establishing family
    practice residencies.

8. It will advise the AAFP regarding the progress of family practice training in New
    York medical schools and residencies.

9. It will establish liaison with students and residents in family practice programs in New
    York and with the committee on student and resident affairs of the AAFP and with the
    Education Commission of the AAFP.

10. It will assist AAFP members by providing the fullest possible access to continuing
     medical education programs of quality and relevance.

11. It will monitor the program review actions of the regional education chairs.

12. It will review regional and state programs and other types of continuing medical
     education available to Academy members.

13. It will design, create and evaluate new methods of extending quality education
     materials to members.