AAFP Leadership Pre-conference
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Loews Kansas City Hotel | Kansas City, MO
Registration opens on January 15.
Advancing Leadership, Health Equity, and Belonging in Family Medicine
Health Advocacy: How Family Physicians use Advocacy as a Means to Improve their Practice and Protect Patients
Presenter: Congressional Management Foundation
This program will reveal the methods and benefits for building relationships with elected officials.
Participants will learn who Members of Congress and state legislators listen to; what congressional staffers believe are the most effective communications tactics for influencing undecided Members of Congress; and how to conduct effective in‐person meetings, influence legislators at town hall meetings, as well as effective advocacy in the state/district.
Presenters will include a federal advocacy expert from the Congressional Management Foundation, AAFP government relations staff and seasoned AAFP member advocates who will share their experience in becoming effective physician advocates.
When Everyone Leads: Tackling Challenges in Healthcare Leadership
Presenter: Julia Fabris-McBride, Chief Learning and Development Officer, Kansas Leadership Center
- Empower Collective Leadership: Equip family physicians and state chapter leaders with actionable strategies to embrace shared leadership in addressing complex healthcare challenges.
- Cultivate Adaptive Skills: Develop adaptive leadership skills that enable medical professionals to respond effectively to the evolving demands of patient care and organizational growth.
- Enhance Problem-Solving Approaches: Foster collaborative approaches for identifying and solving the toughest challenges in healthcare through proactive leadership at all levels.
- Strengthen Community Engagement: Encourage leadership that builds stronger connections within communities, contributing to improved health outcomes and trust in healthcare institutions.
- Promote Inclusive Leadership: Guide physicians and leadership teams on how to create an inclusive culture that recognizes and leverages the unique strengths of all team members to drive equitable healthcare solutions.
Navigating Identity and Culture: Equipping Family Physicians for Meaningful Conversations
Presenter: W. Todd Moore, PhD, MPS, Manager, Center for Diversity, Health Equity, and Global Health
- Enhance Cultural Humility: Equip family physicians and state chapter leadership with practical tools to engage in culturally sensitive and inclusive conversations with patients and peers.
- Develop Communication Strategies: Provide strategies for addressing complex discussions around identity, diversity, and justice in a clinical and leadership context.
- Advance Health Equity: Empower attendees to foster practices that promote health equity through respectful and informed conversations.
- Impact Well-being: Enable attendees to create environments that support open and inclusive dialogues about identity and culture within their organizations.
- Promote Trust and Understanding: Guide physicians to build trust and understanding with patients from diverse backgrounds by addressing identity thoughtfully.
- Apply Real-Life Scenarios: Utilize case studies and examples to demonstrate how attendees can apply these communication techniques effectively in practice to support equitable healthcare outcomes.