Monthly Clinical Guidance: Dive deep into essential family medicine topics. Receive a new edition each month and explore a meticulously chosen clinical subject, complete with in-depth guidance, learning objectives, and posttest Q&A.
Essentials for Practice: Discover key practice recommendations and treatment algorithms. Enhance your clinical decision-making and elevate patient care.
CME Credits: Earn up to 60 CME credits each year. Stay current while advancing your professional growth.
Stay Prepared for Certification: Our monthly editions follow a comprehensive clinical topic cycle, aligned with certification needs. Be confidently prepared for success.
Plus: Monthly new edition email alerts with access to the newest edition and CME quiz.
“It's written for primary care physicians. Unlike specialty publications/journals, the content is applicable to day-to-day practice, where the rubber meets the road.” -FP Essentials reader
1 Year / 2 Year Pricing
AAFP Member: $385 / $695
Resident: $220 / $395
New Physician: $315 / $565
Nonmember: $500 / $900
Other Health Care Professional: $415 / $745
Subscriptions now also include full access to online back editions. Print editions ship mid-month of publish date. 1-Year autorenews: you will be charged annually; cancel anytime. 2-Year is a manual renewal.
1 Year / 2 Year Pricing
AAFP Member: $350 / $630
Resident: $185 / $335
New Physician: $285 / $515
Nonmember: $485 / $875
Other Health Care Professional: $380 / $685
Subscriptions now also include full access to online back editions. 1-Year autorenews: you will be charged annually; cancel anytime. 2-Year is a manual renewal.
Renewing subscribers should log in to renew existing subscriptions. If you are unsure of your subscription status or want to change your subscription format, please contact the Member Resource Center at (800) 274-2237 or aafp@aafp.org. Access within the app is limited to subscribers with active subscriptions.
Residency Programs: AAFP offers residency programs special pricing on FP Essentials— $110 per one-year subscription—if you purchase 3 or more subscriptions. You must purchase 3 or more subscriptions in a single transaction. Call us at (800) 274-2237 to purchase resident subscriptions for your residency program. Learn more.
The American Medical Association (AMA) accepts the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Prescribed credit as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM for the AMA Physician's Recognition Award (PRA). When applying for the AMA PRA, AAFP Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed credit, not as AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. AAFP Prescribed credit is also accepted by the American Academy of Physician Assistants, National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board, and the American Association of Medical Assistants.