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Center for the History of Family Medicine

Our Vision

Our vision, as the collective memory of the specialty, is to play a major role in informing through history the transformation and future of Family Medicine as a discipline.

Our Mission

To serve as the principal resource center for the collection, conservation, study, exhibition, and dissemination of materials relating to the evolving history of the specialty of Family Medicine in the U.S.

Access the CHFM Online Catalog

View CHFM's free and fully searchable online database. 

*A complete list of audiovisual materials can be found in the holdings catalog.

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Richard D. Feldman, M.D. Student and Resident
Essay Contest

The Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) sponsors a contest to encourage medical students and family medicine residents to write scholarly essays relevant to the history of family medicine in the United States.

The first-place winner will receive $2,000 and the second-place winner will receive a $1,000 award.

Oral History Research Grant

The Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) awards up to $3,000 yearly to one project that expand our oral history collection on family medicine by supporting serious research that uses oral history as a principal source and offers fresh perspectives on a subject area within the field

The Sandra L. Panther Fellowship

The Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) sponsors one Fellowship in the History of Family Medicine each year. The Fellowship supports research using the collections of the CHFM to advance understanding and appreciation of the history of Family Medicine.

The Sandra L. Panther Fellowship provides a $3,000 award to the fellow after completion of research at the Center for the History of Family Medicine. Awards cover research conducted between June 1 and December 31 during the year in which the Fellowship is awarded.

Board of Curators

The Board of Curators for the Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) advises the AAFP Foundation on the overall planning and administration of the History Center and recommends to the AAFP Foundation's Board of Trustees policies governing the scope of the History Center and access to its collections.

Our Collections

Browse a complete list of the Center's archival, library, online, and museum holdings.

Donate to the Center

The Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) seeks both monetary and material donations. It is administered by the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, a non-profit, charitable 501(c)(3) organization. 

Volunteer

Would you like to try something new? Use your skills and talents, or even develop some new ones? Or just want to meet new friends and get out and have fun? Become a volunteer!

Volunteer opportunities at the Center include the following activities:

  • Help Center staff process, organize and conserve new and incoming collections (library books, archives, medical artifacts, audiovisual materials, etc.)
  • Help design and update permanent, temporary and traveling exhibitions on the history of Family Medicine
  • Prepare for and conduct oral history interviews with family physicians, teachers and staff of Family Medicine organizations
  • Inventory Center collections and enter and update data in computer files

If you are interested in volunteering at the Center, please reach out to CHFM Manager, Kelly Heide at kheide@aafp.org.


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The AAFP Foundation strives to create a sense of belonging through an inclusive environment that embraces the family medicine community by recognizing individual uniqueness and contributions to family medicine.