Student Association of the American College of Family Physicians
Club Description
Our mission statement: to strengthen the relationship between students, faculty members, and other student organizations while promoting excellence in osteopathic family medicine through quality education and responsible advocacy.
Becoming a SAACOFP member is FREE! By becoming a member you will gain access to all of our speakers, volunteering events, scholarships and other opportunities.
We provide great networking opportunities with other medical students, residents and attending physicians. We have a variety of speaker to showcase all of the opportunities/possibilities you can have while practicing as a family medicine physician. Even if your passion isn’t family medicine we have speakers on various residency tips and trick, as well has different practice models such as direct primary care.
Club Activities include: * Asbury Woods Invasive Species Clean Up * Donation Drives * Guest speakers on topics such as what to look for in residency programs, what is direct primary care, how to implement OMT into your practice and many more. * Fundraisers include: white coat embroidery sale and our pin sale
We provide students with the opportunities to get involved with ACOFP (American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians) on a national level.
Next years ACOFP conference will be in New Orleans, Louisiana! This is a GREAT networking opportunity with students and physicians from around the United States who are all passionate about being an osteopathic family physician! Last years conference included a student session that included an OMT workshop and a skills workshop.
Come prepare yourself for life after medical school and join SAACOFP!
Officers
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Ortoski
President: Michael Matteis
Vice President: Edwin Zhu
Secretary: Janet Johns
Treasurer: Samuel Calkins
Volunteer Coordinator: Aaliya Khaja
Co-National Liaison: Bryce Selman
Co-National Liaison: Jung-In Park
News & Events
- Hello LECOM! The family medicine and women’s health clubs are running a donation drive for the Mercy Women’s Center from 3/31-4/4! A list of items requested is below! 2 items earn an hour of volunteer credit for a maximum of 2 hours…
- Color A Smile Volunteer Opportunity & Family Medicine Update 2/24/25: 5PM – 6:30PM Vora Lounge This will be a formatted meeting to update to the family medicine club’s goals in the coming year a in combination with a volunteer opportunity to brighten…
- AIDS Awareness Day – Candies for Cure & Quilt Making DATES & TIMES FOR CANDY GRAM DISTRIBUTION: Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 in students’ lockers DATES & TIMES FOR QUILT MAKING: Thursday, December 5th, 2024, 11:30-2:00 P.M. LOCATIONS: Lockers (Candy Gram) Case Room…
- DATES & TIMES: Thursday, December 5th, 2024, 5:30-7:30 P.M. LOCATION: OPP Lab We will be hosting an H&P review session for OMS-1 on techniques such as taking blood pressure, exams of the eyes, ENT, MSK, abdomen, etc., supervised by faculties & experienced…