FPIN Membership Overview

Member Benefits Highlight:                                                                   

• Writing, publication, and editing privileges for faculty and residents
• Access to the FPIN Institute suite of online EBM courses and a monthly subscription to the plug and play PURLs Journal Club
• Peer-reviewing opportunities that are reportable as faculty scholarly activity on annual ACGME reports
• Onsite writing workshop opportunities to expedite publication (fee-based)
• Automated editorial management system
• National leadership opportunities for faculty through FPIN's Leadership & Editorial Network

Scholarly Activity Opportunities

“FPIN supports family medicine scholarship at its most fundamental levels: looking at a patient and asking a question, disseminating evidence-based answers and new evidence, and providing publication opportunities. FPIN is a great community of staff and fellow family doctors looking to advance our field.” -- Kate Rowland, MD, MS, Rush-Copley FPRP

Opportunities Include:

• Publish in the Medline & CINAHL indexed literature
• Peer review for a broad variety of articles including (Clinical Inquiries, PURLs, HelpDesk Answers, and features for Evidence-Based Practice)
• Expand evidence-based medicine knowledge with small online modules through the FPIN Institute
• Build critical appraisal skills through the PURLs Journal Club
• Participate in an FPIN Workshop
• Write "Letters to the Editor" for FPIN's journal, Evidence-Based Practice
• Subscribe to Evidence-Based Practice 
• Mentor residents/students through FPIN writing projects
• Help lead FPIN National Presentations
• Develop editorial skills and build professional portfolio through FPIN’s Editorial & Leadership Network
• Develop faculty with FPIN’s onsite writing workshops