June 5, 2024

February 2024 marked another educational and ski-filled weekend at UAFP’s annual CME & Ski conference in Park City, Utah. We returned to the venue that feels like home this year, the Westgate Resort.

Each year, UAFP recognizes an outstanding graduating medical student from Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine — Southern Utah and the University of Utah School of Medicine who have matched into family medicine. At the University of Utah, the F. Marian Bishop Award was awarded to Harper Christensen, who will start her residency with Utah Valley Family Medicine Residency in Orem, Utah, later this summer.

Results from the 2024 National Resident Matching Program® (NMRP) Main Residency Match indicate that this will be the largest class of incoming family medicine residents in history, with 4,595 medical students and graduates matching into family medicine residency programs. This year, family medicine offered 5,231 residency positions,124 more than in 2023!

Congratulations to the graduating family medicine residents of 2024! We wish you all the best in your career as a family medicine physician.

Thank you for your service to the UAFP Board! Executive Committee Michael ChenMD, FAAFPPresident Tiffany HoMD, MPH, FAAFPPresident-Elect Saphu PradhanMD, FAAFPImmediate Past President  Lynsey DrewDO, MBA, FAAFPTreasurer At-Large Board Members Shannon Baker, MDCraig Batty, DOMarlin Christianson, MDMatthew Johnston, MD, FAAFPBernadette Kiraly, MDMarlana Li, MD, FAAFPDavid Miner, MDJamie Montes, DO Isaac Noyes, MDThea Sakata, MDTyson Schwab,

I had an uncle named Dorian. He was just a bit older than my dad and lived close to us. One of his daughters is my age, so we saw them fairly often. When Dorian was in his teens, he contracted polio. This was well before Dr. Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, so there was no way he could have been immunized.