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Family Medicine Resident Support

The Future of Family Medicine

The ACFP offers discounted registration rates for family medicine residents to attend ACFP sponsored conferences throughout the year. 

Family Medicine Summit 2025

  • In-person Family Medicine Resident Rate:  $495.00
  • Virtual Family Medicine Resident Rate: $50.00
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Emerging Leaders

Residents are the future of family medicine, and we are excited to have you as part of the ACFP right from the start of your residency! As a Family Medicine Resident, we value your membership and participation in advancing family practice excellence in Alberta. The ACFP is proud to support several Family Medicine Resident initiatives including the ACFP Family Medicine Resident Award and funding and sponsorship support.

Meet Your Elected Leaders

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Dr. Matthew Machan
Family Medicine Resident Board Liaison – University of Calgary
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Dr. Tania Luthra
Family Medicine Resident Board Liaison – University of Alberta

ACFP Membership

If you are a first-year Family Medicine Resident, your CFPC membership fee will be waived. Subsequent renewal fees are only $102/year. Resident members belong to both the National College and Provincial Chapter. For more information or to become a member, visit the CFPC’s For Residents page or begin your application today, through the button below. 

Become an ACFP Member

Member Benefits

CPD and Beyond

Gain access to CFPCLearn, the Self Learning™ Program, and Canadian Family Physician, among other learning resources all for free! 

Members are also able to make use of group benefits and other competitive rates on financial services for business and personal accounts.

 

Conferences and Events

Take advantage of preferential registration rates to attend ACFP or CFPC-sponsored conferences including the Family Medicine Summit and the Family Medicine Forum.

Need a little help getting there? Reach out to your ACFP-elected leader to learn how you can receive Conference Funding Sponsorship from the ACFP!

Grants and Awards

Alongside the ACFP Family Medicine Resident Award, CFPC members are eligible for more than $500,000 in grants and awards through the Foundation of Advancing Family Medicine. 

Dr. Matthew Machan

My name is Matt Machan, and I am a PGY1 in the University of Calgary Family Medicine Program, currently working out of Diamond Valley. I am originally from Cold Lake, completed my medical school at the UofA, and am now working and living in the Calgary area.

Why are you volunteering to serve on the Board?
I believe that Family Medicine is the cornerstone of Alberta’s healthcare system, and the chance to enhance the growth, quality, and accessibility of healthcare for our communities deeply resonates with me. I serve on this community for the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to advancing excellence in healthcare delivery for Albertans, and I am eager to engage with experts in the field to collaboratively learn and innovate.

What about the ACFP’s work do you find most valuable? 
One of the most valuable aspects of working with the ACFP is the opportunity to advocate for the evolving healthcare needs of Albertans while also promoting family medicine as an attractive and rewarding career for medical graduates and current physicians. In doing so, I aim to contribute to improved health outcomes for all Albertans, regardless on geographical location. Additionally, I strive to ensure family medicine remains a supported, sustainable, and respected specialty in the medical community.

Dr. Tania Luthra

I completed my undergraduate medical training at the University of Alberta and I am completing my family residency in Edmonton as well. My interests in medicine include low risk obstetrics, women’s health including office procedures and chronic disease management. Outside of medicine, I enjoy dancing, reading and knitting!

Why are you volunteering to serve on the Board?
As a resident, I recognize so many aspects of the job are difficult to learn on the job such as understanding how governmental policies affect us and our patients, finding community resources and programs that help with our patient’s barriers whether lifestyle or socioeconomic and making connections with specialists who help guide our care when needed. I want to use this opportunity to learn these skills while I am a resident and to encourage my colleagues to do the same so we may be the best advocates for our community. I also want to help myself and my colleagues do the best to prepare for practice by learning how to run a clinic efficiently and how to continuously keep up with latest guidelines.

What about the ACFP’s work do you find most valuable? 
Continuing Professional Development: how to keep up to date on direct patient care and on community/provincial resources that can serve our patients.

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