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ATTEND THE YOUNG PHYSICIANS'
INSTITUTE
APMA, in partnership with PICA and other
contributing sponsors, conducts the Young
Physicians' Institute (YPI) free of charge for
young physician attendees. The purpose of
the conference is to cultivate and encourage
young physician member leadership in order
to more effectively advance the goals of our
national and state professional organizations.
Attendees have a chance to network with
other young physicians as well as APMA
and industry leadership, discuss the challenges they face, and formulate solutions
with their peers. To make this opportunity as
accessible to young physicians as possible,
in addition to the free registration and meals,
APMA encourages residency programs, state
component societies, and other affiliated
professional organizations to assist any young
physicians who wish to attend with travel and
lodging expenses.
Watch the 2017 YPI networking workshop
video at www.apma.org/networking, and read
a recap of the event on page 36 of this issue
of APMA News in addition to a firsthand
account from an attendee in this issue of
Your APMA.

Dr. Liao provides his perspective during a group discussion at the 2017 YPI.

speakers, and spend a full day lobbying on
Capitol Hill. Young physicians have an opportunity to work firsthand with both APMA and
state component advocacy leaders as they
meet with their congressional members to
address important issues facing the podiatric
profession, like VA physician parity, physician
definition under Medicaid, and the current
certification issues under the Medicare diabetic shoe program.

SPONSORED OPPORTUNITIES TO
ATTEND LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE

SERVE AS A YOUNG PHYSICIAN LIAISON

Every March, APMA holds its Legislative
Conference in conjunction with the House
of Delegates. This meeting features breakout
sessions for podiatric advocates to meet and
discuss effective advocacy methods, hear
legislative and policy updates from expert

One of the greatest ongoing opportunities for
young physician members to get involved
with the profession is to serve as the young
physician liaison for any one of the numerous
influential APMA committees. These committees help to shape:

annual meeting programming;
regulatory and legislative policy;
* membership initiatives; and
* clinical practices.
Young physician liaisons serve for twoyear appointments, regularly interacting with
committee members and APMA leadership
via conference calls and attending in-person
meetings or conferences.
*
*

Serving as a young physician
liaison on APMA committees has
allowed me to serve my profession
while giving me opportunities
to grow my leadership skills. My
current position is the young
physician liaison to the APMA
Board of Trustees, and my role
is to participate in, and attend,
all BOT meetings and activities.
I have found that as the voice of
the young physicians, my opinions
are valued and sought after. In
my experience, the thoughts and
concerns of young physicians are
well received and are seriously
considered in the discussion and
actions of the board.
- Stephen Schmid, DPM, APMA
young physician BOT liaison

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, DPM (R-OH), addresses attendees during the 2017 Legislative Conference.

Want more information about getting
involved? Contact Dr. Schmid at
SCSchmid@apma.org or Dr. Tower
at DETower@apma.org.

http://www.apma.org/networking

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