Mission & Vision Statements
The mission of the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians is to assist its members in providing compassionate, high quality health care to the people of Massachusetts.
The vision of the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians is to provide responsible advocacy, representation and leadership for our members and to promote the specialty of family medicine through public awareness and patient education.
Purposes in support of our mission and vision are:
To provide responsible advocacy for and education of patients and the public in all health-related matters;
To preserve and promote quality cost-effective health care;
To preserve the right of free choice of physician to patients;
To promote the science and art of family medicine and to ensure an optimal supply of well-trained family physicians;
To promote and maintain high standards among physicians who practice family medicine;
To preserve the right of family physicians to engage in medical and surgical procedures for which they are qualified by training and experience;
To provide advocacy, representation and leadership for the specialty of family medicine;
To stimulate interest, encourage and assist residents and medical students in preparing, qualifying and establishing themselves in family medicine;
To assist in providing postgraduate study courses for family physicians and to encourage and assist practicing physicians and surgeons in such training; and
To maintain and provide an organization with high standards to fulfill the above purposes and to represent the needs of its members.
