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On June 6 and 7, many NCAFP members learned together during the 2025 Hybrid Summer Symposium in Greensboro, NC. They earned up to 26.50 CME credit hours and enjoyed the usefulness and camaraderie of shared learning. “It was such a pleasure to be with those who joined us in person for a day of meaningful connection and timely, high-value CME,” said NCAFP Events & CME Director Kathryn Atkinson, CMP. “It was a great program, and I am so grateful to the program chairs, Dr. Tom White & Dr. Deanna Didiano, and their expert guest faculty who helped make it all possible.”
The Symposium combined four sessions of metabolic syndrome topics with four sessions of sports medicine topics, led by program co-chairs Dr. Thomas White and Dr. Deanna Didiano. For each topic, the first three sessions gave attendees evidence-based lectures, while the fourth engaged them with case studies and a Q&A panel with all the guest faculty. This format helped the attendees collaborate with their teachers and with one another while weighing diagnoses and treatment options. “The interactive case studies were really a great addition to the learning,” says Kathryn.
“I liked the audience participation component,” said one attendee in a post-event survey.
This long-standing meeting began offering fully virtual options after COVID-19. But as part of the NCAFP’s commitment to forming a network of family physicians across North Carolina, the 2025 Symposium offered in-person CME to make the Greensboro event a hybrid meeting. “We were happy to introduce a convenient hybrid option for those who preferred to attend virtually—an exciting new approach to our summer CME seminar that helped us meet members where they are and expand access to relevant, practice-focused education,” Kathryn said.
“The virtual option was very helpful,” said one attendee. “Plus, the price was very reasonable.”
The virtual option extended the high quality of every NCAFP meeting into the living rooms and home offices of attendees. Several attendees specifically requested that the hybrid options continue. “NCAFP has really seemed to master the hybrid in person and virtual attendee platform,” said one attendee. “Kudos!”
The Summer Symposium attracted both new and old faces to Greensboro.
“I came to my first NCAFP meeting in 1995,” Dr. Deepak Gelot told NCAFP staff while checking in. Meanwhile, Dr. Derrick Anderson met his fellow NCAFP members and staff in person for the first time: “This was my first event, and it went well.”
The event’s topics gave attendees better understanding and useful preparation for their day-to-day patient care. “I hadn’t been at a CME event in a very long time,” said Dr. Jan van Ravesteyn. “But I came to learn about metabolic syndrome, since that’s what I’m seeing in my patients every day.”
Another attendee echoed Dr. Van Ravesteyn in the post-event survey: “This was an excellent, up-to-date conference full of topics we see daily.”
But some attendees enjoyed coming together as much as they enjoyed expanding their medical horizons. “I like to make connections with other NCAFP members to expand my network,” said one attendee. “As a newer physician, I want opportunities for mentorship.”
Those opportunities for connection and mentorship abound at NCAFP events. Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Summer Symposium and made those opportunities possible for your fellow NCAFP members! Thank you to program chairs Dr. Thomas White and Dr. Deanna Didiano, to our stellar guest faculty, and to Ionis Pharmaceuticals for sponsoring the Symposium’s lunch.
Speaking of opportunities: stay tuned to hear when registration for the 2025 Winter Family Physicians Weekend opens!
In the meantime, you can review all the event images from the Hybrid Summer Symposium!