Congratulations to the 2024 Research Poster Winners:

In the Resident category, Kaitlyn Townsend, MD of Atrium Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency Program won for the poster, “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere: Streamlining communication for happier teammates and fewer late nights at the office”.  Leigh Baylor, DO of Atrium Health Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency placed second for her poster, "The Eyes Are The Window To Diabetes". 

In the Medical Student category, Jack O'Hara of UNC School of Medicine won for his poster, "National Point-of-Care Ultrasound Needs Assessment". There was a tie for runner up, Patrick Ende of UNC School of Medicine tied with Anna Caffrey-Bottoms of UNC School of Medicine for their posters "Quality Improvement at MAHEC: Assessing Exercise Prescription Use Among Family and Internal Medicine Residents" and "Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening Rates Using the “Daily Huddle"" respectively. 

 

 

 

32nd Annual Research Poster Presentation | 2025

Awards will be presented during the Academy’s Winter Family Physicians Weekend: December 3rd-7th, 2025 

Family Medicine Resident & Medical Students who are enrolled in accredited programs in the state of North Carolina, and who are Members of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, are eligible to participate.

Presentation & Guidelines

The NCAFP Foundation is interested in practice-based research, but presentations may address any topic relevant to family medicine.  Work-in-progress and case studies may also be submitted.   Submissions must be of original work, not yet published.  Projects previously presented at medical schools, “Research Days” or other similar events are acceptable.  Concurrent submissions to other conferences such as NAPCRG and STFM are considered legitimate and are in fact encouraged.

• In order to participate in this contest you must be enrolled in a North Carolina family medicine residency program, or one of the five medical schools in North Carolina.
• You must also be a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) / North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP). Non-member submissions will not be considered. Join at www.aafp.org/join Once you join the AAFP you automatically become a member of the NCAFP.

Presentation Review & Judging

All submissions will be reviewed by physician members of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Research Committee.  Posters will be judged for awards PRIOR to the annual meeting.  Review will focus on:

• Significance of findings for practicing family physicians
• Quality of presentation of findings
• Quality of methods used to generate findings

In instances in which the above criteria are judged not to apply, reviewers will seek to evaluate the extent to which the submitted presentation will be of interest to family physicians.

Poster Presentation Format

• Online submission application deadline to be announced.
• Poster Artwork and Submission Form must be submitted by September 20th, 2025 at 11:59pm. Please email Perry at Perry@ncafp.com with any submission issues. Note: No changes can be made for judging after the deadline.
• Poster presenters must be registered conference attendees and present to win. Posters should be displayed no later than 10:30 a.m., Fri. 12/5/25. Hanging posters is ther responsibility of the poster presenter.  
• All accepted posters will be invited to be displayed at The Omni Grove Park Inn.  They will also be included on the Mobile Conference App.
  There are two specific times presenters will be asked to be at their poster to discuss their research:  Friday, 12/5 – 1:30 pm-2:00 pm and Saturday, 12/6 – 7:30 am-8:00 am.
• Presenters are responsible for their own printing and hanging supplies (i.e. pushpins) to use on poster boards.
• Posters should not be larger than the display board of 4′ x 8′, but they should be large enough to be adequately viewed. 
• Poster artwork must be submitted in electronic PDF format.
• Items submitted by the deadline are the items that will be considered in the judging process by the NCAFP Research Committee. 

Award Categories

Awards are given to promote research in the specialty and are reserved for submissions of exceptional quality.  An award of $400.00 will be given for the best presentation, and a $200.00 award for the runner-up presentation,  in each of the Family Medicine Resident and the Medical Student categories.

Questions

For questions please contact Perry Price at the NCAFP at Perry@ncafp.com or 919-980-5357.

 

Poster Submission Portal Will Open Fall 2025