Association of Future Female Physicians

The mission of the Association of Future Female Physicians (AFFP) is to empower, educate, and support pre-medical women to advance within medicine.

AFFP will achieve this mission by promoting service projects that benefit the community, while instilling leadership and awareness, fostering valuable alliances with current female medical students and practicing female physicians, encouraging and advocating for aspiring undergraduate students, offering opportunities to gain insight about women’s issues that help aid and commit them to improving women’s health, and offering forums that provide the knowledge, insight, and perspective that will further aid women through their progression in the medical profession.

The Association of Future Female Physicians (AFFP) is the only women-based pre-medical student group in the nation and is the official pre-medical division of AMWA, the American Medical Women’s Association.

The Association of Future Female Physicians will

• answer your questions about your undergraduate experiences,
• teach you how to make your medical school application competitive,
• provide you with opportunities to learn from and teach others,
• give you a place to voice your opinions in a safe, non-competitive environment,
• offer service projects that benefit the community and instill a sense of altruism,
• show you that you can lead a healthy, balanced life as a woman in medicine,
• help you develop alliances with current female medical students and practicing female physicians,
• encourage and advocate for you,
• provide you with opportunities to gain insight about women’s issues,
• offer forums that provide the knowledge, insight, and perspective that will assist you through your progression to the medical profession.

AFFP also offers members ongoing volunteer opportunities, mentoring programs, opportunities to shadow medical students and physicians, tutoring, plus much more!

History – AMWA Pre-Medical Division

The Association of Future Females, the official pre-medical division of the American Medical Women’s Association, was formed in 2006 at the University of Utah to address the specific needs of female pre-medical students.  Many female students lack the support of family, friends, fellow students, educators, church and community as they pursue a career in medicine.  Furthermore, women also struggle with balancing career and home, often becoming overwhelmed by what the future may hold.  As a result, AFFP was created to help women make educated decisions about their futures, have the necessary resources to help them throughout the pre-medical process, and find the support from fellow women pursuing a career in medicine.

AFFP was founded to support pre-medical women and has a network of students who have excelled in the pre-medical who are willing to share their knowledge and skills with other members. We are always striving to provide all the assistance we can to empower and support our members through this process.