Recommendations by Type: Clinical Practice Guidelines
View all AAFP and AAFP-endorsed clinical practice guidelines.
|AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/clinical-practice-guidelines.html
Bloodborne Pathogens
Read AAFP's policy on strategies to prevent the transfer of blood borne infections.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/bloodborne-pathogens.html
Information Technology Used in Health Care
Read about AAFP's policy on health information technology.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/information-technology.html
Medical Waste Disposal in Non-Medical Locations
Read the strategies the AAFP recommends to ensure the safe disposal of medical waste.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-waste-disposal.html
Professional Medical Liability
Read the AAFP's position on the professional medical liability problem and its goals in advocating for patients and physicians.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/professional-medical-liability.html
Adolescent Health Care, Confidentiality
Read the AAFP's recommendations regarding confidentiality and privacy when treating adolescent patients.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/adolescent-confidentiality.html
Anti-Harassment Policy
Read the AAFP's anti-harassment policy.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/anti-harassment-policy.html
Graduate Medical Education Financing Policy
Read AAFP's six principles for GME financing reform.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/graduate-medical-education-financing.html
Health Equity
Read AAFP's policy regarding health equity.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-equity.html
Immunizations
Read about AAFP's policies on immunizations for children and adults.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/immunizations.html
Health Care for All: A Framework for Moving to a Primary Care-Based Health Care System ...
Learn about AAFP's policy regarding health care for all and moving to a primary care-based health care system.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-care-for-all.html
Medical Home
Read the AAFP's position on medical home leading to a higher quality of patient care.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-home.html
Medical Student Debt
Read why the AAFP supports programs to assist in reducing medical students' debt burden.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-student-debt.html
Performance Measures Criteria
Learn about the AAFP's position on performance measure criteria including its measurability and achievability.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/performance-measures.html
Preceptorships
Read the AAFP's encouragement of family physicians to participate in preceptorships with students.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/preceptorships.html
Workforce Reform
Read AAFP's recommendations of the reforms needed to address the family physician workforce.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/workforce-reform.html
Allergic Rhinitis
Access the AAFP-endorsed clinical practice guideline on allergic rhinitis.
|AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all-clinical-recommendations/allergic-rhinitis.html
Adult Sinusitis - Clinical Practice Guideline
Access the AAFP clinical practice guideline on adult sinusitis.
|AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all-clinical-recommendations/adult-sinusitis.html
Aspirin Use to Prevent CVD and Colorectal Cancer - Clinical Preventive Service ...
The AAFP supports the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) clinical preventive service recommendation on Asprin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer.
|AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all-clinical-recommendations/aspirin-use-prevention.html
AAFP Mailing List Policy
Find out the policies surrounding the distribution and use of the AAFP mailing list.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/aafp-mailing-list-policy.html
AAFP Definitions for Policy Statement, Position Paper and Discussion Paper
Find out the ways in which the American Academy of Family Physicians articulates its policies.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/aafp-policy-statement-position-paper-discussion-paper.html
Adolescent Health Care, Role of the Family Physician
Read the AAFP's position on family physicians' qualified expertise in treating adolescent patients.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/adolescent-role.html
Adolescent Health Care, Sexuality and Contraception
Read the AAFP's position on treating the sexual health and availability of contraception to adolescent patients.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/adolescent-sexuality.html
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Read AAFP's policy on adverse childhood experiences.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/adverse-childhood-experiences.html
Aging
Read AAFP's support of research, education and resident training related to the care of aging patients.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/aging.html
AMA Principles of Medical Ethics
View the AMA Principles of Medical Ethics.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/amaprinciples-medicalethics.html
Anti-Trust Policy
Read the AAFP's anti-trust policy.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/anti-trust-policy.html
Antibiotic Resistance, Food Production and Human Health
Read AAFP's position on the reducing antibiotic use in food production.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/antibiotic-resistance.html
Business Principles, Undergraduate Medical Education
Read the AAFP's support of undergraduate medical curriculum.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/business-principles-undergraduate-medical-education.html
Cancer Care
Read AAFP's position on the elements of quality care for patients with cancer.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/cancer-care.html
AAFP Definition: Certification/Maintenance of Certification
Read AAFP's definition of the terms certification and maintenance of certification when used in reference to physicians.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/aafp-definition-certification-maintenance.html
Child Abuse
Read AAFP's policy on issues and education relating to child abuse.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/child-abuse.html
Environmental Health and Climate Change
Read the AAFP's call to action to limit and correction land, water and air pollution.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/environmental-health.html
Clinical Skills Assessment Exam for Medical Students
Read the AAFP's position on the importance and affordability of the Clinical Skills Assessment Exam.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/clinical-skills-assessment.html
Clinical Proctoring
Read the AAFP's position on clinical proctoring as an important peer review tool.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/clinical-proctoring.html
Clinical Recommendations
Browse through AAFP's clinical recommendations.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/clinical-recommendations.html
CME Requirements
Read the AAFP CME requirements and options for members to fulfillment AAFP membership requirements.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/cme-requirements.html
Coding and Payment
Read AAFP's position on the use of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) to describe physician services.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/coding-and-payment.html
Collecting Racial, Ethnic, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity Data in Surveys
Read about the AAFP's policy on Collecting Racial, Ethnic, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity Data in Surveys.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/collecting-racial-ethnic-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-data-surveys.html
Collective Bargaining as an Integral Part of Single Payer
Read AAFP's policy statement on Collective Bargaining as an Integral Part of Single Payer.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/collective-bargaining.html
Collective Negotiation
Read AAFP's position on granting anti-trust exemptions for physicians who participate in collective negotiations with health insurance companies.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/collective-negotiation.html
Commission Meetings, Officer Attendance At
Read the AAFP policy on the number of officers allowed to attend cluster meetings.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/commission-meetings-officer-attendance.html
Contraception Methods for Medicare Patients
Read about AAFP's policy on Contraception Methods for Medicare Patients (FDA-Approved).
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/contraception-methods-medicare-patients.html
Corporal Punishment in Schools
Read about AAFP's policy on corporal punishment in schools.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/corporal-punishment-schools.html
Criminalization of the Provision of Medical Care to Undocumented Individuals
Read the AAFP's policy on the criminalization of providing medical care to undocumented individuals.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/criminalization-provision-medical-care-undocumented-individuals.html
Direct Primary Care
Read the AAFP's policy statement on direct primary care.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/direct-primary-care.html
Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing
Read the AAFP's policy on direct to consumer genetic testing.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/direct-to-consumer-genetic-testing.html
Discipline in Schools
Read about AAFP's policy on discipline in schools.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/discipline-in-schools.html
Disaster Planning
Read about AAFP's policy on disaster planning.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/disaster-planning.html
Disclosure of Corporate Ties Affecting Formulary Choices and Drug Substitution
Read AAFP's policy on disclosure of corporate ties affecting formulary choices and drug substitution.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/disclosure-corporate-ties.html
Domestic Partner Benefits
Read AAFP's policy on domestic partner benefits.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/domestic-partner-benefits.html
Graduated Driver's License
Learn about AAFP's policy on graduated driver's licenses.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/graduated-drivers-license.html
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - AAFP Legislative Stance
Read AAFP's policy on Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration numbers.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drug-enforcement-administration.html
Drugs - Identification
Read about AAFP's policy on the use of a uniform identification code for individual drug capsules and tablets.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drugs-identification.html
Drugs, Prescribing
Learn about AAFP's policy on drug prescribing.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drugs-prescribing.html
Education, Physician Retraining
Read AAFP's policy on physician retraining.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/education.html
Emergency Medicine, Family Physicians in
Learn about AAFP's policy on family physician role in emergency medicine.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/emergency-medicine.html
End Corporal Punishment of Children
Read about AAFP's policy on ending corporal punishment of children.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/end-corporal-punishment-children.html
Equal Representation of Women in Family Medicine
Read the AAFP's policy on women in family medicine, including the goal for more women in leadership roles at the Academy.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/equal-representation.html
Expectations of Family Medicine Residency Graduates
Learn about AAFP's policy on expectations of family medicine residency graduates.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/expectations-family-medicine-graduates.html
Expedited Partner Therapy
Learn about AAFP's policy on expedited partner therapy.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/expedited-partner-therapy.html
Family, Definition of
Read AAFP's definition of family.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-definition.html
Fee-splitting
Read about AAFP's policy on fee-splitting
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/fee-splitting.html
Fees to Physicians for Referrals to Other Health Care Providers
Read about AAFP's policy on fees to physicians for referrals to other health care providers.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/fees-referrals.html
Fellowship, Definition
Read AAFP's definition of fellowship.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/fellowship-definition.html
First Dollar Coverage for Preventive Care
Read about AAFP's policy on first dollar coverage for preventive care.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/first-dollar-coverage.html
Family Medicine Faculty
Read about AAFP's policy on family medicine faculty.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-medicine-faculty.html
Family Physicians' Creed
Read AAFP's family physician creed.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-physicians-creed.html
Drugs, Generic
Read about AAFP's policy on the use of generic drugs.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drugs-generic.html
Genital Surgeries in Intersex Children
Read AAFP's policy on Genital Surgeries in Intersex Children.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/genital-surgeries.html
Good Samaritan Law
Read AAFP's policy on the good Samaritan law.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/good-samaritan.html
"Frontier Areas," Medical Care Roles
Read AAFP's policy on medical roles in frontier areas.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/frontier-areas.html
Guidelines on the Supervision of Certified Nurse Midwives, Nurse Practitioners and ...
Explore the guidelines set for family physicians for the supervision of non-physician providers.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/guidelines-supervision.html
Health Benefits
Read AAFP's policy regarding health benefits.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-benefits.html
Health Education
Read about AAFP's policy on health education for patients and the public.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-education.html
Health Impacts of Immigration
Read the AAFP's policy on the health impacts of immigration.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-impacts-immigration.html
Health Literacy
Read AAFP's policy regarding health literacy.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-literacy.html
Hearing Loss, Deafness, and the Hard-of-Hearing
Learn about AAFP's policy regarding caring for patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing status.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hearing-loss.html
Helmet Laws
Read the AAFP's policy on the use of helmets when riding motorcycles, bicycles, all-terrain vehicles, scooters, skate board, and skating.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/helmet-laws.html
Hospice Care
Learn about AAFP's policy on hospice care.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospice-care.html
Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking): Health Effects and Disclosure of Proprietary Information
Read AAFP's policy on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on human health.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hydraulic-fracturing-fracking.html
Hospitalists Trained in Family Medicine
Learn about AAFP's policies on hospitalists trained in family medicine.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospitalists.html
Hygiene, Personal Hygiene in School Settings
Learn about AAFP's policy on personal hygiene in school settings.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hygiene.html
Impaired and Clinically Deficient Physicians
Read about AAFP's definitions for and policies about impaired or clinically deficient physicians.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/impaired-physicians.html
Independent Practice
Read the AAFP policy on Independent Practice.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/independent-practice.html
Independent Physician Associations (IPAs) Definition
Read the AAFP's guiding principles for establishing independent physicians associations definition and the benefits to business.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/independent-physician-associations.html
Institutional Racism in the Health Care System
Read about the AAFP's policy regarding institutional racism in the health care system.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/institutional-racism.html
Integrative Medicine, Credit for CME Activities
Learn about AAFP's policy on the accreditation of educational activities about integrative medicine.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/integrative-medicine-cme-credit.html
Intimate Partner Violence
Read about AAFP's policy on intimate partner violence.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/intimate-partner-violence.html
Leadership Development
Read the AAFP's policy on leadership development.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/leadership-development.html
Legislative Activities
Learn about AAFP's legislative goals and activities.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/legislative-activities.html
Liaison Guidelines
Learn about AAFP's liaison guidelines.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/liaison-guidelines.html
Licensure, Restricting Physician Licensure
Learn AAFP's policy on restricting physician licensure.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/licensure-restricting.html
Licensure
Read the AAFP's policy on licensure and relicensure at the state and federal levels.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/licensure.html
Licensure/Relicensure, Definitions
Read about the AAFP-adopted definitions for licensure and relicensure.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/licensure-relicensure.html
Long-Term Care
Learn about the AAFP's position on a federal policy for long-term care, including respite care, nursing home care and home health care.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/long-term-care.html
Medicaid, Core Principles
Learn about AAFP's support of policies related to Medicaid care and payments.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medicaid-principles.html
Medicaid Services
Read about AAFP's policy regarding medicaid services, coverage and quality of care.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medicaid-services.html
Medical Identification
Read about the AAFP's support of medical identification to improve care in emergency situations.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-identification.html
Medical Student Access to Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Read about the AAFP's support of medical students gaining access to patient electronic medical records.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-student-emr.html