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Mission and Purpose:
The mission of the South
Dakota Academy of Family Physicians is to promote excellence in health care and
the betterment of the health of the American people. Purposes in support
of this mission 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 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 practice;
- To maintain and provide an
organization with high standards to fulfill the above purposes and
to represent the needs of its members.
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