Association of Chinese American Physicians USA

ACAP hosts annual scientific convention. Each year our convention features an outstanding CME program including updates and innovations in medicine.Annual gala and holiday celebrations are joyful social gathering for our members, families, colleagues, and friends. Special guests and outstanding healthcare professionals are honored and awarded for their professional achievement and participation in community services.Annual Summer and Winter CME Trip provide our members and their families opportunities to relax and enjoy the life outside their medical practice.Annual Practice Management meeting with focus on clinical outcomes, medical jurisprudence, office coding and billing, accounting basics, marketing and electronic health records. To foster the love of Science and Biomedicine in the younger generations, ACAP had established an annual Science Fair for high school and middle school students to showcase their research projects. Many of our finalists and semi-finalists are accepted into top universities and/or receive awards from other nationally recognized science competitions.Community Health Fair featuring free health education talks, one on one physician consultation and health screening provided by many local hospitals is held annually for over 10 years in Flushing Chinese Community.To help improving healthcare awareness in Chinese Community, ACAP launched Community Health Education Partnership (CHEP) in 2014 to host monthly educational talks at local library and senior centers.Arrangement of mock interviews for the Chinese Medical Graduates who have completed USMLE exam and applying for residency training. This program has been very successful to help the candidate to prepare for their residency interview.Establishment of Observership Program in both inpatient and outpatient settings for Chinese Medical Graduates to gain US clinical experience and get familiar with US Health Care System.