The Family Medicine Interest Group is an affiliate organization of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, which aids its members in the understanding of the multidimensional health care system, especially at the primary care level. The ECU Group emphasizes community service and participation in projects such as community health fairs.
Students are active at the state and national level in family medicine.
The purpose of the Family Medicine Interest Group is to allow students to discover family medicine on a local, state, and national level. At the local level, the goal is education and promotion of the mission of the ECU School of Medicine in providing North Carolina with quality family physicians. FMIG holds monthly meetings featuring speakers who focus on aspects of the specialty. Members are also trained in skills necessary for service projects such as blood pressure screening. FMIG has recently undertaken a new annual service project at the Boys and Girls Club of Greenville.