AAFP Reviews

by DRCROBS

AAFP worked beautifully when I first installed it. Then it abruptly stopped accessing any of the journals or quizzes. I’ve contacted customer support, who acknowledged the problem, but nothing seems to have been fixed. I’ve reinstalled AAFP multiple times with no resolution. The problem exists across multiple devices. This has been ongoing for over a year.

by Samshohatesthisapp

Despite signing in, it asks me to purchase each article every time I open AAFP . Also impossible to open the article without downloading it. Unable to search previous articles. This is a very frustrating and upsetting and quite frankly incompetence.

by Stevo32j

App doesn’t have master login, so requires you to login separately at every link and doesn’t even remember your login/password for the links. Also, every time I attempt to login on the CME/quiz link, it states “authentication failed” so I have to access this through the website. AAFP is a complete waste of time.

by FJS91

After working well as my go-to for CME quizzes and subsequent reporting, this "update" has rendered AAFP 100% useless. It won't even run on my iPad, landscape or portrait mode. Is this is what my this app dues are paying for: a worthless app that is one more hassle for us family docs to deal with? Another obstacle for the privilege of paying obscene amounts of money to maintain the moving target of certification? Thanks this app, for making it harder, not easier, to do these CME quizzes. No, really....

by TheBigster

Agree this was an awesome app till it suddenly just stopped working. I used it regularly for CME and journal access. Keeps telling me url or server not found.

Wrote the above last week. This am received reply and advised to download the new app. Deleted the old and downloaded the new.
The “new” app is still extremely disappointing. Link to board questions does not work. No questions come up. Makes you separately sign is a second time for account details. Only viewable in portrait view, not landscape. Indicates I have not fulfilled current cme for election- which I far exceeded.
Link to transcript is not working.

Not nearly as easy to use as the old app when it was working. Very disappointing “upgrade”.

by D...........,

I have been a family practice physician for several years and have followed app trends and phone use for several different medical and non-medical uses. AAFP seems to currently be the preferred way to obtain and report this app CME, yet once again family practice physicians are being asked to use sub par tools to try to get their work done. The content is available and easy to obtain but the program has a number of bugs that make the program unsatisfactory. Top of the list of bugs is a “run-on loop” of signing in to get to quizzes only to get to the same area where you have to sign on again....over and over and over... Family practice is difficult on so many different levels, we really don’t need this “one more thing”. It should not be so difficult to keep your paid customers up to date in their profession. Fix AAFP .

by Thrifty Spendthrift

Upgrades seem to have made site nearly unusable today- maybe glitches due to IT Dept on holiday. Todayonly shows CME transcript for 2021 (I am still in 2020). Change search dates section unresponsive. AFP quiz ap was very nice in past but not as easy to find

by Ziamd

I like the old app, I used to use it all the time to do my CME for this app journal quiz. With this new app it is not possible at all. I call and spoke with this app about it but they have no answer if I am able to do it or not.
I try myself to figure out but no luck.
That’s why I don’t use this new app.

by Kids4ever99

AAFP does not allow me to take quizzes from the this app journal. That is a key feature that's missing. I was able to do that before, but now the feature is gone. Downloading a new copy of AAFP does not fix this basic problem.

by Flaxmoore

I’ve used the this app app since 2012, and when you could still do the AFP quizzes through AAFP it was an easy way to gather CME and not worry about reporting it. Now the only CME offered is through FP Essentials, and if you want AFP CME you have to go through their website, which defeats the purpose of an app in the first place.

by Calxoxo

I have been using AAFP to prepare for the upcoming board exam. Overall, it’s great to be able to accesses the questions via cellphone. However, if I get out of AAFP briefly I have to continue signing in over and over again, and sometimes I have to try and sign in multiple times to accesses AAFP . Extremely frustrating, needs to be addressed.

by MomMD Of 4

So I now have the full new version, but entering CME is still not feasible on the phone. You really still have to do it on the desk top. You can only do it on AAFP if it’s a known CME to the this app. If you want to add teaching a medical student or other type of activity, you can’t enter it. You also can’t indicate that CME meets certain state requirements etc. This is only able to be done on the desktop version. This is very frustrating. I wish AAFP had more functionality.

by Jrosmojo

The iPad version doesn’t load bookmarks and the apps do not sync between iPhone and iPad. I’ve redownloaded everything and had to go through bookmarking programs again. Useful for the info but not great for accomplishing tasks.

by DevilDogDoc

Not sure why in this day and age the this app app doesn’t support landscape mode. Most folks use their iPad app in landscape mode, I suspect the only reason was because they formatted it just for the iPhone and didn’t consider users using it in landscape

by Philsgu

We can do CME questions on our phones! I would say the AFP magazine could be better without requiring to download in pdf to gain access.

by ITouchUser3

I love AAFP when it works especially the iPad version of the FP Essentials monographs. However, twice in the past year, my subscriptions have gone missing from the system and I was unable to view or download issues. I had to call the helpdesk and have it reset twice.

by Jmoshbizzle

I had complaints. They have been fixed. This apps works for what I need it for.

by Jcjlssgjdof

Need to have an easier method to take CME quizzes online.

by Dani Ewermhth

As a medical student applying to FM residency this fall, I’ve really enjoyed AAFP content: the ability to search for programs, match guide and ‘interview questions’ are awesome!

I personally feel AAFP layout is pleasant and intuitive to use; I’ve never had problems with glitches or lack of access. Thanks this app

by Slow Mow

Enjoyed listening to the podcast is a traveled and saw the updated me on things this is good the people there present present concise information is good information and that we will use and practice Paul Rachal listener a New Roads Louisiana

by Another Momofawesomekids

Used to be a terrific app. Since update to iOS 8 it crashes constantly. Not usable.

by Dr.Maz

Please fix as app does not work on iOS 8. Please also update app to be optimized for the larger iPhone 6 plus.

by Atlantan

I am happy that I am able access everything but it's not actually an app. It is a bunch of icons with links that usually asks for separate login each time and basically connects you to the website. For the amount of money each member pays annually we deserve a better app experience. It should be a native iOS app.

by Januss331

This isn't really an app. Just has a bunch of links that open to the general this app website.

Even then, it doesn't remember your log in credentials. Why use thus when you can just go to the website?

by Brooke 901

I like AAFP a lot, but shortly after opening it shuts down and crashes. It's basically unusable for that reason. Hope they fix this glitch.

by Johnjeebjhu

Basically a quick list of links. I can't even open my FPE on my iPhone. It works on the iPad. Not at all useful for the day to day.

by Goodguymusic.com

Loads articles very slowly. Seems to have deteriorated from prior versions.

by HappyinJesus

I love the convenience but it keeps crashing.

by WokDoc

Hopefully we get a real App soon instead of just links. This is kind of ridiculous. It’s similar to when I started Medical school and realized medicine and physicians in general are technologically behind. It’s very unfortunate because we could’ve had our own EMR that we capitalized on and used it to fund our agenda but instead (just like AAFP) an expert was never consulted. I mean it seriously is just one course on Udemy.com that you have to watch for user interface design. That’s it.

by Sarah'sScott

I find it useful to read AFP journal in this format (IPad)due easy links to outside online resources or AFP E-links . However, in this iteration a third of the screen is dedicated to links, so that viewing tables in their entirety is impossible. Please just put a link at the corner of the screen to go to a page with those links.
Thanks!

by Kothi76

Love the new Vaccinations feature. If this works as well as the ACIP app, I may have to delete it

by GlobalDoc

Finally, a handy way to have everything all together in one place without resorting to storing icons in folders or typing in URLs. Greatly facilitates access to Website, Account information, AFP and FMP Journals, Board Review Questions, etc. One suggestion- I'd like to see an icon with a direct link to CME reporting and online CME activity (e.g. The AFP Journal quizzes). That can be done, of course, by accessing the Website- but requires several steps, is somewhat cumbersome, and involves searching for and clicking on the correct links.