This year's AAFP Scientific Assembly, was held September 17-21 in San Diego, CA, and featured an impressive array of speakers presenting on topics from disease management-focused sessions that discussed best practices and the latest developments in treating the common and not-so-common conditions that confront busy practitioners every day; to practical, real-world practice management strategies and advice; to detailed examinations of the tools and methods practices can adopt as they strive to provide quality care. HCPLive editors attended this year's event and wrote recaps of several sessions. Use the URLs provided to access the complete versions of these write-ups, as well as the entire collection of summaries from the 2008 AAFP conference.