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Send us your best family medicine photos and you could be on the cover of February's IAFP Annual Report. Email your action photos to Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com by Jan. 14. No headshots, please. We want fun!
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| Delivering an IAFP President's Award |
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On Dec. 27, IAFP President Carrie Nelson, MD delivered the 2012 IAFP President's Award to Deborah L. Edberg, MD on behalf of past-president Michael P. Temporal, MD. Dr. Edberg was scheduled to receive her award at the IAFP annual awards banquet on November 9, but new baby daughter Isabel arrived that week! Dr. Nelson presented the award at the Northwestern-McGaw Family Medicine Residency Program where Edberg is the founding program director. "Dr. Deb Edberg is a family physician leader who embodies the spirit of family medicine, wellness, leadership, and service." Read more in our press release.
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The Family Medicine Cares USA Resident Service Award was established to create an opportunity for family medicine residents to fulfill a desire to address health disparities by tackling the health needs of the underserved in their local communities.
One award is distributed each year for a resident to conduct a project in a free clinic or similar venue to enhance the services already offered. The project should focus on activities that have an enduring benefit to the patients in the community after the 12-month project period.
The award will consist of multiple elements:
$10,000 to the resident award recipient to cover project costs.
$5,000 to the free health clinic (or other health care facility) where the service project is implemented.
$1,000 travel award for the resident to attend the National Conference of Family Medicine Resident and Medical Students to present the results of the project.
$500 stipend to the residency program to celebrate and recognize the resident who wins the award.
Award guidelines and the application form are available. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2013. Contact AAFP's Susie Morantz at 800-274-2237 ext. 4470 with questions.
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Lame-duck General Assembly Session Recap
Although no major issues were resolved during the lame duck session, the 97th General Assembly advanced a major piece of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), when the House Human Services Appropriation Committee passed HB 6253 the Medicaid Financing for the Uninsured. After the committee vote, the remainder of the lame duck session did not provide enough time to advance the bill further. Nevertheless, the momentum continues in for the 98th General Assembly as Sen. Steans and Rep. Feigenholtz already filed new Medicaid bills in the House (HB 106) and Senate (SB 26). The bill will move first through the Senate. The goal is have the bill called in committee in the first week of February when the General Assembly returns. Link to the IAFP support statement here.
 Get your Advocacy Hat on and Save a Date!
IAFP's Spring Into Action days will be April 16, 17, and 18
Come to Springfield and help us introduce family medicine to the many new faces of the Illinois General Assembly! Set aside one day (either April 16, 17, or 18) and meet us in Springfield. We'll provide the background and education on issues winding their way through the process and then take you to the Statehouse to meet with your state representative and senator. You will be home in time for dinner! You can register by sending an email to Gordana Krkic, CAE gkrkic@iafp.com with your contact information (please use your home/voting address) and the date you'd like to attend.
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More hope to be quitters in the New Year
Sounds like an oxymoron of a New Year's Resolution, right? New results from a national online public opinion poll of Americans 18 and older show that 34 percent of smokers plan to quit smoking as a New Year's resolution in 2013. Among survey respondents, only 18 percent reported that quitting smoking was a New Year's resolution in 2012, yet twice as many of these respondents will resolve to quit in 2013. The poll showed that increasing costs of cigarettes (67 percent) and concerns about the health risks associated with smoking (58 percent) are two of the key factors motivating smokers to contemplate quitting as a resolution for 2013. Among smokers who did speak with their health care providers about quitting in the last 12 months, nearly four in ten believe that the discussion motivated them to quit (38 percent) or helped them to take the next step towards quitting (35 percent). You can link to the full press release here. Be sure to use the Illinois QuitLine at 1-866-QUIT-YES (784-8937).
Submit your poster presentation to AAFP National Conference
The AAFP is now accepting applications for poster presentations at the 2013 National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students scheduled for August 1 - 3 in Kansas City. The poster categories are:
- clinical inquiry
- community project
- educational program
- research
The contest is open to AAFP resident and student members enrolled in an ACGME/AOA accredited residency program or LCME/COCA accredited medical schools. The submission deadline is April 12. For details about this program, including application forms, visit aafp.org/nc/posters. For more information contact Ashley Jungles at ajungles@aafp.org
or (800) 274-2237 ext. 6726.
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| Members in the News | |
The fifth anniversary of the Smoke free Illinois Act generated media coverage thanks to press events in Chicago and Springfield. President Carrie Nelson, MD anchored the Chicago press event, while Deputy EVP for External Affairs Gordana Krkic, CAE emceed the Springfield press conference at the Capitol.
Nelson and IAFP members LaVerne Barnes, MD and Harald Lausen, DO provided insights to a Jan. 8th article in the State Journal Register on the Medicaid 4-prescription limit and the complications it's causing for some Medicaid patients. The article was also picked up by the Rockford Register Star and West Frankfort Daily American.
Eric Trautmann, MD of Rockford made appearances on WIFR-TV in Rockford on two hot topics. On Jan 8 he was featured in a New Year's resolution story with advice on how to get started and stick with the resolution to be more physically active in the New Year. The next day WIFR went back to him for input on the influenza outbreak that has now gone widespread throughout the state and the U.S.
Daniel B. Smith, MD of Decatur was profiled in the Decatur Herald News on Jan. 2 (link to the article)
Susan Vandenberg-Dent, MD who is associate dean for graduate medical education at Rush University Medical Center, is quoted in today's Chicago Tribune about the impact that staff cuts at the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) can have for new Illinois residents being able to get their medical license and begin seeing patients in June once their training begins.
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