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| Match Day 2013 | |
Shout out to the M4s who matched into family medicine! We want your photos for our May Family Physician newsletter! Email your favorite Match Day photo to Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com and tell us where you Matched and why that's the place for you!
Illinois family medicine residency program directors were smiling wide by Match Day. After combining the NRMP and AOA matches with only a few rounds of the SOAP experience, Illinois Family Medicine Residency Programs filled 100 percent of their available positions by March 15th Match Day. Continuing their upward trends, Illinois FM Residency slots were 96 percent filled through the AOA and NRMP matches. Only three Illinois programs had to take part in the SOAP process and all three quickly found a fit for their remaining slots.
You can link to Illinois Residency program results listed by program
This year's national "fill rate" of 96 percent, continues the family medicine increase over the 2012 rate of 94.5 percent. Due to the increases in both the number of residency slots and the number of U.S. medical school graduates, family medicine nationwide did not gain in the goal of shifting more U.S. students into family medicine residencies. In 2013, 46.8 percent of family medicine residency positions were filled by U.S. medical school graduates. Only 8.4 percent of all U.S. graduates matched into family medicine. AAFP details can be found at on their web site.
Numbers are up among Illinois students, but it's actually good for other states!
The percentage of Illinois medical students matching into family medicine increased to 9 percent (99 out of 1,096 graduates), over last year's 8.2 percent. The net increase is largely due to outstanding results at UIC, Loyola and Chicago Medical School. But Illinois continues to be a family medicine exporter. Although the total number of Illinois students choosing family medicine is up by 13, the number staying in Illinois is not mirroring the increase. Of the 99 who matched into family medicine, only 35 will enter Illinois programs, down one from 2012.
View chart of Illinois allopathic medical schools
Residency Programs
There is so much going on with IAFP and we want to make sure your residents know all they can do an access as members. Would you like an IAFP leader to visit your residency program? Email Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com with possible dates/time and she'll work on scheduling a visit for you.
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| Calling all current and future family physicians! | |
The 2013 results and the continued good news for family medicine demonstrate that we must continue to trumpet family medicine and build on our efforts to grow the future family medicine workforce. Our upcoming Family Medicine Midwest conference, October 4-6 in Milwaukee provides a tremendous and tangible opportunity for Midwestern residency programs and medical schools to collaborate on the shared mission of providing a strong primary care workforce to reduce the shortages currently predicted by many expert groups.
Would you like to be a presenter at Family Medicine Midwest? View the Call for Abstracts and submit your ideas online by May 10. Complete information is all on the conference web site at www.iafp.com/fmm.
Students can apply for a scholarship now online.
The IAFP is serving as the meeting manager for the first-ever conference of this new 12-state alliance. The Family Medicine Midwest Collaborative includes: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
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Looking for the next IAFP Leaders
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Would you like to represent the family medicine residents of Illinois and be the voice of the future of family medicine? Apply for a leadership role in the IAFP! Just complete the application form, update your CV and e-mail both to Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com by May 1, 2013. This is a two year commitment.
The job description and application for the president-elect position for resident and student:
Serve as the Illinois delegate to the AAFP's National Congress of Resident/Student Members August 1-3 in Kansas City.
*NOTE: Funding from IAFP is not available for travel expenses to National Conference. Travel would be at the expense of the resident or student delegate or his/her program.
Apply for an AAFP scholarship by May 1 to offset the travel costs! Link to scholarship application information
Questions? Contact Ginnie at 630-427-8004 or gflynn@iafp.com.
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| Third Annual Resident Research Webinar | |
Wednesday, June 5 - all day long
Illinois resident members are invited to submit their research projects to compete in a statewide, online Resident Research Forum - no travel required!
NEW THIS YEAR: Research may be completed or in-progress. We will have separate categories for each.
Presentations are limited to a maximum 15 minutes (can be shorter). View some great presentations from the 2012 IAFP Resident Research Webinar on the IAFP web site at www.iafp.com/residents to give you an idea what to expect.
- By Monday, May 6 - Residents register with their name and presentation title.
- Register online here and indicate time blocks you would be available to present
- Presentation blocks will be offered all day between 9:00am and 6pm, with a total of 23 presentations available.
Residents who are not competing in the webinar may also volunteer to serve as a reviewer. We also need faculty members from any and all Illinois family medicine residency programs to volunteer for a shift as a reviewer. A short "reviewer training conference call" will be held the week of May 28 before the webinar. Click here to sign up as an anonymous reviewer.
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| Government Relations | |
Both chambers are on Spring Break the week of March 25th and April 1st. The House returns on Monday, April 8th and the Senate returns on Wednesday, April 10th.
This week was the deadline for bills to get out of committee. Many bills must still pass their originating chamber in order to move on in the process. Below is a list of some of the active bills that IAFP continues to track. Those that make it over to the next chamber could be bills that IAFP members discuss with lawmakers during Spring into Action week, April 16, 17, and 18. You can go to www.ilga.gov for the synopsis, full text, and/or other details, such as bill sponsors and chamber actions on each of the bills.
HB 188 - banning tanning beds for people under age18 has passed the House and awaits committee assignment in the Senate (support)
HB 61 - Communicable Disease Disclosure passed the House and awaits committee assignment in the Senate (support)
HB 1017 - mental health confidentiality passed the House and awaits assignment in the Senate (support)
HB 2685 - certifying lay midwives remains in House committee after a failed vote (oppose)
HB 1546 - food handling sanitation certification may be voted out of the House and move to the Senate (support)
HB 2675 - comprehensive sex education may be voted out of the House and move to the Senate (support)
SB 26 - expanding Medicaid eligibility in order to fully implement the Affordable Care Act passed the Senate and remains to be heard in the House (support)
SB 1168 - licensing naturopaths under the Medical Practice Act was placed in subcommittee and will be discussed at public hearings this summer (oppose)
SB1217 - dentists administering vaccines was gutted in committee and now only addresses clean up language in the Dental Practice Act (oppose)
SB 2202 - banning smoking on college campuses may be voted out of the Senate after Spring break and move to the House (support)
SB 2187 - psychologists prescriptive authority may be voted out of the Senate after Spring break and move to the House (oppose)
SB 2321 - reducing the amount of PE a student in show choir would require may be voted out of the Senate after Spring break and move to the House (oppose)
SB 2366 - insurance coverage for telehealth may be voted out of the Senate after Spring break and move to the House (support)
IAFP signs on to IAPO letter supporting obesity treatment
IAFP was one of 15 organizations to sign onto an Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity letter to Illinois Dept. of Health and Family Services director Julie Hamos urging Medicaid to provide beneficiaries with access to interventions to treat pediatric overweight/obesity. You can view the letter 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 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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County Health Rankings now available
Ever wonder how the health of your county ranks with the rest of the state? The annual county health rankings are out. See how your community ranks and the study methodology at: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
AAFP Leadership Opportunities
AAFP student and resident leadership position information for 2013 is now on the Getting Involved in Your Academy section of the AAFP web site. A flier is also provided describing the different elected and appointed positions and includes a leadership grid that outlines information about each position, including length of term and travel requirements. If you are planning to attend the AAFP National Conference Aug 1-3 or have interests in national leadership involvement start thinking about it now.
Some appointed positions require that interested students and residents to complete and return the application materials to the chapter - for Illinois that's Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com. However, if you plan to run for an elected position, your materials (i.e., application, CV, and letters) are due to AAFP by July 12, 2013.
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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| Residency Grant Opportunity Due May 31 | |
AIM-HI Childhood Obesity Project of Family Medicine Residency Grants
MetLife Foundation has awarded the Americans In Motion - Healthy Interventions (AIM-HI) initiative funding to distribute grants in the amount of $10,000 to $30,000 to Family Medicine Residency Programs (FMRPs). Ten to 18 FMRPs will be selected to develop family-centered community projects designed to reduce childhood obesity and promote fitness for the entire family. Learn more on AAFP's web site.
Download the grant application.
Application deadline is Friday, May 31, 2013.
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| Members in the News | |
If you have a news item to share, email it to Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com.
IAFP was mentioned for our opposition to a bill in the state legislature that would give dentists authority to administer flu shots and other vaccinations in a Crain's Chicago Business article on March 14.
Northwestern McGaw resident Tina Wheat, MD is the featured doctor (and mom!) in a March 14 Lincoln Courier story on disposable vs. cloth diapers.
Neni Prasad, MD paid tribute to colleague and IAFP member Paul Smelter, MD in a March 14 Letter to the Editor in the Illinois Times. Smelter is relocating to Texas.
Kohar Jones, MD of Chicago authored a striking column in the March 15 Chicago Sun-Times illustrating how gun violence impacts the health of families and entire communities, well beyond the person who took the bullet.
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