August 2014

Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself

Robin Williams, as Sean Maguire in his Oscar-winning role in Good Will Hunting

IAFP Annual Meeting - November 7-9

Earn CME credits, complete a SAMs module at one of our many workshops, catch up with Academy business at the Assembly, celebrate the specialty at the Awards banquet, and spend some fun time in the pool with your family and friends!  That's right, we're heading to Key Lime Cove resort in Gurnee!

Find more information (and online registration) on our annual meeting web page

• New this year, a student and resident track, including opportunities to present in 2 Slides, 2 Minutes, 2 Questions - details at the link above.
• No Registration Fee for Students and Residents!  Just use the promo code SPECIAL (in ALL CAPS) at checkout for the free registration
• Unparalleled learning and networking!

Come on up to Key Lime Cove and connect with the best in Illinois family medicine! The IAFP Annual Meeting is a wonderful way to learn, connect and participate in our Academy. Start with a joint session just for Student and Resident Members on Saturday morning, then join the full membership for the All Member Assembly Luncheon.  The new Board of Directors will be installed, which includes resident Emma Daisy, MD and student Kristina Dakis. 

Here is the schedule:

8:00-8:30        Breakfast with the full membership

8:30-9:30         Joint session

9:30-10:00         BREAK

10:00-11:00       2 minutes 2 slides 2 questions

11:00-11:30   10 minute crash courses on topics to be determined   

11:30-12:00       "Ask the FPs" panel of IAFP leaders from various practice settings take your questions

Travel Scholarship Available - We are pleased to offer one scholarship opportunity for travel, sponsored by a Foundation grant from BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois.Two residents from any SIU program, Univ. of Illinois at Peoria or SLU-Belleville, willing to travel together and share a room on Friday night at the Key Lime Resort are eligible to apply. Each scholarship includes mileage for round-trip drive and Friday night stay at the resort. The driver will receive a check for the mileage upon check in at the Resident and Student event on Saturday November 8. Use this form to apply by October 1!  Direct any questions to Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com or 630-427-8004.

llinois students and residents turned out for the summer's largest student and resident education and recruiting event.  Your state delegates are resident John Trimberger, MD from West Suburban Family Medicine Residency in Oak Park and student Karena Rounsaville from Rush Medical College.  They were tasked with evaluating resolutions in the Congress session and casting the Illinois votes in the Congress general sessions.  They also provided Illinois' votes for the students and residents running for national positions. 

Friday morning's opening session panel included IAFP board member Abbas Hyderi, MD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. The panel was moderated by Northwestern Lake Forest Program Director Deb Clements, MD and featured four family physicians in a variety of practice settings fielding the tough questions about choosing family medicine and why they love what they do.  They also shared their optimism for family medicine's future. 

Up in the residency fair, our state was well represented by 18 out of 27 programs who spent time sharing the unique opportunities available through their training programs.  These same programs combined resources to host a Friday night reception at the Midland Theatre to continue their conversations with students in a less formal setting.

You can view the photos on our Facebook Page.  Check out the Highlights and the Reception Albums. 

Smoking Cessation Awareness Week

August 18-22

The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians is proud to partner with the Chicago Department of Public Health's Healthy Chicago project in a wide-spread Smoking Cessation Awareness week.  The goal of Quit Week is to help decrease the city's smoking rate, and ultimately reduce tobacco-related illnesses and deaths. IAFP has been a strong advocate on smoking reduction efforts and policies as a cornerstone of primary care.  

All our Chicago members are urged to  download and print the 8.5 x 11" posterand post it prominently in your practices as soon as possible. And then talk to each and every patient next week about how you can help them join thousands in Chicago taking steps to quit.  

Details on the campaign, and the participating partner organizations are on this flyer.  

Patient resources are available at www.MyTimeToQuit.com. 

The Illinois Tobacco Quitline toll-free number is 800-784-8937 (QUIT-YES)

AAFP's Ask and Act program is designed for tobacco cessation in the office setting

Social Media Masters:  Use #ChicagoQuits to share success stories on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. 

Be sure to look out for news coverage of the official launch on Monday starting with a press conference at City Hall on Monday, August 18 at 10:00 a.m. Look for awareness messages throughout the City next week. 

Get ready for our region's premiere family medicine collaborative event.  Find your next class of residents, find your first job, showcase your own research and talents and have some great fun in a wonderful Midwestern city - Minneapolis, MN.

Get more information in the conference brochure online

Just added:  View the list of exhibitors - residency programs, employers, recruiters and corporate supporters!

Online registration is now available!

AAMC Video Competition - diversity in the future of medicine

How can your medical school and/or teaching hospital work with your local elementary school, high school or district to increase the diversity of future physicians and scientists?

The AAMC is challenging medical schools and teaching hospitals to engage community partners and develop new models to work with local elementary schools, high schools, colleges, and community-based organizations to increase the diversity of future physicians and scientists.

Individuals at medical schools and teaching hospitals are invited to form a 3-6 person team led by a medical student or resident in partnership with community members to produce a 5-minute video proposing an innovative way your institution would like to engage individuals within the K-12 public education system.

TOP PRIZE IS $7,000! - Deadline is September 5

Learn more at AAMC Web site

Please use this link to open the full document with details on all these job openings

Advocate Lutheran General and Illinois Masonic Family Medicine Residency Programs

Faculty position openings

Multiple positions available with teaching opportunities

Opening for faculty physician at this program in Aurora

PCC has openings for physicians at their clinics on the Near West Side and in Oak Park.

If you have a news item to share, email it to Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com.

Congratulations to Illinois members earning the degree of Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP) in July.

Michael Kevin Rakotz, MD, FAAFP

Deborah L Winiger, MD, FAAFP

Tim Ott, DO of Quincy was interviewed on tape Friday Aug, 1 and live on WGEM-TV morning show on Monday Aug. 4 discussing the predicted primary care physician shortage, what can be done to avoid it and how SIU-Quincy Family Medicine Residency program trains and retains family physicians in the community.