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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination
Nelson Mandela
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| Academy in Action |
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We have a new fax number: 630-559-0739
JOIN US! IAFP Annual Meeting - November 7-9
 Students have a place at the IAFP Annual Meeting! 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. Send in your proposal for 2S2M2Q and email your 2 slides to Kate Valentine by October 15.
No Registration Fee for ILLINOIS MEMBER Students and Residents!
Use SPECIAL (ALL CAPS) in the discount code field at checkout to get the free registration. Click here to register
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| Family Medicine Midwest |
Get ready for our region's premiere family medicine collaborative event. Find your family medicine future and have some great fun in a wonderful Midwestern city - Minneapolis, MN.
Students who did not receive a scholarship are still invited to register at the regular conference rate of $250. Go to the Family Medicine Midwest page on the IAFP web site for information and a link to registration. Online Registration closes Oct. 1.
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| Government Relations |
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Federal Update
IAFP members urge the FDA to regulate e-cigs and other nicotine products
These members of the AAFP and all practicing family physicians or medical students signed the AAFP petition to wholeheartedly support the FDA's assertion of authority over all nicotine delivery devices regardless of flavor and we agree that tobacco products should not be sold to anyone under the age of 18.The AAFP urges the FDA to promulgate promptly a final rule and begin in earnest to regulate the manufacture, distribution and safety of e-cigarettes and other nicotine delivery devices.
Mustafa Alavi
Michelle Anderson
Nasreen Ansari
Inis Bardella
Robert Biggs
Brenda Brak
Ellen Brull
Leslie Dean
Mara Divis
Ginnie Flynn
David Hagan
Steven Knight
Susan Lewinski
Shanti Leon Guerrero
Tammy Lindsay
Carolyn Lopez
Michael Mulligan
Javette Orgain
John Sage
Thomas Schiller
Lauren Segelhorst
Santina Wheat
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| Members in the News |
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If you have a news item to share, email it to Ginnie Flynn at gflynn@iafp.com.
The Rural Medical Education (RMED) Program of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford was awarded the Illinois Rural Health Association's (IRHA) 2014 Award of Merit. RMED was recognized for its 20-plus years of recruiting medical students from rural communities across Illinois and successfully educating them with the goal of returning to rural Illinois to practice. The program has graduated nearly 260 students, with more than 70 percent practicing in rural Illinois.
Dr. Craig Davenport, RMED director and IAFP member, accepted the award. The award was covered in the Rock River Times.
IAFP past-president Ronald Johnson, MD of Pittsfield will receive the Rutledge W. Howard Award for Individual Service to Intrastate Accreditation from the American Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and will accept the award at their conference in December in Chicago. Learn more from the ACCME press release.
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