KAFP Elections for District and Faculty Directors are conducted by U.S. Mail ballot. Districts 1, 3, 5, 7 and Faculty Directors (Kansas City campus and Wichita/Salina campuses) are up for election this year. Ballots have been mailed to all voting members in the those respective districts/campuses and must be returned to the KAFP office by […]
KDHE The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has released its first annual report from the Kansas Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). The 2017 PRAMS Summary provides information from women who are interviewed about their experiences before, during and shortly after pregnancy. Forty-seven states participate in the PRAMS survey, covering approximately 83 percent […]
AAFP In celebration of the 50th anniversary of family medicine, AAFP will post two questions a month on the Facebook Event Page, Twitter and Instagram for you to respond to by uploading a video or adding a comment. The hashtag is #FMed50. To participate be sure to follow AAFP on these channels and use #FMed50 […]
KAFP Resolutions are the official means by which you as a member have input into the Academy’s governance and political process. The official resolution process adopted by the KAFP Board of Directors is on the KAFP website. You are encouraged to submit a resolution if you have a topic you are interested in addressing. KAFP […]
NHSC The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) released the 2019 Application and Program Guidance for the NHSC Scholarship Program. The scholarship program provides scholarships to health profession students pursuing careers as primary care providers in exchange for their commitment to serve in high-need, underserved communities. The scholarship includes tax-free payment of tuition, required fees, other […]
KAFP KAFP active, life and resident members are invited to participate in 2019 Director and Officer Elections. Elections for District Directors (1, 3, 5, 7) and Faculty Directors are conducted by U.S. Mail ballot; while voting for Secretary, Delegate and Alternate Delegate will be conducted in person during the Member Meeting & Election held on […]
KAFP Thank you to all who completed the Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) survey at the request of American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians – you rock! The RUC survey closed on March 18. The AAFP reports that 360 AAFP members completed the entire survey and 208 […]
CDC From January 1 to March 28, 2019, 387** individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 15 states. This is the second-greatest number of cases reported in the U.S. since measles was eliminated in 2000. View cases and outbreaks. The states that have reported cases to CDC are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, […]
AAFP April 4 is Patient Engagement Day! A highlight of the day will be a webinar scheduled for 1:00 p.m. hosted by the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) Center for Excellence in Primary Care and moderated by Anjana Sharma, MD. She will feature certain aspects of her group’s research and will highlight case study […]
OAFP The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Joy of Medicine Workgroup is proud to offer all AAFP members access to its 2019 “Wellness Wednesdays” series. And, they are available for FREE as a member benefit, thanks to a grant provided by the AAFP Foundation Family Medicine Philanthropic Consortium (FMPC). The FMPC Dues Check-Off program supports […]