KUMC KU School of Medicine is seeking excellent family doctors to serve as volunteer faculty to third-year family medicine clerkship students from the Kansas City campus. Students rotate in a 2-week block. Did you know that medical students highly value mentorship from practicing physicians? Did you know that clerkship students rate having a one-on-one teaching […]
KAFP The brochure for the 2019 KAFP Annual Meeting “Connect. Interact. Learn.” is in the mail to you! If you do not receive your brochure this week, contact the KAFP office at kafp@kafponline.org. The Annual Meeting Schedule is packed full of quality CME with a variety of topics such as social determinants of health, wound […]
KAFP This is your last chance to register for the RISE webinar this Wednesday, March 27! Join us for 30 minutes of learning about wellness through personal leadership development with Tina Khan, Community and Personal Leadership Consultant with Kansas Alliance for Wellness. RISE Webinar Series: “Caution, turn around don’t drown: Wellness through personal leadership development” […]
KAFP The 2019 KAFP Annual Meeting “Connect. Interact. Learn.” online registration is now open! The Annual Meeting Schedule is packed full of quality CME with a variety of topics such as social determinants of health, wound care, smart technology with children, long acting reversible contraception, POCUS, prostate cancer and more! Up to 20.50 CME credits […]
KRHIS You are invited to the next Kansas Office of Primary Care and Rural Health webinar. The webinar will highlight information and resources about: – University of Kansas School of Social Welfare – Upcoming HRSA Auto-HPSA Shortage Designation Update Tuesday, April 9, 2018 12:30 PM – 1:30 p.m.
KAFP The weather has warmed up and more people are taking the opportunity to be active outdoors. This is an opportunity for you to encourage your sedentary patients to walk. Read “How to get sedentary patients to exercise.” Did you know customized electronic walking prescription forms are available to you at no cost? Contact Kim […]
AAFP The KAFP is one of three grant recipients for the pneumococcal grant for quality improvement (QI) initiatives that will increase adult pneumococcal vaccination rates. In this initiative KAFP is partnering with family physicians to implement evidence-based practices to promote effective immunizations of Medicare patients. Practices selected for the Kansas Family Medicine Pneumococcal Immunization Office […]
Tobacco Free Kansas In 2018, Topeka’s local Tobacco 21 ordinance was challenged by a local Vape Shop. The court ruled in favor of the Vape Shop and Topeka’s ordinance has not been in effect since that time. Topeka, as well as regional and national partners, have appealed this decision to the Kansas Supreme Court. You […]
AAFP-Foundation The Center for the History of Family Medicine is accepting applications for the 2019 Sandra L. Panther Fellowship in the History of Family Medicine. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 31.The award provides up to $2,000 to support travel, lodging, and incidental expenses related to research on a project of […]
AAFP Family medicine, which recognized its 50th anniversary as a specialty in February, has another reason to celebrate this year. On March 15, more students than ever matched into the specialty, marking a decade of year-over-year growth for family medicine. While the numbers are mostly positive, a decline in the match rate of U.S. seniors […]