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Thank you to all of our Family Doctor of the Day (FDOD) volunteers! The 2020 legislative session kicks off Jan. 13. We need one more day filled in January — that is an incredible start for the legislative session! If you are available on Jan. 22 to serve at the Statehouse, we need your help.

Active and resident members with a Kansas medical license are eligible to serve as the Family Doctor of the Day at the Statehouse during the legislative session. Upcoming available dates include: Jan. 22; Feb. 3, 4, 12, 14, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26.

FDOD volunteers report to the Statehouse in Topeka at 9:00 a.m. and stay until 3:00 p.m. taking care of legislators, staff and sometimes even visitors who need medical attention.

FDOD is a volunteer program organized by the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, in which KAFP provides for a family physician to be present at the Statehouse each day during the legislative session. KAFP relies on its trusted membership to volunteer to serve as FDOD.

The FDOD program is an opportunity to network in Topeka, learn about the legislative process, attend part of a session or committee meeting and provide a much-appreciated service to legislators on behalf of KAFP.

Volunteers assist legislators and their staff with health needs that may arise throughout the day. Checking blood pressure, distributing ibuprofen, examining sore throats: the health issues are mainly minor health needs, with a few more serious ailments during the year. The legislators are grateful for the program and it showcases the great work of family medicine in patient care!

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The deadline to submit 2020 Family Physician of the Year and Exemplary Teaching Award nominations is Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019.  Kansas has some of the best family doctors! Help us showcase the great work of our members by nominating an outstanding family physician you know.

• Kansas Family Physician of the Year: This is the highest recognition KAFP awards annually.  Through it, KAFP recognizes involvement in community affairs and activities that enhance the quality of life of the community. Past recipients are ineligible.
  
  Learn More and Nominate
• Kansas Exemplary Teaching (two categories: full-time/part-time and volunteer): Through these annual awards KAFP recognizes members with exemplary teaching skills, who have implemented educational programs and/or developed innovative teaching models. Past recipients are ineligible, view past recipients.
  
  Learn More and Nominate

KAFP

We are excited to celebrate 2020 Advocacy Day on Kansas’ 159^th birthday! Come celebrate Kansas Day with the KAFP on Wednesday, Jan. 29 in Topeka.

Why attend?

1. Learn what is coming up in the 2020 legislative session.
2. Be prepared to give testimony and call your legislator.
3. Get informed about issues in Kansas and nationally, that affect your profession.
4. Be energized to advocate for family medicine!
5. Network with like-minded colleagues.

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020
10:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
KAMMCO Building
623 SW 10th Ave, Topeka, KS 66612

Registration is FREE for residents and students; $30 for members and $60 for non-members. The schedule is available at www.kafponline.org/AdvocacyDay

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The KAFP wishes you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family and friends. We are thankful for YOU! The KAFP office will be closed Nov. 28-29, 2019.

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Thursday, Nov. 21 is Great American Smokeout! We challenge you to improve your tobacco and nicotine cessation interventions with your patients. Take a listen to this 45 minute webinar recording featuring Wesley Family Medicine Residency (Wichita) staff talk about how they improved their clinic’s tobacco and nicotine cessation interventions, including increasing their Kansas Tobacco Quitline referral rates. They share specific changes they made and lessons learned. Kansas Tobacco Quitline and other cessation resources are also outlined in the recording.

Access the recording on the KDHE tobacco cessation webpage: http://www.kdheks.gov/tobacco/cessation.html