This week was a whirlwind of student and resident activities! The Faces in Family Medicine (FIFM) 2.0 Program is going strong with TWO dinner meetings this week. And the Resident Lunches continue to be successful.
I put some miles on my car, traveling to Manhattan for the kick-off of the FIFM 2.0 Program for pre-med K-State students on Tuesday. Thank you to the following family physicians for sharing about their practice: Drs.Deb Doubek (Manhattan), Mike Engelken (Topeka), Lynn Fisher (Plainville), Doug Gruenbacher (Quinter), Bob Moser (Topeka), Verlyn Steinkruger (Manhattan) and Keith Wright (Manhattan). This is the first year the FIFM program is open for pre-med students, and it promises to be wildly successful if the student interest thus far is any measure! Thirty K-State students are signed up to participate in the FIFM program.
Then I headed off again on Thursday to Salina for the FIFM 2.0 Program for KU School of Medicine-Salina, with another good group of students – this time first and second year med students. Thank you to Drs. Chuck Allred (Salina), Cayle Goertzen, (Belleville), Shelly Gruenbacher (Quinter) and Brian Holmes (Abilene) for speaking to the students about their practice and exemplifying some of the many faces the specialty can offer.
FIFM 2.0 dinner meetings have already been kicked off for WSU pre-med, KU School of Medicine-Wichita and pre-med Ft. Hays State students earlier this month.
One more dinner meeting is planned for KU School of Medicine-Kansas City students on Oct. 10. After the dinner meetings, the second element of the program is providing a family physician Mentor for interested students. Are you interested in being a mentor? Please contact me at kafp@kafponline.org.
Before the FIFM program on Thursday, Drs. Chris Cupp (Scott City) and Cayle Goertzen and I spoke at noon conference for Smoky Hill residents and faculty. The group had a great discussion about KAFP and AAFP membership benefits and different practice styles. The officers and I plan to travel to each residency program to provide this important information to Kansas residents. They are the future of family medicine and we're hoping they view KAFP as a relevant and important part of their career!
I am sure you have someone you look up to, a family physician who has been a mentor in your career. Please consider nominating him or her for one of these awards: 2013 Kansas Family Physician of the Year or the Exemplary Teaching Award. Our 2012 FPOY, Debbie Haynes, MD, was President the year I started with KAFP, and definitely served as a mentor to me in learning about familiy medicine.
We want to hear from YOU about KAFP members you know who are worthy of an award and we've tried to make the nomination process as easy as possible. Here's what to do:
2013 Kansas Family
Physician of the Year
Please send a letter of nomination to the Kansas
Academy of Family Physicians (KAFP) by December 30, 2012 describing the
candidate’s most outstanding characteristics, and how he or she meets these
criteria:
1) Provides his/her patients with compassionate,
comprehensive and caring family medicine on a continuing basis.
2) Is
directly and effectively involved in community affairs and activities that
enhance the quality of his/her community.
3) Is a credible role model
professionally and personally to his/her community, to other health
professionals, and to residents and medical students.
4) Effectively
represents the specialty of family medicine.
2013 Kansas Exemplary
Teaching Award:
Please
send a letter of nomination to the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians (KAFP) by
December 30, 2012 describing the candidate’s most outstanding characteristics,
and how he or she meets these criteria:
1) Recognized for exemplary
teaching skills by medical students, residents, or peers; OR
2)
Developed and implemented innovative new teaching model(s) or program(s);
AND
3) Must be a current KAFP member in good
standing.
______________________________________________________________________
Nomination
letters may be submitted in any of these ways:
· Online:http://www.kafponline.org/Members/Awards/
·
US Mail: Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, 7570 W. 21st St., N., #1046C,
Wichita, KS 67205
· Email: kafp@kafponline.org
·
FAX: 316-721-9044
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This week was a whirlwind of student and resident activities! The Faces in Family Medicine (FIFM) 2.0 Program is going strong with TWO dinner meetings this week. And the Resident Lunches continue to be successful.
I put some miles on my car, traveling to Manhattan for the kick-off of the FIFM 2.0 Program for pre-med K-State students on Tuesday. Thank you to the following family physicians for sharing about their practice: Drs.Deb Doubek (Manhattan), Mike Engelken (Topeka), Lynn Fisher (Plainville), Doug Gruenbacher (Quinter), Bob Moser (Topeka), Verlyn Steinkruger (Manhattan) and Keith Wright (Manhattan). This is the first year the FIFM program is open for pre-med students, and it promises to be wildly successful if the student interest thus far is any measure! Thirty K-State students are signed up to participate in the FIFM program.
