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January 10, 2019 | Issue 204
The Latest News
Government Affairs and Practice Advocacy
PAFP launches Pain Management and Opioid Misuse Resource Center
The Pain Management and Opioid Misuse Resource Center is live online as the PAFP continues to address the opioid crisis through information and education for its members. It includes a multitude of state and national facts, tools, and educational webcasts, created at the direction of the PAFP Task Force on the Opioid Crisis chaired by PAFP Board of Directors member D. Scott McCracken, MD. “The PAFP is committed to being a leader in addressing the interwoven public health issues of pain management and the overdose crisis,” said PAFP President David O’Gurek, MD. The Center’s release coincides with the state’s one-year anniversary of Gov. Wolf’s heroin and opioid disaster declaration.
Education
The Gettysburg battlefield becomes your classroom
Experience a day like none other! This experiential segment of our combined PAFP and WellSpan Health CME conference at the Wyndham Gettysburg, March 8-10 actually takes you out on the Gettysburg battlefield for this program. By recognizing the strategic dilemmas facing physician leaders, Gettysburg National Military Park becomes a tool for learning how to identify and address health care industry challenges. This is an exceptional program and space is limited to 35 participants. Click here for complete details and to register before the early bird rate ends on Feb. 1.
Public Health
Opioid epidemic still rages in Pa., but...
The opioid epidemic continues to have a vast, destructive impact across Pennsylvania, but there are encouraging signs. PennLive reports efforts to combat the epidemic are leading to decreased deaths from opioids. Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine says those numbers have yet to appear in figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Residents and Students
Research Day is right around the corner!
PAFP Research Day: Call for abstracts!
Abstract Submission Deadline: Jan. 18, 2019
Event: Saturday, March 9, 2019
PAFP Annual Business Meeting, CME Conference & Research Day Wyndham Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Pa.
Presenter tips and guidelines: build a better abstract!
Submit your abstract here.
All presenters must also register here for the CME Conference & Research Day program.
Make the time now to submit your scholarly project abstract for poster or oral presentation and compete for cash prizes and bragging rights! Questions: Please contact Molly Talley, Director of Resident and Student Initiatives.
Other News
Deadline approaching for awards nominations!
The deadline for the PAFP's Family Physician of the Year contest and its Public Health Award contest is fast approaching! Please get nominations for these awards in by Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Click here to nominate a Family Physician of the Year, and click here for the Public Health Award.
Welcome New PAFP Members!
- Ruth Christoforetti, MD
- Judithe Paulius, DO
- Jennifer Cohn, DO
- Julie Magallanes-Monton, DO
- James Philip, DO
- Brian Ong, DO
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