September 2000 • Volume 6 • Number 9
National Conference offers full plate of activities
Practice tips, career advice, hands-on procedures classes, leadership seminars, a huge exhibit hall and even a little rap music filled out the agenda for attendees at the Academy's National Conference for Family Practice Residents and Medical Students Aug. 2-6 in Kansas City, Mo. More than 2,800 people participated in the meeting, including 746 students and 642 residents.
Sangita Doshi, M.D., of Jenkintown, Pa., left, and Christine Crowder, M.D., of Philadelphia honing their soft-tissue surgical skills.Delegates at the student and resident congresses sent 62 resolutions to the AAFP Committee on Resident and Student Affairs. The following is a sampling of those resolutions. The source of each resolution -- the National Congress of Family Practice Residents or the National Congress of Student Members -- is listed:
- Investigate development of a task force on complementary and alternative medicine. (NCSM)
- Commit to at least one high-quality research journal for original clinical research by family physicians. (NCFPR)
- Work with the pharmaceutical industry to streamline the process of acquiring and dispensing products for indigent patients through Patient Assistance Programs. (NCFPR)
- Establish a goal of reducing smoking to 10 percent of the U.S. population by 2005 and 5 percent by 2010. (NCSM)
- Work with existing gun violence education programs or develop a new program to educate children about the consequences of gun violence. (NCSM)
- Encourage incorporation of Tar Wars into family medicine interest group programming. (NCSM)
One resolution will come before the Congress of Delegates this month in Dallas: The student and resident congresses each called on the AAFP to take a leadership role in developing and maintaining a coalition to address student interest in family practice.
Next year's National Conference will be July 25-29. Mark your calendar, and ask your constituent chapter for help in getting one of about 70 scholarships to attend.
Closing ceremonies at the National Conference, left photo, included a square dance for residents, students and their families. Kenneth Fink, M.D., of Chapel Hill, N.C., right photo, testifies on a resolution before the resident congress.
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