September 2001 • Volume 7 • Number 9
Prolific year for resolutions at national congresses
A ttendees at this year's National Congress of Family Practice Residents and National Congress of Student Members -- which met during the National Conference -- had a lot to say about the "state of the specialty." A sampling of resolutions generated by the congresses follows. The source of each action -- NCFPR and/or NCSM -- is indicated.
Theresa Garcia, M.D., a resident from University of Missouri-Kansas City, was among the voices heard at the National Congress of Family Practice Residents on July 28 in Kansas City, Mo.The congresses asked AAFP to do the following:
- Discuss with other medical organizations opportunities for collaboration to promote public advocacy and legislative action consistent with AAFP's principles advocating health care for all. (NCFPR/NCSM)
- Work with other medical organizations to encourage more stringent enforcement of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident work hour regulations. (NCFPR/NCSM)
- Encourage FPs to educate patients about the differences between mifepristone and emergency contraception, and encourage training of family practice residents in the use of emergency contraception. (NCSM)
- Investigate the creation of a task force to examine the use of complementary and alternative medicine by practicing FPs and their patients. (NCSM)
- Encourage incorporation of information about CAM into medical school and family practice residency curricula. (NCFPR/NCSM)
- Develop informational materials promoting family practice as a specialty choice, and distribute the materials to students, family medicine interest groups, family medicine departments, residency programs and constituent chapters. (NCFPR)
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