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| A new online Video CME program, "Aging and Health Issues: The Family Physician's Role," will help FPs provide health care to aging patients. The monograph was mailed to all active members in February. The program is now available as a videotape (#1847) or DVD (#1884) -- each for $17.95. The program includes prevention and screening tools, and topics include nutrition and exercise counseling, immunizations, mental status, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, and cancer. Don't want to purchase? View the video online at http://www.aafp.org/x26384.xml and complete the post-test for AAFP Prescribed credit ($8). This program is a core element of AAFP's 2004 Annual Clinical Focus: Caring for America's Aging Population. |
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| Want to improve your clinical processes and outcomes in the treatment of skin disorders? Here's a CME course you won't want to miss -- Skin Problems & Diseases, June 15 - 20 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Topics include acne, melanoma, benign skin growths, cutaneous anthrax, and basal and squamous cell carcinomas. Consider brushing up your technique with optional hands-on procedural sessions such as microdermabrasion, skin biopsy and sclerotherapy. Go to http://www.aafp.org/x14388.xml for quick online registration. Register before May 17 for the early-bird discount. |
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| Get your hands on a broad spectrum of patient education materials through the AAFP Foundation's Health Education Program for Patients. All materials have been rigorously reviewed for scientific accuracy, content and usefulness in a family medicine setting. Hundreds of topics are covered in such clinical areas as cancer, diabetes, mental health, nutrition and pain. Go to http://www.aafpfoundation.org/x433.xml and click on "HEPP Database" for a list of clinical areas, then click on specific topics. Materials available include books, brochures, fact sheets, posters, newsletters, computer software and videocassettes. If you need help searching the database, call (800) 274-2237, Ext. 4406. For help downloading PDF files, go to http://www.aafp.org/pdf.xml. |
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