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Check out deadlines for patient education meeting, Assembly, Tar Wars

You might want to put some of these deadlines on your calendar. For more information, check the Web sites.

March 15 is the deadline for proposals for workshops, seminars, lectures, papers, poster displays and special interest discussions at the 2005 Conference on Patient Education Nov. 17 - 20 in Orlando, Fla. Submit your proposals online at http://www.stfm.org/stfmpresenter/submission/index.cfm; if you have questions, call Kelly Becker at (800) 274-2237, Ext. 5415.

You have the opportunity to make a family medicine research presentation or present a scientific exhibit, resident or medical student poster, or international poster at the AAFP Scientific Assembly Sept. 28 - Oct. 2 in San Francisco. Go to http://www.aafp.org/assembly.xml for applications, and by April 1, submit the applications for research presentations, scientific exhibits, and resident or medical student posters. The deadline for the international poster application is April 15.

Two deadlines are near for Tar Wars®, AAFP's tobacco-free education effort aimed at fourth- and fifth-grade students. Nominations for the Star Award, which honors individuals or groups that have significantly contributed to the Tar Wars effort, are due by April 15. Applications for scholarships to attend the Coordinator Leadership Conference July 17 - 19 in Alexandria, Va., are due by April 8. The Star Award nomination form is at http://www.tarwars.org/x1813.xml, and the scholarship application is available from http://www.tarwars.org/x824.xml.


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