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FP Report -- December 1999


New in '99: AAFP products/services

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The Academy developed an array of new products and services in 1999, all designed to benefit you and your patients.

A fee for shipping and handling may apply; Kansas residents pay a 6.875 percent sales tax.

The 1999 Annual Clinical Focus on Management and Prevention of the Complications of Diabetes features video CME, monographs and patient education handouts. You can check www.aafp.org/acf for descriptions of the learning tools.

Educating the Community offers ideas, techniques and resources for letting your patients know you deliver babies. #R738, free.

The Academy Collection: Quick References for Family Physicians includes the new book Skin Disorders. #R595, $34.95.

familydoctor.org is a Web site for patients that offers FP-oriented medical information. Give the address to your patients or visit the site with them.

Modules in AAFP-PT, the Academy's Proficiency Testing program, include "Compliance Confirm," to verify the accuracy of your lab test results ($225); "Compliance Proceed," to help your lab staff write and maintain their procedure manuals ($275); and "Compliance Primer," to help you implement quality assurance programs in your lab ($125). As of January 2000, all AAFP-PT modules may be completed by submitting answers via computer software or booklets. Order online at www.aafp.org/pt or call (800) 274-7911 and ask for option #1.

Directors' Newsletter, AAFP's biweekly newsletter for the specialty's leaders, is now available free to AAFP active members by fax or mail. To order, call (800) 274-2237, Ext. 5205.

Online CME records make it possible for you to report your CME online at www.aafp.org/cme.

The Nasolaryngoscopy CD-ROM Program includes audio and video instruction, a color photo atlas, searchable text documents and an interactive test. #R1283, $50.

The CD-ROM Home Study Self-Assessment Monograph Collection contains 72 complete monographs, indexed to help you find materials you want to read or print. Subscribe to the HSSA program and receive this CD-ROM for an added $70. To order, call (800) 274-2237, Ext. 5298.

The Community Provider AIDS Training Web site aims to assist physicians treating people with HIV. Visit the site at http://www.ucsf.edu/hivcntr/ for updates on the latest developments in drugs and articles on HIV and AIDS. The Academy cosponsors the Web site.

Request these resources online at www.aafp.org
or call the AAFP order department at
(800) 944-0000, unless otherwise noted.


FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department. Copyright © 1999 by American Academy of Family Physicians.



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