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Etasha Bhatt, right, now a second-year medical student, enjoys some downtime during her R/UOP experience in the summer of 2012 under the tutelage of Mikael Bedell, M.D.
Idaho AFP Champions Rural, Underserved Opportunities Program
FPs Win Students' Hearts, Woo Many to Rural Family Medicine
(4/29/2013, 5:00 p.m.)
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A program's longevity often is an indication of its success. Such is the case with the 24-four-year run of the Idaho Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program (R/UOP), which represents a successful collaboration between the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle and the Idaho AFP. The medical school has administrative control of R/UOP, and each year since its inception, the Idaho AFP has allocated $5,000 toward a program that aims to alleviate physician shortages in a state known for its wilderness areas and rural lifestyle. The end goal -- to fill the primary care pipeline with young physicians who will stay in the state to practice -- is so important to Idaho family physicians that a strong core of volunteers for years have introduced medical students to rural family medicine.
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Connecticut AFP Members Focus on Humanitarian Outreach
(3/29/2013, 1:20 p.m.)
Iowa AFP Pushes State Into Enacting Primary Care Student Loan Repayment Program
(2/27/2013, 3:40 p.m.)
Arizona AFP Turns CME on its Head to Save Annual Meeting
(1/30/2013, 5:20 p.m.)
New Jersey FPs Transforming, Transcending 'Distressed Environment'
(12/31/2012, 4:30 p.m.)
Virginia Academy Helps Craft State Legislation Clarifying Physician, NP Roles
(11/30/2012, 5:55 p.m.)
North Carolina AFP Casts Wide Net for Medical Students
(10/31/2012, 5:00 p.m.)
Ohio Department of Health, OAFP Collaborate to Launch Innovative PCMH Program
(10/1/2012, 5:30 p.m.)
Rural Family Physicians in North Dakota Reach Out to Educate Students About Family Medicine
(8/31/2012, 5:15 p.m.)
Vermont AFP Tackles Big Tasks With Committed Chapter Core
(7/31/2012, 5:15 p.m.)
New York State AFP Works All Avenues to Mold Legislation, Traditions
(6/29/2012, 5:35 p.m.)
Alabama FPs Help Make Patient Care Networks Function
(5/30/2012, 6:00 p.m.)
USAFP Is Connection Point for Military FPs Worldwide
(4/25/2012, 4:40 p.m.)
Kansas AFP Seeks Out Resources to Help Members Transform Practices
(3/30/2012, 5:25 p.m.)
Family Medicine Message Resonates With Rural Oregon During Student Bike Tour
(2/29/2012, 4:55 p.m.)
Alaska AFP Provides 'Gathering Place' for Far-flung Physicians
(1/31/2012, 6:00 p.m.)
Texas AFP Overcomes Attempts to Legislate Independent Practice for Nurses
(12/28/2011, 8:10 p.m.)
Kentucky FPs Join Fight to Make Pseudoephedrine Prescription-only
(11/30/2011, 7:05 p.m.)
Indiana AFP Values Opportunity to Serve, Mingle With State Legislators
(10/26/2011, 3:55 p.m.)
Pennsylvania AFP Assists Primary Care Residencies, Practices With PCMH, EHR Initiatives
(9/30/2011, 4:10 p.m.)
Illinois AFP Focused on Helping Small Practices Meet Challenges of Health Care Reform
(8/31/2011, 5:40 p.m.)
California AFP Teams Up With State's Family Medicine Residents to Spotlight Specialty
(7/27/2011, 6:35 p.m.)
Georgia AFP Provides Funds, Support to Launch 'PCMH University'
(6/30/2011, 5:35 p.m.)
Magnolia State Grows Its Own Rural Primary Care Physicians
(5/25/2011, 1:55 p.m.)
Family Physician Efforts Put Rhode Island on Front Line of PCMH Implementation
(4/30/2011, 1:30 p.m.)
Community-focused Colorado Health Care System Touted as National Model
(3/30/2011, 5:00 p.m.)
Geography Challenges Hawaii AFP's Ability to Grow Family Medicine
(2/28/2011, 7:10 p.m.)
Arkansas FPs, Other Physicians Rally to Help Injured Colleague
(1/31/2011, 7:40 p.m.)
Louisiana AFP Members, PCMH Critical to Health Care Revitalization in New Orleans
(12/22/2010, 4:15 p.m.)
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