1391.pdf
...of ARVD is unknown, it is thought to occur in six per 10,000 persons in certain populations. After hypertrophic heart disease, it is the number one cause of sudden cardiac death in young persons, especially athletes. Patients with ARVD are usually men younger than 35 years who...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0415/afp20060415p1391.pdf
14 Alternative Practice Styles -- Family Practice Management
...1. Resort doctor Winters in Tahoe. Summers on the Caribbean. Could a career in medicine really be that idyllic? It could if you choose to be a resort doctor. The promise here is lifestyle. If you have a passion for skiing or travel and want your practice to pro- mote your...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0200/fpm20010200p33.pdf
14 Alternative Practice Styles -- FPM
Feb 1, 2001 - Perhaps the road less traveled is the right career path for you. Here are more than a dozen ideas to get you started.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0200/p33.html
1403.pdf
...The number of bariatric surgeries per- formed in the United States has recently increased 10-fold, from 14,000 in 1993 to an estimated 140,000 in 2004.3 A number of studies4-6 have demonstrated that bariatric surgery leads to sustainable long-term weight loss and, in many patients,...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0415/afp20060415p1403.pdf
18 Glimpses of Tomorrow -- FPM
Sep 1, 2004 - Introduces Big Ideas issue, suggesting that most of the ideas featured have something to do with the FFM new practice model and that the authors may actually share a vision of the future of family medicine.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0900/p13.html
1942.pdf
...R. LAST, M.D., M.P.H., Medical College of Wisconsin, Racine Family Medicine Residency Program, Racine, Wisconsin STEPHEN A. WILSON, M.D., M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania O besity is a...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0601/afp20060601p1942.pdf
1951 Scientific Assembly - AFP 50 Years Ago - American Family Physician
Sep 1, 2000 - ...50th year of publication. Excerpts from the two 1950 volumes of GP, AFP's predecessor, appear along with highlights of 50 years of family medicine. This feature is reproduced from the October and November, 1950, issues of GP. The commentary is written by Daniel J. Ostergaard, M.D.,...
American Family Physician : AFP 50 Years Ago
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0901/p922.html
1953.pdf
...Nonpharmacologic Strategies for Managing Hypertension RANDY WEXLER, M.D., M.P.H., and GLEN AUKERMAN, M.D. Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio D espite all that is known about its adverse health consequences, high blood pressure still is poorly controlled in the...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0601/afp20060601p1953.pdf
1961.pdf
...Fatty Liver Disease MAX BAYARD, M.D., JIM HOLT, M.D., and EILEEN BOROUGHS, M.D. East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee F ormerly called nonalcoholic steato- hepatitis (NASH), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease now refers to a spectrum...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0601/afp20060601p1961.pdf
1981.pdf
...T he topic of inborn errors of metab- olism is challenging for most phy- sicians. The number of known metabolic disorders is probably as large as the number of presenting symptoms that may indicate metabolic disturbances (Table 11-3). Furthermore, physicians know they may not...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0601/afp20060601p1981.pdf
19EducationReferenceCommitteeReport.pdf
...Medical Education (ACGME) to require 10 encourage all residents in clinical specialties family medicine, physicial medicine and 11 rehabilitation, psychiatry, pediatrics, internal medicine, neurology, general surgery, 12 obstetrics and gynecology, and anesthesiology, and orthopedic...
Events
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/alf_ncsc/business/19EducationReferenceCommitteeReport.pdf
19HealthPublicScienceReferenceCommitteeReport.pdf
...for homebound patients and the role of the family medicine physician in 23 providing these services, and be it further 24 25 RESOLVED, That the American Academy of Family Physicians research and support 26 training family medicine physicians in team-based delivery of care in the...
Events
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/alf_ncsc/business/19HealthPublicScienceReferenceCommitteeReport.pdf
2010NCSCSummaryofActions.doc
...Agree. The commission asked to have the article entitled Racial Categories in Medical Practice: How Useful Are They? (PLoS Medicine, September 2007, volume 4, issue 9) posted on the AAFP website in the Cultural Proficiency section of Public Health. In addition, AAFP staff will...
Events
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/alf_ncsc/2010NCSCSummaryofActions.doc
2011NCSCSummaryofActions.doc
...corps staff in order to accurately reflect the rapidly changing environment and federal regulations. FAQs and toll-free information phone numbers are prominently listed and maintained. Given the current ease of drawing needed information from the NHSC website, AAFP staff will...
Events
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/alf_ncsc/2011NCSCSummaryofActions.doc
2012 Admissions Guide,Pre-Med Admissions Guide
...of Medicine and Health Sciences . . . . . . 10 University of New Mexico School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Carver College of Medicine at University of Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 University of Kansas School of Medicine . . ....
Med School and Residency
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/medical_education_residency/fmig/premed-admissions-guide.pdf
2012 Agenda for the Reference Committee on Advocacy
...2. Resolution No. 1009 Stop State Legislators from Practicing Medicine Without a License 3. Resolution No. 1001 Expiration of Expirations 4. Resolution No. 1010 Resolution to Remove Barriers to Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive Devices Use 5. Resolution No. 1002...
About AAFP
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/special_constituencies/2012RCAR_Advocacy.pdf
2012 Agenda for the Reference Committee on Education
...8. Resolution No. 2012 Requiring a Family Medicine Rotation 9. Resolution No. 2005 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Health Education in Medical and Graduate Medical Education 10. Resolution No. 2006 Family Physician and Care of the Transgendered Patient 11....
About AAFP
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/special_constituencies/2012RCAR_Education.pdf
2012 Agenda for the Reference Committee on Health of the Public and Science
...American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) explore providing an 40 appropriate CME curriculum and certificate for excellence in military medicine. 41 Resolution No. 3003 2012 National Conference of Special Constituencies-Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center...
About AAFP
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/special_constituencies/2012RCAR_HealthofPublic-Science.pdf
2012 Agenda for the Reference Committee on Organization and Finance
...5. Resolution No. 4004 Family Medicine Visibility Vis-à-Vis Social Media 6. Resolution No. 4005 Marketing to the General Public 7. Resolution No. 4006 Marketing 8. Resolution No. 4002 Information Sharing Regarding Non-Physician Provider Scope of Practice 9. Resolution...
About AAFP
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/special_constituencies/2012RCAR_Organization-Finance.pdf
2012 Consent Calendar for the Reference Committee on Education
...The Reference Committee on Education recommends the following consent calendar for 1 adoption (page numbers indicate page in reference committee report): 2 3 RECOMMENDATION: The Reference Committee on Education recommends the 4 following consent calendar for adoption: 5 6 Item 1:...
About AAFP
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/special_constituencies/2012RCR_Education.pdf
2012 Consent Calendar for the Reference Committee on Health of the Public and Science
...The Reference Committee on Health of the Public and Science recommends the following 1 consent calendar for adoption (page numbers indicate page in reference committee 2 report): 3 4 RECOMMENDATION: The Reference Committee on Health of the Public and Science 5 recommends the...
About AAFP
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/special_constituencies/2012RCR_HealthofPublicScience.pdf
2012 Consent Calendar for the Reference Committee on Organization and Finance
...The Reference Committee on Organization and Finance recommends the following 1 consent calendar for adoption (page numbers indicate page in reference committee 2 report): 3 4 RECOMMENDATION: The Reference Committee on Organization and Finance 5 recommends the following consent...
About AAFP
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/special_constituencies/2012RCR_Organization-Finance.pdf
2012NCSCSummaryofActions.docx
...the Office National Coordinator (ONC) for the capture and storage of discrete clinical data elements that have direct relevance to family medicine and maintain an expression of this clinically relevant data in a manner that allows its exchange and availability at the point of care...
Events
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/alf_ncsc/2012NCSCSummaryofActions.docx
2013 Advocacy Report
...The Reference Committee on Advocacy recommends the following consent calendar for 1 adoption (page numbers indicate page in reference committee report): 2 3 RECOMMENDATION: The Reference Committee on Advocacy recommends the following 4 consent calendar for adoption: 5 6 Item 1:...
Events
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/alf_ncsc/business/2013-advocacy-report.pdf
2013 Advocacy Resolutions
...4. Resolution No. 1004 Additional Graduate Medical Education Residency Positions - Make Them Family Medicine 5. Resolution No. 1005 Supporting Reorganization of Conrad 30 Waiver Program 6. Resolution No. 1006 Controlled Substances Nationwide Tracking System 7. Resolution...
Events
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/alf_ncsc/business/2013-advocacy-resolutions.pdf