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Taking Team-Based Care to the Next Level -- FPM

Jun 1, 2022 - The need to delegate tasks to other members of the health care team has never been more urgent. Here’s how to move toward advanced team-based care.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2022/0500/p25.html

Advance Care Planning: Using the Health Care Team to Make Hard Conversations Easier -- FPM

Jun 1, 2022 - Your office staff can help normalize conversations with patients about critical care options.

Family Practice Management : Articles

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2022/0500/p10.html

COVID-19 - American Family Physician

May 24, 2022 - ...Azithromycin for Treatment of COVID-19 [Medicine by the Numbers] new 03/01/2022 Antibiotics for the Treatment of COVID-19 [Cochrane for Clinicians] new 02/01/2022 Remdesivir for the Treatment of COVID-19 [Medicine by the Numbers] 09/01/2021 Remdesivir (Veklury) for the...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=117

Mistreatment of Learners in Medical Education

AAFP Position Paper on Mistreatment of Learners in Medical Education

About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations : Policies

https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/mistreatment-learners.html

Well-traveled FP Found His Niche as Program Director

After 10 years of multiple roles and moves in the Air Force, Donald Raj Woolever, M.D., has found his home as a family medicine program director in Maine.

AAFP News : Family Doc Focus

https://www.aafp.org/news/family-doc-focus/family-doc-focus-raj-woolever.html

Task Force Recommends Against Asymptomatic COPD Screening

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, after conducting a review and update of the existing evidence, is recommending against screening for COPD in asymptomatic adults.

AAFP News : Patient Care

https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/uspstf-2022-copd-screening.html

The Osteopathic Approach: FMX Preconference | AAFP

This one-day course on Sept 20 in Washington, DC offers osteopathic-focused CME on common musculoskeletal and sports-related injuries.

CME : All CME Products

https://www.aafp.org/cme/all/the-osteopathic-approach-workshop.html

This Measure Targets What Matters in Primary Care

A patient-reported outcome measure featured in two recent FPM supplements has potential to reduce administrative burden and impact value-based payment.

AAFP News : Practice and Career

https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/fpm-primary-care-measure.html

Stand Together to Achieve the AAFP’s Top Advocacy Goals

Congress needs to feel the strength of our numbers. Here’s how you can help make that happen.

AAFP News : Blogs

https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/trenches-2022-advocacy-summit.html

Emergency and Urgent Care CME Course | AAFP

Designed to help family physicians recognize, diagnose, and treat emergency and other urgent care conditions.

CME : All CME Products

https://www.aafp.org/cme/all/emergency/live-course.html

Patient Counseling and IUDs (Intrauterine Devices)

The CDC and Office of Population Affairs recommend that clinicians counsel patients on all their options, including IUDs and implants, if medically appropriate. To learn more about who is an appropriate candidate for Bayer’s IUDs, consider attending an upcoming training program that ...

About AAFP : Engage with the AAFP

https://www.aafp.org/about/engage/sponsored-resources/patient-counseling-and-iuds.html

Musculoskeletal Care - American Family Physician

May 13, 2022 - This collection features AFP content on musculoskeletal care and related issues, including fracture management, joint aspiration, joint injections, pain in various parts of the body (foot and ankle; neck and back; hip; knee; arm and shoulder; and wrist and hand). This collection ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=17

Seizure Disorders - American Family Physician

May 13, 2022 - This collection features AFP content on seizure disorders, including antiepileptic medications, epilepsy, febrile seizures, nonepileptic seizures, seizures in the elderly, and status epilepticus. This collection features AFP content on seizure disorders, including antiepileptic ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=80

Prenatal Care - American Family Physician

May 13, 2022 - This collection features AFP content on prenatal care and related issues, including preconception care, folic acid, medication safety, nausea and vomiting, pregnancy complications, and prenatal screening. This collection features AFP content on prenatal care and related issues, ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=25

Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Issues - American Family Physician

May 13, 2022 - This collection features AFP content on labor, delivery, and postpartum issues and related topics, including breastfeeding, cesarean delivery, episiotomy, labor pain management, postpartum hemorrhage, preterm labor and birth, shoulder dystocia, umbilical cord blood storage, and vaginal ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=16

Skin Conditions - American Family Physician

May 13, 2022 - This collection features AFP content on common skin conditions and related issues, including acne, dermatitis, dermatologic emergencies, generalized rash, lichen planus, nail disorders, newborn skin, office procedures, premalignant lesions, and psoriasis. This collection features AFP ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=21

Cancer - American Family Physician

May 13, 2022 - This collection features AFP content on cancer and related issues, including various types (breast, cervical, childhood, colorectal, lung, oral, ovarian, prostate, skin, testicular, and other types of cancer). This collection features AFP content on cancer and related issues, including ...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=31

Substance Use Disorders - American Family Physician

May 13, 2022 - ...03/01/2017 Buprenorphine Maintenance vs. Placebo for Opioid Dependence [Medicine by the Numbers] 01/01/2017 Alpha-adrenergic Agonists for the Management of Opioid Withdrawal [Medicine by the Numbers] 10/01/2016 Rural Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Depends on Family Physicians...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=27

Immunizations (excluding Influenza) - American Family Physician

May 13, 2022 - This collection features AFP content on child and adult immunizations (excluding influenza) and related issues, including travel immunizations and specific immunizations (hepatitis A and B, herpes zoster, human papillomavirus, meningococcus, pertussis, pneumococcus, rotavirus, smallpox,...

American Family Physician : AFP By Topic

https://www.aafp.org/afp/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=63

Delegates, AAFP Leaders Show Advocacy Alignment at Town Hall

Behavioral health integration, telehealth flexibility and administrative simplification were among the topics members asked AAFP leaders to talk about at the Town Hall.

AAFP News : Inside the Academy

https://www.aafp.org/news/inside-aafp/2022-leadership-conference-town-hall.html

New Maternal Mental Health Hotline Launches

A new national hotline offers 24/7 help to new and expecting mothers who are experiencing mental health challenges; an AAFP commission chair explains what it means for family physicians.

AAFP News : Patient Care

https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/maternal-mental-health-hotline.html

USPSTF Updates Recommendation on Aspirin to Prevent CVD

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says the question of whether to start low-dose aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease in adults ages 40 to 59 years with a 10% or greater 10-year CVD risk should be an individual decision.

AAFP News : Patient Care

https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/uspstf-aspirin-cvd.html

Long COVID CME Course Coming May 11

The Academy is offering a free, blended CME activity on long COVID that will allow learners to earn up to 10 AAFP Prescribed credits.

AAFP News : CME

https://www.aafp.org/news/education-professional-development/long-covid-cme-course.html

Family Medicine Advocacy Summit | AAFP

Fight for family medicine in the nation's capitol at the AAFP's Family Medicine Advocacy Summit May 22-24, 2022.

Events : Family Medicine Advocacy Summit (FMAS)

https://www.aafp.org/events/fmas.html

USPSTF Recommends Screening Some Youth for Anxiety, Depression

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is inviting comments on draft statements that recommend screening for anxiety and major depressive disorder in some children and adolescents.

AAFP News : Patient Care

https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/uspstf-anxiety-depression-suicide.html