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TAFP members complete TMA Leadership College Congratulations to Drs. Elizabeth Chmelik, Tracey Haas, Jake Margo, and Michelle Rodriguez for completing the Texas Medical Association’s Leadership College. Applications for the 2015 program are currently being accepted. Read more in this TAFP news story. Texas Physician Practice Quality Improvement Award application available The application is now available online for the 2013-2014 Texas Physician Practice Quality Improvement Award. The award program recognizes practices in Texas that are focused on using health information technology to improve preventive care for their patients. Applications are due by Friday, June 13, 2014. For more information and the award application, go to award.tmf.org/PhysicianPracticeAwardProgram.aspx. Help recruit the family doctors of tomorrow by donating After TAFP took over the Texas Statewide Family Medicine Preceptorship Program in 2012, the TAFP Foundation began raising funds to help place medical students with physician preceptors to learn about the specialty first hand. The Student Interest Endowment was created to award scholarships to medical students interested in family medicine. The Foundation has pledged to double the impact of donations made to the endowment during the Ignite2015 campaign. Read more about Ignite2015 and donate at www.tafp.org/foundation/ignite2015. TAFP Foundation research grant applications due June 2 The TAFP Foundation provides financial support towards office-based research to benefit the specialty. The Foundation Research Grants Committee reviews all grant applications based upon its relevance to family medicine, quality of the study design, appropriateness of data analysis, and cost versus benefit to family medicine. Get more information on TAFP Foundation research support and the application at www.tafp.org/foundation/research. EDUCATION UPDATE Connect with friends and colleagues at Annual Session Register now for the 65th Annual Session and Scientific Assembly, TAFP’s largest symposium, held this year at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, July 24-27. Join fellow providers on the Riverwalk for CME, ABFM SAM Workshops, TAFP business meetings, and an assortment of social events. For more information and to register, go to www.tafp.org/professional-development/assa. Copyright 2014, Texas Academy of Family Physicians TAFP News Now, formerly QuickInfo, is the official news publication of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, delivered by e-mail and available online. You are receiving this e-mail as a benefit of membership, not because you are subscribed to an electronic list. If you don’t wish to receive TAFP News Now, contact jwilliams@tafp.org.
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