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Meet the TAFP Board candidates
Meet the TAFP Board candidates
At the Member Assembly on Friday, Nov. 10, during this year’s ASPCS, members will elect two of their colleagues to the TAFP Board of Directors and one as the TAFP … more
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On the border of health
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On the Border of Health
Perdita Henry
The family medicine revolution manifests in many ways. Whether it is residents teaming up with local docs to hold a Hard Hats for Little … more
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Family medicine thrives in The Woodlands
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Family medicine thrives in The Woodlands
Report from TAFP’s 2015 Annual Session and Primary Care Summit
Family physicians and other health professionals from around the state … more
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Why I precept medical students
By Adrian N. Billings, MD, PhD, FAAFP
Why do I precept medical students? Luckily, I ask myself this question less and less frequently because I enjoy having these junior colleagues with me, especially at 2 a.m. while delivering babies. However, I recently explored this question with some reflection on my past seven years of precepting around 100 medical students and 20 resident physicians in my practice.
Unequivocally, the answer to the preceding question is that I precept medical students because my patients receive better care if I have a medical student working with me. It does not matter how fresh a medical student is into clinical training, two sets of eyes and two sets of brains examining and thinking about a patient’s problem are better than my own brain by itself. I have had preclinical students consider and make diagnoses that I have not been able to. Even if the students don’t make the correct diagnosis and they hear zebra hoofbeats instead of horse hoofbeats, this mental task causes me to consider a broader and more thorough differential diagnosis with their valuable input. I consider it an honor and privilege to be entrusted by medical schools with these young student physicians.
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Highlights from TAFP's Annual Session, July 23-27, 2014
Highlights from TAFP’s Annual Session, July 23-27, 2014
The committees, commissions, and sections of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians met in San Antonio and deliberated on many important … more
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Highlights from TAFP’s Interim Session, Feb. 27-March 1, 2014
Highlights from TAFP’s Interim Session
The committees, commissions, and sections of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians met in Austin and discussed many important items. Thanks to all members … more
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Meet the TAFP Board candidates
Meet the TAFP Board candidates
Two TAFP members are running for one available at-large position on the TAFP Board of Directors, to be voted on at TAFP’s first Member Assembly, taking place Friday, … more
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Texas Family Physician - Vol. 64 No. 1, Winter 2013
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President’s letter
Member news
Perspective
CONTENTS
Meet TAFP’s Physician of the Year: Justin Bartos III, M.D.Currently practicing at … more
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Report on the 2013 C. Frank Webber Lectureship
Report on the 2013 C. Frank Webber Lectureship
Family physicians gather in Austin for annual lectureship and interim session
posted 03.06.13
Over 400 physicians, residents, and medical … more
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Rural family physician appointed to national advisory council
Rural family physician appointed to national advisory council
TAFP member Adrian Billings, Ph.D., M.D., has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps by … more