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Working to build the Foundation of family medicine in Texas
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Foundation Focus
Working to build the Foundation of family medicine in Texas For decades the TAFP Foundation has focused on three strategic objectives: encouraging medical student … more
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In memoriam: Tamra Kay Deuser, MD
In memoriam: Tamra Kay Deuser, MD
October 3, 1961 – July 7, 2015
TAFP leader Tamra Deuser, MD, passed away quietly at the age of 53 on July 7, 2015, at her home in Flower Mound, Texas. A … more
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Clare Hawkins, MD -- Independent Physician Association
Clare Hawkins, MD, serves as Board Chair of the Houston-based Baytown Independent Physician Association for Renaissance Physician Organization, which is comprised of 500 primary care physicians … more
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Report on the 2015 C. Frank Webber Lectureship
Report on the 2015 C. Frank Webber Lectureship
Family docs gather for annual symposium in Austin
More than 300 physicians attended the C. Frank Webber Lectureship held Friday, March 6, at the … more
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Family physicians embracing change
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TAFP members appointed to AAFP commissions
TAFP members appointed to AAFP commissions
Three active TAFP members were appointed to AAFP commissions in December.
Amer Shakil, MD, FAAFP, of Carrollton, was appointed to AAFP’s Commission on … more
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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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Get connected: Take advantage of the many social and educational networking opportunities your Academy has to offer
By Clare Hawkins, M.D., M.Sc.
TAFP President, 2013-2014Electronic opportunities to connect with friends, family, and colleagues abound. I can communicate very quickly with people I know and people I don’t know. I can broadcast ideas by blogging and I can post photos or see others’ photos in many ways. This is both exciting and frightening. Who am I reaching? Who knows these details about me?
As a family physician most of my contact is with individual patients or their families, essentially one on one. Therefore these new opportunities are not familiar to my normal social intercourse. I’m so used to confidentiality and preserving my professional image that in my middle age, I find myself uncomfortable reaching out.
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Slow medicine: Taking time to practice the art of family medicine
By Clare Hawkins, M.D., M.Sc.
TAFP President, 2013-2014Do you ever think that your day is going slowly? Do the mundane features of patient care make you feel slow? Or perhaps, by contrast, you feel it is going too fast, like that proverbial hamster on the treadmill.
My treadmill involves dealing with difficult patients, paperwork requests, and the idiosyncrasies of the electronic health record. In spite of the speed, however, I don’t always feel efficient. Even when I feel I can complete a patient encounter quickly, this does not feel like a triumph. The speed comes at the expense of a lack of connection with the patient, or less fulfilment with medicine than I had expected.
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Making the grade
By Clare Hawkins, M.D., M.Sc.
TAFP President, 2013-2014As I reviewed my children’s report cards recently, I found myself proud of their achievements. I also began reflecting on whether these grades were an accurate reflection of their past performance or current abilities. I know they worked very hard and deserved credit, and that being graded was a great deal of stress for them. Ultimately I found myself being thankful that I was no longer in the educational system where I was frequently under pressure to perform and be graded by teachers and professors. Then I stopped myself and considered the last report I received from a health plan which outlined my performance as a doctor. Unfair! How do they know how good I am? They don’t really know how well I perform.
Increasingly we physicians find that health plans, governments, or employers are evaluating the care that we provide. Do we know what they are measuring? Will it affect my payments? Will it affect my employment?
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