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Medical student travel funding
Travel funding for medical students
The TAFP Foundation provides travel funding to attend TAFP meetings to students enrolled in a Texas medical school who are interested in family medicine. For … more
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Medical student scholarships
Medical student scholarships
The following scholarships are administered by the TAFP Foundation. Complete the application and submit additional materials by mail to the Texas Academy of Family … more
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Giving back
Giving back
TAFP FoundationThe TAFP Foundation supports educational and scientific initiatives for the specialty of family medicine by raising and distributing funds for medical student … more
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TAFP Foundation president appointed to AAFP Foundation board
TAFP Foundation president appointed to AAFP Foundation board
Dale C. Moquist, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., of Sugar Land, Texas, has been appointed to the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation … more
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2011 Year in Review
2011 was a year of new ideas, initiatives, and projects, and your Academy approached all with the same goal: to unite the family physicians of Texas, equip them with the tools to navigate a changing practice environment, and proactively advance the specialty of family medicine.
By Kate Alfano
From the start of the legislative session in January to the 10th ABFM SAM Group Study Workshop in December (and all events in between), TAFP members and staff stayed engaged in their mission. Read on for a review of happenings over the past year.
Advocacy: Just two weeks after the start of the new year, the 82nd Texas Legislature convened, sending TAFP’s leaders, lobby team, and staff into high gear to advocate on behalf of family medicine’s top concerns: graduate medical education, scope of practice, and physician workforce. Compounding the session was a $4 billion deficit in the 2010-2011 biennium and a $23 billion shortfall for 2012-2013, which threatened all state-funded programs and any proposal containing a fiscal note.
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Foundation Focus
Goertz scholarship fully endowed
Foundation flourishes at Annual Session
By Kathy McCarthyExecutive director, TAFP Foundation
The TAFP Foundation had a strong presence at the recent TAFP … more
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Texas Family Physician - Vol. 62 No. 4, Fall 2012
CONTENTS
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View the virtual issue
President’s Letter
Member News
Perspective
Trading volume for valueRemember when health care reform was all about slowly … more
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Annual Session 2011 daily news wrap – Friday
Friday kicked off with the grand opening of the Exhibit Hall. More than 60 exhibitors from all facets of the health care industry staffed booths, ready to reach out to the family physicians of Texas. From Texas Medical Liability Trust to e-MDs to PedsPal, each vendor had a unique appeal to medical practice.
The big opening event coincided with the breakfast, featuring the TAFP Foundation board members greeted attendees and spoke about the group’s important philanthropic work. The Foundation is also offering 15-minute chair massages in the Hall; attendees have one more day to take advantage this perk, with proceeds benefiting the Foundation.
Also in the hall were the research poster displays, which brought medical students, family medicine residents, and family physicians from across the state to show off their latest findings. The grand winner was resident Richel Avery, M.D., of UTHSCSA, “Residents’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors in Colon Cancer Prevention: Findings from a Residency Training Project.”
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Characteristics of patients using extreme opioid dosages in the treatment of chronic low back pain
Characteristics of patients using extreme opioid dosages in the treatment of chronic low back pain
Shannon Essler, Southwestern University, GeorgetownTerrell Benold, M.D., UT Southwestern – Austin … more
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Monitoring and management of cardiovascular risk factors by primary care physicians at an academic medical center
Monitoring and management of cardiovascular risk factors by primary care physicians at an academic medical center
Cindy Ripsin, M.S., M.P.H., M.D.Associate Residency DirectorUniversity of Texas … more