November, 2018 FMEC in Focus

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FMEC in Focus - November, 2018

The 37th meeting of the FMEC was another exciting adventure!

At one level the FMEC Annual meeting is an energy creating/driven weekend that promotes student interest in Family Medicine and provides faculty members, residents and medical students an opportunity to share their interests in healthcare. We’ve also added high school and college students to our community gathering event.

At another level, the meeting provides the FMEC with a venue to serve as a “catalyst, convener and incubator”. The meeting is a home for the multi-institutional teams of health care professionals to continue their collaborative work. From the IMPLICIT network and FACTS projects to a number of new initiatives launched at this year’s meeting ( read more )...

2018 Award Winners

Congratulations to all of the award winners who were recognized at the Annual Meeting!

Click here to view the 2018 awards booklet.

2018 Costume Contest Winner

Congratulations to

Hunterdon Family Medicine Residency

of Flemington, New Jersey

for their group costume:

"Jersey Fresh. Food as Medicine"

Pictured (left to right):

Dennis Guest DO, Cindy Barter MD, Patricia Kroth DO, Julianne Lucco MD, Angela Lee DO, Monica Meyer MD, Michaela Lei DO, and Laura Ruhl MD

2018 Poster Winners

Healthcare Professionals, Residents and Medical Students

First place: Fitwits Intervention for Children ages 6-9 years and Parents: Brief Office Based Tool for BMI Discussion - Elizabeth Meck MD, Ann McGaffey MD, Katherine Wilhelmy MD, Frank D'Amico PhD, Kristen Huges

Second Place: Development and Validation of an Affordable Phanton for Ultrasound-Guided Injection of the Knee - Jason Spicher BS, Jason Moore PhD, Christopher Heron MD

Third Place: A Systemic Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Screening in an Underserved Community Health Clinic - Mohamed Ahmen MD, Edwin Roberts MD, Mary Rose Puthiyamadam, MD

Undergraduate Students

First Place: Einstein Enrichment Program; Cultivating Future Health Care Practitioners: L isbel Guzman, Miriam Siyanbola, Ellasia Fantana, Alicia Martinez, Deborah Negron-Cardero MS - Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Second Place: Fair Guides : Wonuola Obasa, Jordan Black, Michael Massey -Cleveland School of Science & Medicine

Third Place: Our Voices Matter: Empowering Youth through Civic Engagement: Kimberly Inthavong, Katarina Smiley - Americorps

Announcing: The Ladder Institute

The LADDER Institute will be a year-long program with initial and final meetings held in conjunction with the FMEC Annual Meeting. Longitudinal programming between meetings will occur through webinars focused on leadership development skills. Participants will be linked with a career development mentor who will assist in developing a summative career development plan. The application deadline is May 30, 2019.

Brochure

Application

(deadline May 30, 2019)

For more information:

Beth Careyva, MD at Beth_A.Careyva@lvhn.org or

David O’Gurek, MD at David.O'Gurek@tuhs.temple.edu