UPCOMING
February 13, 2020
April 17-19, 2020
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Check your dues invoice for a special insert about our Live Healthy car tag and our FamDocPAC!
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Welcome New Members
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Active:
Janet Anne Coyle, MD, Long Beach
Eddy Manuel del Rio, MD, Ocean Springs
Robert A. Gannaway, MD, Hazlehurst
Jessica McCallister Tullos, DO, Hattiesburg
UMMC Students:
Mary Clay Bailey
Nicholas Brewer
John Huffman
Priyanka Parajuli
Joey Sanders
Andrew Strachan
WCUCOM Students:
Philip Oh
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Mississippi Family Physician Journal
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2019 MAFP Membership Directory
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MAFP SHOP FOR LOGO APPAREL
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Many of you have renewed your MAFP/AAFP dues for 2020 and we thank you! We ask others to pay before year-end so we can start strong in 2020.
Why Renew? ADVOCACY
MAFP Advocates for you and your patients by:
- building coalitions to keep primary care at the forefront
- meeting quarterly with Medicaid
- reviewing regulations at MSBML and testifying on your behalf
- communicating with legislators and state officials about the importance of quality health care in our communities
We need you to keep us strong in Mississippi. Please renew today. Here's how:
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Dr. Carlos Latorre, AG-Elect Lynn Fitch, Dr. Luke Lampton
Fitch Holds Listening Session
The MAFP was invited to be part of a listening session, hosted by Attorney General-Elect Lynn Fitch, concerning the opioid epidemic and other issues pertaining to addiction. Drs. Carlos Latorre of Vicksburg and Luke Lampton of Magnolia participated in the discussions on behalf of MAFP. Family physician Dr. Randy Easterling moderated the session at Woolfolk Office Building this week.
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Dr. Reeshemah Allen, MS State Dept. of Health Office of Tobacco Control; Dr. Tom Payne, ACT Center; UMMC Residents Dr. Kshama Vyas, Dr. Ivy Wicks, Dr. Shreena Dhawan, Dr.
James Craig Bullock
, Dr. Michael Yeung-Lai-Wah.
Vaping Risks Shared With Residents
MAFP's Jewell Buckley organized an educational breakfast for more than 30 residents and staff at the UMMC Family Medicine Residency Program this week with guest speaker Dr. Tom Payne of the ACT Center for Tobacco Treatment, Education, and Research.
Dr. Payne spoke to the residents on the risks of vaping. The evaluations proved the meeting a success. Comments included, "I will put more effort to counsel my adolescent population on dangers of vaping and give them options to quit. Prior to this session, I was only asking about drugs, cigarettes and alcohol."
The discussion gave the family physicians confidence to have the right conversations with their patients. "I now feel informed to educate my patients on consequences of vaping and helping them quit." The presentation included chemical information on vaping and risks associated when smoking and vaping are done at same time.
The breakfast and education session is provided by a grant from the MS State Department of Health Office of Tobacco Control to the MAFP Foundation. MAFP Foundation supports a smoke-free Mississippi.
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MAFP Capitol Day has a new date, so mark your calendars now. We will showcase Family Medicine for our elected officials, so we need a large number of family physicians to take over the Capitol on Thursday, February 13.
Capitol Day
Thursday, February 13
12:30 - 4 pm
State Capitol, Jackson
We will begin at 12:30 pm, so make plans to drive in that morning and enjoy the afternoon at the Capitol. Please take part in this important day by being present!
Photos of last year's Capitol Day
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Still Need CME for Year-End Election? Get 6 Hours Here
The AAFP's audiobook, Communicating Effectively With Your Patients, provides listeners with 75 minutes of content on best practices for improving physician-patient conversations. The material is based on six articles from the AAFP's leading journal, FPM, including:
- The Art of Medicine: 7 Skills That Promote Mastery
- What Should You Do When Your Patient Brings a List?
- Improving Communication With Older Patients
- Communicating Bad News to Your Patients
- How to Manage Difficult Patient Encounters
- 5 Tips for Generating Patient Satisfaction & Compliance
Listening to this content can earn you up to 6 AAFP Prescribed credits.
Visit this page to listen to a free sample of the audiobook and to purchase for $19.95.
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Weekly 'Quick Tips' Newsletter Gives Peer-Reviewed Advice for Patient Care
AAFP offers a Quick Tips newsletter that members can sign up to receive. Click on the box above to sign up!
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Wellness Wednesday Features 'Financial Wellness'
Ohio Academy of Family Physicians is proud to offer all AAFP members access to its 2019 "Wellness Wednesdays" series. All sessions are available for FREE as a member benefit, thanks to a grant provided by the AAFP Foundation Family Medicine Philanthropic Consortium (FMPC). The FMPC Dues Check-Off program supports this important initiative.
Join us on Wednesday, December 11 from 11:15 am - 12 noon CST, to hear from expert Jim Saling from Saling Simms Associates about all of the things to consider in order to be financially-well in this modern age. He will also discuss your philanthropic efforts to maximize the benefits for your causes and for you in this season of giving. Learn how to leverage your effectiveness through the proper use of the latest tax planning techniques and asset placement vehicles.
Here is the full schedule for the year as well as a link to EVERY archived session, on topics including mindfulness, resiliency, exercise and nutrition, precepting, advocacy and combating administrative burdens.
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