THANK YOU TO OUR 2021 TOP SPONSORS | |
A Note from the President | |
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On behalf of the FMEC staff and Board of Trustees, I would like to extend warm holiday greetings! This is always a busy season and the pandemic continues to have significant impact in many ways. This is a particularly challenging time, and the FMEC is working to support family physicians and all members of the healthcare team throughout the Northeast. Thanks to all those providing care for those in need in our busy clinics and overcrowded hospitals; and thank you for remaining committed to the continuous healing relationships that distinguish Family Medicine.
We hope you also find time to connect with family and friends and take good care of yourselves during this holiday time. Thanks for your commitment to the FMEC. We look forward to seeing you at our next Annual Meeting, September 16-18, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA.
Happy Holidays!
Donald (Raj) Woolever, MD, FAAFP
As we celebrate the year-end holidays during a challenging time, the FMEC hopes you find inspiration in this poem from Alberto Rios, When Giving is All We Have.
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New report on wellness initiatives and well-being champions
The FMEC was proud to collaborate with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and others to collect data for a new report, which provides background on the status of wellness initiatives in health care. Health care provider well-being is important to patient outcomes, health care costs and more, and wellness initiatives have only become more urgent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The AAMC’s November 2021 report, “The Rise of Wellness Initiatives in Health Care: Using National Survey Data to Support Effective Well-Being Champions and Wellness Programs,” provides an overview of wellness initiatives and related challenges, as well as recommendations for future action. While the growth of such programs is encouraging, other findings include that the breadth of wellness programs varies widely, many well-being champions have no formal training, and many wellness programs have no formal results or outcomes demonstrating efficacy. Read more in FMEC’s news release.
We’ve moved! Remember to update your records
If you haven’t already, please update your records with the FMEC’s new address: PMB 362
3195 Dayton-Xenia Road, Suite 900, Dayton, Ohio 45434-6390. Share this with anyone in your hospital or health system who needs it!
Year-end funds to spend? Don’t let it go to waste!
The FMEC could not do what we do without the financial support of our members, partners, sponsors, and exhibitors. As you close out your 2021, we encourage you to look at your organizational and personal budgets and act now to support FMEC in 2022. You can act before December 31, 2021 to join the FMEC, register for the 2022 meeting, reserve a booth, and support student scholarships. For more information, read about our options for 2021 year-end support.
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Navigate saves thousands on your student loans
The FMEC’s business partner, Navigate, has put FMEC members on track to save $22,511,935 on their student loans through Public Service Loan Forgiveness and other programs, including consultations in October 2021 alone that could save over $708,000. Reach out to Navigate today to talk about your debt and strategies to help. For more information, Visit https://navigatestudentloans.com/fmec/.
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Quick COVID-19 survey shows response from primary care | |
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Since March 2020, the Larry A. Green Center, along with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, The Morris-Singer Foundation, and The Samueli Foundation, has conducted a national survey to better understand the response and capacity of US primary care practices to COVID-19, as well as the potential impact of the pandemic on primary care. The FMEC thanks its members for participating. Results of the ongoing survey are available on the Quick Covid-19 Survey page and include infographics documenting survey findings. For instance, the survey has identified four ways primary care has been helping patients and the communities during the pandemic: increasing support for mental health and substance abuse, helping with food and housing insecurity, reducing fees, and adopting telehealth.
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AMA tools help caregivers during crisis
FMEC members may be interested in the following resources to help clinics and health systems during the COVID-19 crisis and other stressful times. Caring for the Caregiver during Crisis is a toolkit for leaders within a clinic or health system to help create a more resilient organization, that protects and supports the workers within. Stress First Aid, written by experts in PTSD in the military, has guidance on how to recognize and support healthcare workers experiencing stress injury from a crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. PeerRxMed is a free on-line platform to support clinicians provide peer to peer support by signing up with a buddy and receiving weekly nudges to check-in with each other, along with weekly supportive thoughts for contemplation or conversation during this time of stress.
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Comment on new ACGME Family Medicine Program Requirements
The FMEC encourages its members and other family physicians in the northeast U.S. to learn about and provide comments on the proposed revisions to the Family Medicine Program Requirements released this month by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Comments are due by January 28, 2022. A recorded webinar by past FMEC President Dr. Stacy Potts, Shaping GME: Future of Family Medicine Training, is available now to help family physicians learn about the rationale behind the major changes to the requirements. Read more in FMEC’s news release.
Working on wellness initiatives? Tell us about it.
The FMEC was proud to collaborate with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and others to collect data for a new report, as reported above. What is your institution doing related to health care provider well-being? What do you need to focus on wellness in your institution and show impact? Let FMEC know by emailing Scott Allen at [email protected].
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A selection of upcoming family medicine and primary care meetings, nationally and in the FMEC region, in the next 3 months. If you have a meeting to be listed, please email [email protected].
September 16-18, 2022: FMEC 2022 Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA
January 14-16: New York AFP Winter Weekend 2022
January 26-28: STFM Conference on Medical Student Education, virtual
January 27-30: Virginia AFP Winter Family Medicine Weekend
February 23-26: Association of Departments of Family Medicine Annual Conference, Denver, CO
February 24-26: FMEC Board of Trustees meeting
February 25-27: Maryland AFP Annual Meeting and Winter Refresher, Baltimore, MD
March 2-6: Latino Medical Student Association National & Northeast Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA
March 17-20: ACOFP Annual Convention and Scientific Seminars, Dallas, TX
March 25-27: AAFP Residency Leadership Summit, Kansas City, MO
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