March eNews: 2024 Summit Recap and Final Call for Nominations, ACFP Awards

March 2024 | eNews

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear ACFP Members:

Starting off the month with the 2024 Family Medicine Summit, March is a time for education, convergence, and constant engagement for us at the ACFP. There were several opportunities to connect and learn from each other by discussing matters that are most relevant to us in family practice.

I would like to thank everyone who joined us throughout the Summit weekend. Congratulations to the ACFP Scientific Planning Committee and staff for putting in considerable time and effort into making the 69th conference worthwhile for all attendees. I had a memorable time gaining valuable insights from the sessions and having met and mingled with many of you at the Summit.

Annual Meeting of Members (AMM) Recap

I would like to extend a huge thank you to all members who joined us in person and virtually for the 2024 AMM, which was held during the Summit on March 2nd. It was great to see the immense support and engagement from our members.

Reporting on the highlights of 2023 , we underscored the College’s investment in advocacy and government relations, leadership, and education. It brought to the fore our engagement in the Supporting Comprehensive Primary Health Care...

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The 2024 Family Medicine Summit at a Glance

From March 1-3, the ACFP and its Summit Scientific Planning Committee hosted the 69th Family Medicine Summit in Banff. Summit attendees can continue to access sessions recordings on-demand at the Attendee Hub and are eligible for credits during that period up until June 1, 2024.

The ACFP extends its warmest thank you to its nearly 600 attendees for their participation! More than 400 attendees including speakers, research participants, and sponsors braved the challenging weather and road conditions to be there in person and around 175 attendees joined virtually from within Alberta, across Canada and from other parts of the world, like Doha, Qatar. More conference highlights will be available soon on the ACFP website.

FFYFP Blog - Summarizing a Sensational Summit

By Dr. Kristina Quan

I had the opportunity to attend ACFP’s 2024 Family Medicine Summit at the Rimrock Resort Hotel in beautiful Banff, Alberta. The ACFP has been assembling physicians together for almost 70 years! Despite the treacherous snowy road conditions, there was a great turnout...

Nominations for the 2024 ACFP Awards Close April 1st

Honour and celebrate the outstanding contributions, leadership, and commitment of physicians, residents, students, and clinics, with an ACFP Award! Nominations for the 2024 cycle are due April 1st.

Visit our website or contact us at ACFPAwards@acfp.ca for support.

My CanREACH Journey

By Dr. Tina Nicholson

I was fortunate to join the very first CanREACH course as a delegate in 2014. The course was advertised as a Mini Fellowship in Pediatric Psychopharmacology. I was looking to fill a significant personal knowledge gap around recognising, diagnosing and managing child and adolescent mental health and behavioural conditions in community practice (especially ADHD)—something that most of us have little exposure to during our training, but are increasingly called upon to manage...

ACFP's Year in Review 2023 Now Available

The ACFP has published the Year in Review (YIR) for 2023. The report captures the various developments within the College including its programs and initiatives toward advancing the value of family medicine. View the digital copy on the ACFP website.

EVENTS

ACFP Thursday Evening Webinar Series - “PPIP SoP Workshop: Choose your own component, fulfil your requirement!”

April 18 | 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. MT

Register for this free workshop on how to complete a standard of practice quality improvement activity as part of the physician practice improvement program (PPIP). This session is the perfect space to learn alongside your colleagues and have some of your PPIP questions answered!

Attendees are required to fill out this 2-minute questionnaire prior to the webinar in order to complete the data collection requirement of this PPIP SoP activity.

Get Trained on Pediatric Mental Health with CanREACH Conference

May 24-25, 2024

Participate in CanREACH, a CME dedicated to training provincial primary care providers in evidence-based child mental health assessment and treatment. The conference is typically offered twice yearly and delivered virtually to provide attendees with more confidence in managing this area of medicine. Space is limited and sessions fill quickly!

"I now have the skill and ability to diagnose and treat my kids in their Medical Home.”

- Past participant of CanREACH

Alberta College of Family Physicians | www.acfp.ca