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Your PAFP: Advocacy, Education, PCMH and so much more!. What is PAFP?. A Professional Organization for Family Physicians, residents, and medical students in Pennsylvania AAFP: 100,000 members PAFP: 4,600 members. What does PAFP do?. Advocacy
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What is PAFP? A Professional Organization for Family Physicians, residents, and medical students in Pennsylvania AAFP: 100,000 members PAFP: 4,600 members
What does PAFP do? Advocacy Continuing Medical Education (CME) specifically designed for family physicians Quality Initiatives; Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Home Workforce development
PAFP is empowered by members 3,000 active members 700 Resident members (100%) 900 Student members Board of Directors, Commissions, and Resident and Student Assemblies
Join us! Student membership: It’s free! • Benefits include journals, research, scholarships, conferences, leadership opportunities, residency & fellowship info • Connect on Facebook and Twitter to the #FMRevolution! • www.pafp.com click on “students” tab.
Advocacy Government Affairs Practice Advocacy PAFPPAC Patient-Centered Medical Home Grass-roots Advocacy: AAFP Speak Out
Education Live CME Conferences Online CME QI Activities: Residency Collaborative, CRC Collaborative, MU, PCMH Scholarships for Medical Students: FMEC AAFP National Conference Scientific Assembly
Workforce Development: That’s You! Supporting Residents & Medical Students to connect to PAFP, explore the specialty of Family Medicine, and opportunities to practice in Pennsylvania
The future of Family Medicine Starts Here 9 Medical Schools 29 FM Residency Programs FMIGsSummer OpportunitiesStudent LeadersConferencesConnectionsResearch
Conference Opportunities Mark your calendar! PAFP Student Events Calendar • Primary Care Careers: Pathways to Practice in Pennsylvania, Harrisburg 9/15/12 • FMEC Northeast, Cleveland 9/28-30/12 • Student Scholarships still available! • AAFP Scientific Assembly, Philadelphia, 10/17-20/12 • Registration rebates for residents & students! • Research Day, Valley Forge 3/9/13 • AAFP National Conference, Kansas City 8/1-3/13
PCMH Education Advocacy Quality Initiatives Public Education Media relations
The Patient Centered Medical Home The Family Medicine Model Great Outcomes Heath Information Technology HealthIT Health IT Practice Organization Patient Experience PatientExperience Quality Measures Family Medicine Foundation Patient-centered | Physician-directed
QI: Residency Program CollaborativeLike us on The largest collaborative of its kind in the nation Implementing PCMH and CQI in residency practices Collecting & analyzing healthcare data Proving the impact on health outcomes of patients across Pa
Loan Repayment Programs for Primary Care National Health Service Corps (NHSC) PA Department of Health, Bureau of Health Professions Loan Repayment Primary Care Underserved Communities Rural, urban, suburban locations With continued service, pay off all qualifying educational debt
Healthcare Reform: The secret is out Family Medicine as the strong foundation of a healthcare system provides the valued services to bend unsustainable healthcare costs and keep people healthy. Reform is already underway and will continue to move forward regardless of politics. Stay tuned!
Connect to: PCPCC: Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Primary Care Progress AAFP/PAFP FMRevolution Robert Woods Johnson Foundation And many, many more
Thank you! Molly Talley PAFP Director of Resident & Student Initiatives