Archive | January, 2010
The Consequences of Strategic Intervention: Providing Health Care for Rural America
The National Conference will continue its examination of regional strategic interventions, in which medical school departments partner with communities and agencies to increase the primary care workforce and the availability of health care for rural America. Even if NO health care reform proposal passes in the near future, it is still a public policy issue that [...]
Continue reading...Dr Troy’s “Thought Provocateur” Session on Advancing Family Medicine through Geriatrics and Long Term Care
29. January 2010
[At the Twentieth National Conference, a new feature, "The Thought Provocateur" session, was instituted to focus on particular ideas of relevance to the general issues of primary health care access. This year Warwick Troy, Ph.D., a National Consortium fellow, proposes a revisiting of the subjects of geriatric medicine and long term care.] Dr Troy’s presentation [...]
Continue reading...Doctors James Puffer, Macaran Baird, Neal Palafox to Present Named Lectures at 21st National Conference in Kaua’i
24. January 2010
As part of the “Consequences of Strategic Interventions” sub-theme of the Twenty-First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access, two named lectures will address specific strategic interventions that have been in place for four decades. Consequences of Strategic Intervention: Creating a Board for the Periodic Recertification of Family Physicians The Twentieth G. Gayle Stephens Lecture [...]
Continue reading...21st National Conference Focus on Nation’s Public Health System: What Happens Now?
14. January 2010
During this millenium, the disasters related to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and epidemics of SARS and H1N1 influenza brought the nation’s public health infrastructure into the evening news front stories. The health reform legislation before Congress addresses some national needs, but remains silent on others. Richard Clover, MD, Dean of the University of Louisville’s School [...]
Continue reading...21st National Conference Plenary: Health Reform Legislation Consequences for the Nation’s Primary Care Physicians
11. January 2010
The second plenary session of the Twenty-first National Conference on Primary Health Care Access will be held on the morning of Monday, April 12, 2010. The session will be comprised of a roundtable discussion on what the consequences may be on the nation’s physician workforce, particularly primary care physicians. The roundtable discussants will be Doctor [...]
Continue reading...Opportunities in the Indian Health Service: An Interview with Charles Q. North, MD, MS
6. January 2010
Selected Interviews from the Coastal Research Group’s Studentdoctor.net website. This interview was conducted by William H. Burnett and first appeared 30 August, 2009. Students may not be aware of the variety of opportunities available within the Indian Health Service (IHS). To learn more about IHS and the volunteer, scholarship, and employment opportunities available, the Student [...]
Continue reading...Healthcare Reform: What can we really expect? – An Interview with David N. Sundwall, MD, MPH
5. January 2010
Selected Interviews from the Coastal Research Group’s Studentdoctor.net website. This interview was conducted by Laura Turner and first appeared 26 July, 2009 [Below: Doctor David N. Sundwall.] What do you think are the greatest issues facing the U.S. healthcare system today? “Cost” control, i.e. restraining the rate of growth of spending for health-care services. This [...]
Continue reading...Health Care Policy & The Student Doctor: An Interview with Gary LeRoy, MD
4. January 2010
Selected Interviews from the Coastal Research Group’s Studentdoctor.net website. This interview was conducted by William H. Burnett and first appeared 7 May, 2008. SDN readers have responded favorably to our series of “20 Questions” asked of various health care professionals. With this interview of Dr. Gary LeRoy we launch a new series called “Health Care [...]
Continue reading...Community-Based Medical Education: An Interview with the Faculty of the ATSU School of Osteopathic Medicine – Arizona
3. January 2010
Selected Interviews from the Coastal Research Group’s Studentdoctor.net website. This interview was conducted by William H. Burnett and first appeared 10 November 2008. This is the second interview in the Student Doctor Network series of “community-based medical education” interviews. (See the previous interview with Gerard Clancy, MD, the Dean of the newly established University of [...]
Continue reading...Community-Based Medical Education: An Interview with Gerard Clancy, MD
2. January 2010
Selected Interviews from the Coastal Research Group’s Studentdoctor.net website. This interview was conducted by William H. Burnett and first appeared 9 April, 2008. (Subsequent to this interview, Dr Clancy assumed the presidency of the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Branch) With this interview, Student Doctor Network begins a new series of interviews relating to “community-based medical [...]
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29. January 2010
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