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 has [...]
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 will [...]
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 will be [...]
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 of [...]
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...CME Prescribed Credits for National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access
10. January 2010
The American Academy of Family Physicians has approved prescribed credits for the following conferences, workshops and retreats conducted by the Coastal Research Group, for the amounts specified below: National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access 20th National Conference Monterey, Califonria April 6-8, 2009 15.25 Prescribed credits 19th National Conference Koloa, Kaua’i, Hawai’i April 7-10, 2008 19 Prescribed credits 18th National Conference San Diego, [...]
Continue reading...About the National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access
7. January 2010
Development In 1990, a group of persons interested in family and community medicine, medical school reform, and advocacy for rural, inner city and other geographical areas of need, were invited to rural Wisconsin for the First National Conference on Primary Health Care Access. Since then, similar groups have been invited to assemble each Spring. Over the years, [...]
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 Doctor Network recently [...]
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 is not unique to [...]
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 Policy and [...]
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29. January 2010
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