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The schedule for April 13, 2015 (first day of the 26th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access) is as follows:
6:30 a.m. Breakout Groups (with Breakfast) Salon 7 North Tower/ Second Floor (conference registrants only)
University of California, San Diego
8:15 AM First Plenary Session (Pacific Room)
Welcome and Review of the Previous 25th National Conference
William A. Norcross, University of California, San Diego
8:25 AM Opening Statement of First Plenary Session by Session Moderator
N. Benjamin Fredrick, MD, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
FIRST PLENARY PANEL
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM “Issues in the Training of Primary Care Physicians”
Tim Henderson, MPH, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
Stanley Kozakowski, MD, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, Kansas
Thomas Hansen, MD, Advocate Health Systems, Chicago, Illinois
[For more information, see “Time Will Tell: Physician Training”: 26th National Conference Leadoff Panels Discuss Graduate Medical Education Funding Policy, Accreditation Changes, and “Future of Family Medicine” ]
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Audience Questions and Comments
Lead Question: Allan J. Wilke, MD, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, Kalamazoo
FIRST THOUGHT PROVOCATEUR SESSION
9:10 AM-9:30 AM “Training Primary Care Physicians in the Community: A SWOT Analysis”
Samuel C. Matheny, MD, MPH, University of Kentucky, Lexington
[For more information, see: “Time Will Tell” – Dr Samuel Matheny to Discuss Issues in Community-based Physician Training]
9:30 AM- 9:40 AM
Audience Questions and Comment
Lead Question: Robert Ross, MD, MScEd, St Charles Health Systems, Bend, Oregon
9:40 AM – 9:55 AM
Break
SPECIAL EVENT
9:55 AM – 10:55 AM
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Northeast Ohio College of Medicine
Rootstown, Ohio
The Great Debate “Coast” vs “Heartland”: “he Patient Protection and Affordable Act is a Huge Success”
[For more information, see “Coast” vs “Heartland” Debate: Resolved, the Affordable Care Act is a Huge Success.]
Moderator: John M. Boltri, MD, Northeast Ohio University School of Medicine, Rootstown, OH
Arguing the Affirmative: Michael D. Prislin, MD, University of California, Irvine
Arguing the Negative: Charles Q. North, MD, MS, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
10:55 AM – 11:05 AM
Audience Questions and Comments
Lead Question: Joseph Scherger, MD, MPH, Eisenhower Medical Center, La Quinta, CA
THE PLENARY SESSION’S NAMED LECTURE
11:05 AM – 11:35 AM
The 25th G. Gayle Stephens Lecture
Marc Babitz, MD, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City
[For more information, see: What Time Has Told”: Dr Marc Babitz Provides Half-Century Overview of Community-Based Physician Education]
11:35 AM – 11:45 PM
Audience Questions and Comments
Lead Question, Marianne McKennett, MD, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Chula Vista, CA
11:45 AM Conference as a Whole: Reactions and Discussions of Morning’s Presentations (led by first plenary session moderator)
12:00 Recognition of New Senior Fellows of the National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access (John Boltri, MD; Tim Henderson, MPH; Samuel C. Matheny, MD, MPH and Marianne McKennett, MD and of new Fellow, Daniel Webster, MD.
Presenter: Gary L. LeRoy, MD, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
12:05: Adjournment of First Day
For the next day’s program, see: “Time Will Tell”: April 14, 2015, Day Two of the 26th National Conference on Primary Heatlh Care Access