Posts by Brian Hunsicker

NASHVILLE — Two WAFP resolutions were reaffirmed as current policy and one was referred to the AAFP Board of Directors for further study at the 2026 Congress of Delegates, held Oct. 19-21 in Nashville. Resolution 210: Supporting Post-Graduate Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowships — Referred to the Board This resolution asked AAFP to separately list primary…

The Larry A. Green Center, affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University, conducts research to better understand primary care delivery. Through their occasional Flash Surveys — which were critical at the height of the covid-19 epidemic — have helped the public better understand the experiences of front-line clinicians. (Previous surveys are available here.) The Flash Surveys continue,…

AAFP’s chapters submitted 59 resolutions to be considered at October’s Congress of Delegates meeting in Nashville. Each of those resolutions seeks to affect AAFP policy or work in some way: advocating or opposing a particular issue, expanding AAFP programs or education on a certain topic, or directing AAFP to join other groups in working toward…

Gretchen LaSalle, MD, MPH, FAAFP, of Spokane, was the subject of an online article on the American Academy of Family Physicians website. The article talks about her extensive work with vaccines. But as she tells AAFP, she didn’t start off in medicine to become an expert in immunizations. “I was coming up against increasing vaccine…

The University of Washington’s ECHO Project is now accepting registrations for Cohort 4 for its Medication Abortion Access in Primary Care virtual webinars. The webinars begin on Oct. 8 and take place every second Thursday of the month through May 2027. Primary care clinicians, nurses, medical assistants, clinic staff, public health professionals, pharmacists, social workers,…

The window to submit your application for one of AAFP’s eight commissions is now open. Those eight commissions play a key role in operationalizing the work of the national academy, whether it is suggesting action to the Board of Directors or enacting referrals from the Board or one of AAFP’s policymaking bodies. The eight commissions…

A statement from the Washington Academy of Family Physicians: Over the past year, family medicine residency programs across the state have announced changes that will reduce the number of family medicine resident physicians and, in some cases, close programs entirely. The Washington Academy of Family Physicians (WAFP) continues to advocate for robust training opportunities for…

Changes are coming on July 1 for those looking to borrow money for medical school: federal loan availability is decreasing, new caps on loans will be instituted, and options to repay the loans will be simplified. In response to these changes, AAFP has launched a new section on its website dedicated to managing student loan…

From our colleagues at the Washington Chapter for the American Academy of Pediatrics: Are you ready to order vaccines for the 2026–27 respiratory season? It’ll be here before you know it! Join WCAAP and the Washington State Department of Health on June 18 at 12 p.m. for a practical webinar on RSV antibody brand selection.…