Posts by Brian Hunsicker

Join us on Saturday, Oct. 26, for a virtual KSA on pain medicine. Registration is now open! If you’ve never attended a KSA before, these CME events are sponsored by the American Board of Family Medicine. Attendees complete a 60-question knowledge self-assessment (KSA) as a group, and the sessions are led by a moderator and…

The Washington Medical Commission is seeking commission members from the 8th (represented by Rep. Kim Schrier) and 10th (Rep. Marilyn Strickland) Congressional Districts. To identify your congressional district, use the “Find Your Representative” tool in the upper right of the House of Representatives’ homepage. To be eligible, you must have an active allopathic license, have…

WENATCHEE — New leadership for the Washington Academy of Family Physicians was elected and sworn in at the 2024 House of Delegates at the Wenatchee Convention Center. Carla Ainsworth, MD, MPH, of Seattle, was sworn in as president by the AAFP visitor, president-elect Jen Brull, MD, FAAFP, of Colorado Springs. The full elected leadership of…

WAFP’s House of Delegates is the organization’s annual meeting where members elect new leaders and debate policy proposals. WAFP’s leadership, committees, and staff will continue work throughout the year on those proposals approved by the House of Delegates. Topics of this year’s proposals (called resolutions) include continuity of care, crisis pregnancy centers, expedited partner treatment,…

The WAFP will host the Care of Women KSA on Saturday, April 27, in Wenatchee. Registration is open, so join us today! The Care of Women KSA focuses on having a better understanding of the unique health care needs as well as common medical conditions experienced by gender-identified women including gynecologic conditions and reproductive health,…

The Washington Medical Commission is warning licensed health care providers that scammers continue to impersonate it and other governmental agencies. Below is WMC’s press release from March 5, 2024: An ongoing fraud ring has been preying on healthcare practitioners. The fraudulent behavior includes using the Washington Medical Commission (WMC) phone number, email and web URL;…

Friday, April 5, 20247:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. PTSwedish Cherry Hill and Simultaneous Live, Virtual Broadcast Providence Swedish’s Seventh Annual LGBTQIA2S+ Health Symposium will focus on the provision of primary preventive care, sexual health counseling, reproductive health, and family planning for our LGBTQIA+ communities. The current climate has made it difficult to provide care to…

The WAFP Foundation is excited to offer up to 20 scholarships to attend the WSMA Leadership Conference in Chelan on May 17-18, 2024.  Why do you want to attend? To quote Dr. Katina Rue, a family physician and the immediate past WSMA president, “The Leadership Development Conference features an outstanding lineup of speakers, all experts in…