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Mark Your Calendar 2021 House of Delegates (May 6): It’s not too late to represent your local chapter at the 2021 House of Delegates! Sign up today. 64th Annual Scientific Assembly (May 7-8): Featured speakers include Dr. Tochi Iroku-Malize, AAFP Director, speaking on COVID-19’s long-haul effects; Dr. Renee Crichlow, incoming vice chair of health equity…

Mark Your Calendar Telling Your Story: Narrative Medicine (April 21): The second event in WAFP’s Professional Development Series will feature Ben Davis, MD, who will discuss storytelling as a way to communicate and crafting a compelling narrative. The event is free for WAFP members. Register today! 2021 House of Delegates (May 6): Represent your local…

Mark Your Calendar 2021 House of Delegates (May 6): Learn more about the upcoming House of Delegates meeting and how you can be involved from WAFP Speaker of the House Jeanne Cawse-Lucas, MD: Sign up to be a delegate today! Sunday, March 7, is the deadline for on-time resolutions. If you need assistance or are…

Mark Your Calendar Continuing Medical Education (Feb. 20): WAFP will offer approximately five hours of CME on Saturday, Feb. 20, beginning at 8 a.m. In keeping with the WAFP’s focus on helping family physicians, this CME event is free to WAFP members. Scheduled topics include insulin therapy, tackling structural racism, testosterone replacement in men, adult…

Mark Your Calendar Student and Resident Retreat (Jan. 30 – 31): Sponsored by the Foundation and developed by and for medical students and family medicine residents, this event offers practical clinical skill-building workshops and broadens participants’ knowledge of issues and opportunities in a family medicine specialty. Through a virtual program, speakers will interact with attendees…

Mark Your Calendar Purchase PPE from Project N95 Now Through Dec. 8: WAFP is partnering once again with AAFP and Project N95 to offer another opportunity for members to purchase the following PPE at bulk pricing and in small quantities: N95 surgical respirators (sizes S and M/L); surgical masks (Levels 1-3); isolation gowns (Levels 1…

Mark Your Calendar Coding Update on Nov. 4: Significant coding changes take effect Jan. 1, 2021. Get ready! Attend this seminar where payment specialists from AAFP discuss how the changes benefit family physicians, how coding and sign-off should happen for supervised team members, and the impact on third-party and Medicaid billing. This is offered free…

Mark Your Calendar Coding Update on Nov. 4: Significant coding changes take effect Jan. 1, 2021. Get ready! Attend this seminar where payment specialists from AAFP discuss how the changes benefit family physicians, how coding and sign-off should happen for supervised team members, and impact on third-party and Medicaid billing. This is offered free to…

Mark Your Calendar PPE Bulk Purchasing: Monday is the deadline to register with the N95 Project, which allows WAFP members to purchase PPE at bulk pricing in small quantities. Your must order be placed by 1 p.m. PDT on Sept. 4, but you cannot order without registering. Pricing and other information is available in WAFP’s…

COVID-19 The Latest on the COVID-19 Organizational Health Register Today for WAFP’s 2020 House of Delegates and Annual Scientific Assembly! Please Participate in WAFP’s 2020 Member Survey! House of Delegates Resolutions Must be Submitted by March 8 Medical Student Co-Trustees, Resident Trustee Selected for 2020-21 Is Your Address Up to Date? Nominations Being Accepted for…