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Do you know a family medicine educator who has positively impacted their community, students, and residents? If an educator has inspired you, please consider nominating them. The WAFP Foundation wants to celebrate educators who exhibit the highest standards of medical care, training, collaborative leadership, and professionalism in their work with residents, students, colleagues, and patients. Nominate someone…

WAFP resident and medical student members: Registration is now open for the 2024 Student & Resident Retreat, sponsored by the WAFP Foundation. The retreat will be held Feb. 10-11 in Leavenworth. We hope you will join us for a weekend of learning and connection! When registering, you will have the opportunity to stay in your…

The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, in collaboration with the Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association (IPMA), will present the Musculoskeletal Virtual KSA on Nov. 28-29 from 3 to 6 p.m. Pacific time each day. AAFP members, including WAFP members, can register for $400. Upon completion of the KSA, participants will receive 10 certification points and eight…

CHICAGO — During the final session of the 2023 Congress of Delegates, held Oct. 27, the Congress opted to refer WAFP’s resolution on access to doulas to the AAFP Board of Directors for further study. The Reference Committee on Practice Enhancement heard testimony both in support in opposition to the WAFP resolution, which would have…

CHICAGO — During the third session of the 2023 AAFP Congress of Delegates, held at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, the Congress took action on two resolutions submitted by WAFP. The first resolution concerned increased access to methadone as a treatment for opioid use disorder. As submitted by WAFP, the resolution would have directed…

The Department of Health has new resources for 2023 for those serving Medicaid Managed Care patients aged 21 and under. The MCOs and the DOH have collaborated to compile a list of the currently offered 2023 rewards parents can earn for clinics to use when reminding parents that their child is due or overdue for…

The American Academy of Family Physicians invites members to fill out an anonymous, 10-minute survey on salary, benefits, and work satisfaction. Your responses will help build a database that, when launched, will be searchable by state, gender, and other factors, allowing members to compensation for peers in similar professional circumstances. The survey will be open…