SECTION ON MATERNITY CARE AND RURAL PHYSICIANS

Friday, November 10, 2017 Time: 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Room: Clipper Galveston Island Convention Center Galveston, Texas

AGENDA

1. Call to order by Alyssa Molina, MD, Chair. (Vice Chair - Stuti Nagpal, MD)

2. Roll call and introduction of guests. (All present must sign the roll sheet.)

3. Approval of minutes: April 7, 2017

4. Current Business for Maternity Care:

A. Update the Section on the Board’s action regarding travel funding for members toattend the AAFP Family-Centered Maternity Care Live Course each year (willsunset after five years).

a. Finalize an application form and process

b. Select members for the selection committee

c. Finalize a due date for applications and letters of recommendation

d. Determine a deadline for candidate decisions and method of notifying winners

B. Discuss AAFP Reproductive Health Care Member Interest Group

5. Current Business for Rural Physicians:

A. Discuss increasing interest in rural practice and maternity carea. Texas Family Medicine Preceptorship Program

B. Discuss AAFP Rural Health Member Interest Group

6. Other Business

7. Adjourn

Jean Klewitz is the staff person responsible for this section.

Section on Maternity Care and Rural Physicians

Staff Liaison: Jean Klewitz .................................. jklewitz@tafp.org

MOLINA Alyssa Beth MD ....................... (979) 234-2551 Chair (2017) F(979) 234-5994 610 S Austin Rd Eagle Lake TX 77434-3202 alyssarocks79@yahoo.com

NAGPAL Stuti MD ................................................. Vice Chair (2017) 633 S Saint Marys St Unit 2111 San Antonio TX 78205-2805 stutinagpal@gmail.com

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REPORT OF THE SECTION ON MATERNITY CARE AND RURAL PHYSICIANS 1 Author: Alyssa Beth Molina, MD, Chair 2 Date: April 7, 2017 3

4 The following TAFP members of the section were present for the meeting: Stuti Nagpal, MD, Chair; 5 Marian Allen, MD; Emily Briggs, MD; Richard Young, MD; Shelley Kohlleppel, MD; Oscar Garza, MD 6

7 The following staff and guests were present for the meeting: Jean Klewitz, Jonathan Nelson, Russell 8 Kohl, MD 9

10 A regular meeting of the Section on Maternity Care and Rural Physicians was held on Friday, April 7, 11 2017 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas. The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m. 12

13 The Section took action at its meeting that resulted in the following recommendations for 14 consideration by the Board of Directors: 15

16 1. That the Academy offer three scholarships in the amount of $2,000 for a student and a resident,17

and $1,000 for a practicing physician member to attend AAFP’s Family-Centered Maternity Care18 Live Course each year. Awardees will be chosen by a selection committee appointed by the19 Section on Maternity Care and Rural Physicians at its meeting during Annual Session. This20 scholarship program will sunset after five years.21

22 BACKGROUND 23

24 AAFP hosts a four-day conference annually providing CME and clinical procedural workshop 25 training in maternity care. This year’s conference will be held in Denver, CO, July 19 - July 22. 26 Information can be found at http://www.aafp.org/cme/cme-topic/all/maternity-live.html. 27

28 The goal for these scholarships is to increase our state’s workforce of rural family physicians who 29 perform obstetrics. The scholarships will help defray costs for registration, housing, and 30 transportation for the educational experience. 31

32 The process proposed by the Section for selecting awardees and the requirements expected of 33 awardees are contained in the attached memo. 34

35 The following items were discussed at the meeting and are presented for information and further 36 distribution to members. 37

38 1. The Section discussed increasing difficulties with rural hospitals shutting down, which puts39

pregnant women at risk since the nearest hospital can be hours away. Mentioned that OB nurses40 are more expensive than floor nurses and with deliveries you have to have them. If things get41 worse – those departments will be closed first and then ultimately the whole hospital. The Section42 discussed that ambulances in rural areas are also being urged not to take pregnant women, which43 is giving expecting mothers in rural areas very little options for care. Members recommended that44 TAFP advocate for policies to keep those hospitals open.45

2. The Section Board liaison, Dr. Briggs, reported that the Section’s action item from its last46 meeting to create a resident exchange program for obstetrical training was not approved.47

3. Dr. Young presented his recent research on physicians providing obstetrics in rural hospitals. He48 explained there is no official list of rural hospitals.49

4. The Section suggested the Academy could have a resource list of rural hospitals that provide OB50 and then make that list available to residency program directors for residents interested in rural51

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rotations that include OB. Staff will investigate the feasibility of creating and maintaining such a 1 list. 2

5. The Section discussed ways to get more students interested in OB and rural care. They mentioned3 the benefit of lobbyists going to residency programs, Skype lectures from rural practices, and4 connecting FMIGs with family docs in rural areas. They also mentioned scribe services that often5 hire and train pre-med students and that having them in family medicine may help to get them6 interested in family medicine.7

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The following routine business items are reported as official business of the Commission. 9 10

1. The Section discussed TAFP involvement opportunities.11 2. The minutes of November 3, 2016 were approved.12

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The Section on Maternity Care and Rural Physicians passed the following action item:

That the Academy offer three scholarships in the amount of $2,000 for a student and a resident, and $1,000 for a practicing physician member to attend AAFP’s Family-Centered Maternity Care Live Course each year. Awardees will be chosen by a selection committee appointed by the Section on Maternity Care and Rural Physicians at its meeting during Annual Session. This scholarship program will sunset after five years.

The TAFP Board of Directors approved these scholarships with a small correction. Several of the members of the Board felt that the practicing physician should also get $2,000 in travel funding, since $1,000 would only cover the registration and a little of the hotel.

A member of the Board made a substitute motion to provide $2,000 for each of the scholarships and the motion was approved.

Scholarship details

AAFP hosts a four-day conference each year providing CME and clinical procedural workshop training in maternity care. This year’s conference will be held in Denver, CO, July 19 - July 22. Information can be found at http://www.aafp.org/cme/cme-topic/all/maternity-live.html. The goal for these scholarships is to increase our state’s workforce of rural familyphysicians who perform obstetrics. The scholarships will help defray costs for registration,housing, and transportation for the educational experience.

Interested applicants for the scholarships will:

• Complete an application form,• Submit a letter of interest including their career plans and other reasons for wanting

to attend the conference, and• Include a letter of recommendation from a faculty member or a clerkship coordinator.

NOTE: A practicing physician will not be required to submit a letter of recommendation.

To: Section on Maternity Care and Rural Physicians

From: Jean Klewitz

CC: Jonathan Nelson, Kathy McCarthy

Date: 10/23/2017

Re: Board Decision on AAFP’s Family-Centered Maternity Care Live Course Scholarships

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Selection process

Applicants will be chosen by a selection committee comprised of at least three attendees to the Annual Session meeting of the Section on Maternity Care and Rural Physicians. The selection committee will review applications and elect the award winners either by a conference call, over email, or by some other method. Awardees will be notified and invited to attend the Section meeting during Interim Session.

Expectations of awardees

Awardees will be expected to share what they have learned. They can do this in a number of ways but they will be expected to report their activity to the Section at the following Annual Session. Some ideas for presenting what they learned include:

• Give a presentation to the Section on Residents; • Give a presentation to the Section on Medical Students; • Give a presentation to a Family Medicine Interest Group; • Give a presentation to a Family Medicine Residency Program; • Write a blog post or a column for Texas Family Physician, something like

“Top 5 things I learned at AAFP’s Family-Centered Maternity Care Conference.”

Practicing physicians will also be expected to enroll as a preceptor in the Texas Family Medicine Preceptorship Program.

Note: The Section reserves the right not to award one, two, or any of the scholarships if it is deemed there are not suitable candidates for any of them. Because of the 5-year sunset provision, 2022 would be the final year for this scholarship program barring its reauthorization.

Expectations of the Section at Annual Session 2017

• Finalize an application form and process • Select members for the selection committee • Finalize a due date for applications and letters of recommendation

o February was originally suggested • Determine a deadline for candidate decisions and method of notifying winners

o March was originally suggested

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Name: Degree:

Address: City/State/ZIP:

Preferred Phone: Circle one: c / w / h Preferred Email:

Medical School / Residency Program Name:

Faculty Advisor / Program Director Contact Information Name: Phone: Email:

Are you involved in the TAFP Section on Medical Students or the TAFP Section on Resident Physicians? ❏ Yes ❏ No

If so, in what way?

For Medical StudentsAre you involved in your medical school’s FMIG? ❏ Yes ❏ No

Have you participated in the Texas Family Medicine Preceptorship Program? ❏ Yes ❏ No

If so, when and what was your experience like?

Applications are due _____________.

In addition to your completed application, please submit a letter of interest detailing your reasons for wanting to attend the Family-Centered Maternity Care Live Course. Please also submit a letter of recommendation from a physician with whom you have worked.

Submit your application by mail, email, or fax.

Mail: Texas Academy of Family Physicians12012 Technology Blvd. Suite 200Austin, TX 78727

Email: ________________________

Fax: (512) 329-8237

If selected, I agree to share what I have learned at the conference via a presentation to students, residents, or via a blog post/column for TAFP. I agree that TAFP can use my photograph and name to promote future scholarship opportunities.

Signature of Applicant: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________

TEXAS ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Family-Centered Maternity Care Live Course Scholarship ApplicationFor Medical Students and Resident Physicians

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Name: Number of Years at Current Practice:

Home Address: City/State/ZIP:

Practice Address: City/State/ZIP:

Preferred Phone: Circle one: c / w / h Preferred Email:

Are you involved in the education of medical students or residents? ❏ Yes ❏ No

If yes, in what capacity?

Have you participated in the Texas Family Medicine Preceptorship Program? ❏ Yes ❏ No

If yes, when and what was your experience like?

Applications are due _____________.

In addition to your completed application, please submit a CV and a letter of interest detailing your reasons for wanting to attend this conference and how you feel it will affect your current and/or future practice.

Submit your application by mail, email, or fax.

Mail: Texas Academy of Family Physicians 12012 Technology Blvd. Suite 200 Austin, TX 78727

Email: ________________________

Fax: (512) 329-8237

If selected, I agree to share what I have learned at the conference via a presentation to students, residents, or via a blog post/column for TAFP. I agree to enroll as a preceptor in the Texas Family Preceptorship Program. I agree that TAFP can use my photograph and name to promote future scholarship opportunities.

Signature of Applicant: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________

TEXAS ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Family-Centered Maternity Care Live Course Scholarship ApplicationFor Physicians

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Rural Health Member Interest Group Grow connections among American Academy of Family Physicians members with a dist inct interest in rural health, inclusive

of rural practice topics and rural medical education issues related to producing family physic ians prepared for rural practice when you join the Rural Health Member Interest Group (MIG).

Established: July 2014

Objectives

• Grow connections among American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) members with a distinct interest in rural health, inclusive of rural practice topics and rural medical education issues related to producing family physicians prepared for rural practice

• Work collaboratively with the cross-commission rural group to provide grassroots AAFP member information for the use of the cross-commission rural group and the sponsoring AAFP commission

• Increase the participation of rural practicing physicians in the AAFP

• Articulate ongoing objectives of AAFP members with a distinct interest in rural practice and rural health by providing an annual update of the Rural Health MIG to the sponsoring AAFP commission

• Assist the AAFP in membership recruitment and retention of rural practicing family physicians

Long-term Goals

• Provide an effective grassroots communication structure for AAFP members with a distinct interest in rural health, inclusive of rural practice topics and rural medical education issues related to providing continuing medical education and producing a workforce of family physicians prepared for rural practice

• Engage and coordinate the members of the Rural Health MIG at AAFP meetings such as AAFP Assembly, as appropriate

• Integrate the Rural Health MIG with existing AAFP structures to work collaboratively. This includes cooperating with the cross-commission rural group to provide grassroots AAFP member information and working closely with the sponsoring AAFP commission to be a resource to the work of the commission.

• Increase AAFP membership among rural practicing physicians and other family physicians with interest in rural health, and demonstrate a recognized value of AAFP membership through the Rural Health MIG

• Provide a resource and sounding board to the AAFP on rural health and rural practice issues through the articulation of ongoing objectives in the annual update of the Rural Health MIG to the sponsoring AAFP commission

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texas family medicine preceptorship program2016 – 2017 Final Report to the Texas Higher Education

Coordinating Board

12012 Technology Blvd., Ste. 200Austin, TX 78727

(512) 329-8666www.tafp.org

tfmpp

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Table of Contents

FINAL MATCH NUMBERS ................................................................................................ 2

STUDENT PARTICIPATION BY MEDICAL SCHOOL ...................................................... 2

HISTORICAL STUDENT PARTICIPATION BY SCHOOL ................................................. 4

INTENDED SPECIALITY TRAINING ................................................................................ 8

LENGTH OF ROTATION BY LOCATION .......................................................................... 8

ADDITIONAL FUNDING EFFORTS .................................................................................. 9

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FINAL MATCH NUMBERS Student Stats Number Total number of applications 189 Students who withdrew from the program 71 Students who cancelled after a match was confirmed 22 Students that did not show up to their rotation 1 Unmatched 18 Rural, HPSA, MUA matches 35 Total Number of Matches for 2017 102 Total number of completed matches for 2017 80 Preceptor Stats Number Total number of preceptor volunteers 655 Preceptors that hosted one student 63 Preceptors that hosted two students (at different times) 7 Preceptors that hosted three students (at different times) 1 Total number of utilized preceptors 71

STUDENT PARTICIPATION BY MEDICAL SCHOOL School 2011 2016 2017 BCM 3 9 6

UNTHSC 8 10 12

TAMUHSC 39 0 3

TTUHSC- Lubbock 9 11 9

TTUHSC- Paul Foster 2 1 3

UT Houston 14 11 13

UTHSC- San Antonio 6 9 6

UTSW 3 7 10

UTMB- Galveston 15 5 15

UTRGV 0 0 3

TOTAL 99 63 80

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The 2017 fiscal year of the Texas Family Medicine Preceptorship program saw significant improvement in student participation, due in part to continued state funding, more aggressive marketing efforts and a greater understanding of the program experience.

In total, we received 189 applications from students across the lone star state. While the marketing and awareness challenges we faced in 2016 were largely avoided, 2017 brought a new set of challenges to overcome.

Preceptor employer challenges

Many of our volunteer preceptors faced internal challenges with their employer when it came to accept medical students for rotations. Some employer locations were willing to accept medical students into their facilities, but required several prequalification – drug testing, criminal background checks, vaccine records, etc. – to be completed prior to signing off on the experience. Often these requests delayed the specifically requested start times for the medical student and caused the rotation to be canceled.

Affiliation agreements

Affiliation agreements were another hurdle facing TFMPP. Several medical facilities required an affiliation agreement between themselves and the medical schools of students to facilitate the rotation. This also caused several matches to be cancelled.

Plenty of students for certain locations

Because we had an influx in medical student participants, we faced the obstacle of having a surplus of students requesting specific locations. Those popular locations did not always have enough available family physicians and again, often had number of restrictions for medical student rotations.

With these new challenges in mind we have begun dialogues with medical schools, individual practice administrators and physicians, to avoid these issues during the 2018 preceptorship program. TAFP remains committed to the opportunity to expose as many medical students to the family medicine specialty as possible.

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HISTORICAL STUDENT PARTICIPATION BY SCHOOL

Preclinical Students Participating 1991 - 2017

SCHOOL 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 UTHSCH 37 55 67 92 81 94 60 52 82 UTMB 28 56 61 61 28 33 11 21 22 TAMUHSC 6 16 20 19 32 30 27 16 20 TTUHSC 20 31 38 37 34 32 28 19 34 UTSW 24 22 17 16 24 24 22 14 32 UTHSCSA 29 16 19 16 21 21 14 14 9 UNTHSC 8 17 16 16 14 22 11 10 18 BCOM 16 12 15 7 13 11 4 4 2

168 225 253 264 247 267 177 150 219

SCHOOL 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 UTHSCH 76 60 40 46 42 34 27 35 28 UTMB 34 27 19 18 7 13 18 12 21 TAMUHSC 23 15 28 21 29 34 35 38 44 TTUHSC 28 13 19 16 9 14 20 9 16 UTSW 30 24 11 20 15 12 8 6 8 UTHSCSA 7 2 2 7 13 5 6 4 8 UNTHSC 4 12 29 23 7 4 6 2 12 BCOM 3 1 10 5 0 7 5 2 2

205 154 158 156 122 123 125 108 139 SCHOOL 2009 2010 2011 2016 2017 UTHSCH 22 20 14 11 13 UTMB 23 24 15 5 15 TAMUHSC 38 35 39 0 3 TTUHSC 5 12 9 11 9 TTUHSC- PF 0 0 2 1 3 UTSW 8 4 3 7 10 UTHSCSA 11 12 6 9 6 UNTHSC 12 9 8 10 12 BCOM 2 0 3 9 6 UTRGV 0 0 0 3 3 121 116 99 63 80

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STUDENT AND PRECEPTOR BY LOCATION First Name Last Name Preceptor School Location Type Desire Guillory Adrian N Billings, MD UTMB Alpine Rural Philip Jarrett Satish Nayak, MD UTSW Andrews Rural Ryan Brown Jason Mogonye, MD TCOM Arlington Metro Amy Luu Gilbert Ledesma, MD UTSW Arlington Metro Michelle Suh Lamia Kadir, MD BCM Austin Metro Lina Mahmood Erica W Swegler, MD UTHSCSA Austin Metro Drew Johnson Alan Byrd, MD TTUHSC Bay City Rural James Miller Charles McCurley, MD UTHSCSA Boerne Rural Kallie Kram Eric Alford, MD BCM Brenham Rural Bless Onaiwu Cynthia Stuart, DO UTMB Carrollton Metro Shunan Zhu Mary S Nguyen, MD UTHSCSA Castroville MUA Jamal Nowlin George N Stokes, MD TTUHSC Cleveland MUA Shelby Spaniel Barton E Giessel, MD TCOM Corsicana Rural Maria Ruiz Patrick Boothe, MD UTSW Dallas Metro Christine Hinz Rahele Lameh, MD UTSW Dallas Metro Hayley Williams Chad Nyland, DO UTSW Dallas Metro Jacob Welch Alan G Berg, DO UTSW Dallas Metro Marisela Munoz Dana A Bleakney, MD UTMB Dallas Metro David Magness Ramon Cantu, MD UTHSCH Eagle Lake Metro Grace Guvernator Alyssa B Molina, MD UTHSCH Eagle Lake Rural Jaime Carrillo Arturo R Hernandez, MD TTUHSC- E El Paso Metro Garrett Walker Arturo R Hernandez, MD TTUHSC- E El Paso Metro Stephanie Abrams Taslema Sattar, MD TCOM Fort Worth Metro Mark Fersch Thomas Crow, MD TCOM Fort worth Metro Mikel Bell Al Faigin, DO TCOM Fort Worth Metro Harsha Alles Taslema Sattar, MD TCOM Fort Worth Metro

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First Name Last Name Preceptor School Location Type Heather Jones Lesca C. Hadley, MD TTUHSC- E Fort Worth Metro Jasmine Washington Lesca C. Hadley, MD UTMB Fort Worth Metro Carissa Ford Gary Webb, MD UTMB Friona Rural Michelle Grundstrom Christopher Noyes, MD TTUHSC Frisco Metro Weldon Allen Pete Brown, MD TCOM Graham Rural Katherine French Debra K Harvey, MD BCM Houston Metro Katherine Zhu Sherri D Onyiego, MD BCM Houston Metro Michael Petrus Mary Campbell-Fox, DO TCOM Houston Metro Swasti Gyawali Patrice Latimer, MD TCOM Houston Metro Trong Nguyen Chuong Nguyen, MD UTHSCH Houston Metro Amanda Stevens Patricia Janki, MD UTHSCH Houston Metro Hannah Uhlig Donald C Young, MD UTHSCH Houston Metro Yesul Kim Suparna M Chhibber, MD UTHSCH Houston Metro Jennifer Bush David Buck, MD UTHSCH Houston Metro Nicole Lyons Suparna M Chhibber, MD UTHSCH Houston Metro Nhat Hoang Steven T. Dennis, MD UTMB Houston Metro Maureen Ezekor Rosanne Popp, MD UTMB Houston MUA Kiera Mason Stephanie Elmore, MD UTSW Irving Metro Ebin Neduvelil James M Anderson, MD UTMB Irving Metro Syeda Javaid Severino Pimentel, MD TCOM Katy Metro Adriana Garcia Luis Benavides, MD UTMB Laredo Rural Jason Mallett Rebecca Hart, MD TAMUHSC League City Metro Helayna Abraham Lewis Browne, MD TTUHSC Longview Metro Brady Holstead James Garrett, MD TTUHSC Lubbock Metro Hillary Powers Fiona Prabhu, MD TTUHSC Lubbock Rural Priya Jagadeesan Naomi J. Davis, MD BCM McAllen Metro Ashley Sanchez Naomi J. Davis, MD UTHSCH McAllen Metro

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First Name Last Name Preceptor School Location Type Courtney Remington Maria Colon-Gonzalez, MD UTRGV McAllen MUA Sravan Narapureddy Maria Colon-Gonzalez, MD UTRGV McAllen MUA Cristina Cepeda Maria Colon-Gonzalez, MD UTRGV McAllen MUA Akshay Narendra Timothy Brinkman, MD UTSW McKinney Metro Oliver Taylor Travis Brown, MD UTSW Midlothian Metro Riley Little Lindsay Aldrich, MD UTHSCH Nacogdoches Rural William McDonough James R Bartay, MD UTMB New Braunfels Metro Lee Oud Christine Wan, MD TCOM Odessa HPSA Mercedez Hernandez Glenn T Orsak, MD UTMB Pearland Metro Ryan Reyes James Dopson, MD UTHSCSA Quitman Rural Gabrielle Taper Lawrie H Friedman, MD UTHSCH Richardson Metro Kendall Turner Sandra Esparza, MD TAMUHSC Round Rock MUA Ben Alexander Alexander Minney, MD TTUHSC San Angelo Metro Anthony Quesada David A. Ramos, MD BCM San Antonio Metro Jennifer Cervera Solomon Paley, MD TTUHSC San Antonio Metro Gabrielle Lee Ruth Morgan, MD UTHSCSA San Antonio MUA Matthew Deng K. Ashok Kumar, MD UTHSCSA San Antonio Metro Román Meneses Antonia M Hernandez, MD UTMB San Juan MUA Bianca Saenz Antonia M Hernandez, MD UTMB San Juan MUA Andrew Gerber Cathy Hart, MD UTHSCH Shenandoah Metro Jaime Huckabee Linda Heflin, MD TCOM Stephenville Rural Vanessa Chen Elise Y Sadoun, MD UTHSCH Sugar Land Metro Allison Popovich Elise Y Sadoun, MD UTMB Sugar Land Metro Kim McRobbie Donald Freitag, MD TTUHSC Tahoka Rural Dania Albaba Isra Amer, MD UTMB Webster Metro Haseeb Khatri Jorge A Duchicela, MD TAMUHSC Weimar Metro Collin Buerger Gary P Ozier, MD UTSW Wichita Falls Metro

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INTENDED SPECIALITY TRAINING

Intended Field of Practice Numbers

Primary Care 31

Family Medicine 9

undecided 17

Family Medicine or Internal Medicine 2

Family Medicine or Pediatrics 3

Sub Specialty 6

Undecided 43

LENGTH OF ROTATION BY LOCATION

31%

2%7%

60%

Metro

2 weeks

2.5 weeks

3 weeks

4 weeks

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ADDITIONAL FUNDING EFFORTS Texas Academy of Family Physicians continues to support the Texas Family Medicine Preceptorship Program in various ways. Multiple TAFP staff members provided their expertise to support and promote the program without billing the preceptorship program for their services. Each participating perceptor is donating in-kind support to this program by volunteering their time, support, and knowledge to the program.

23%

23%

54%

Rural, HPSA, MUA

2 weeks

3 weeks

4 weeks

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Reproductive Health Care Member Interest Group Promote evidence-based reproductive health care in family medicine when you join the Reproductive Health Care Member

Interest Group (MIG). Help AAFP members integrate comprehensive reproductive health care into their pract ices.

Established: October 2014

Objectives

• Promote evidence-based reproductive health care in family medicine.

• Create and offer CME activities on topics related to reproductive health care.

• Help AAFP members integrate comprehensive reproductive health care into their practices.

• Assist the AAFP in membership recruitment and retention of family physicians practicing reproductive health care.

Long-term Goals

• Allow women and men to obtain full spectrum reproductive health care in the privacy of their own family physician’s office.

• Influence policies of the AAFP to support advocacy, education and public health measures that expand access for women to high quality, evidence-based family planning care and which encourage appropriately planned pregnancies and good birth outcomes.

• Embrace miscarriage care as part of the scope of practice of family medicine in order to provide more holistic care to families.

• Develop and propose a Maintenance of Certification Part IV module to the American Board of Family Medicine focused on evidence-based comprehensive reproductive health.

• Develop leadership of MIG participants by creating opportunities through advocacy for the above goals.

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