Student & Residents: Win a Scholarship to Attend National Conference on Us!At this year’s National Conference of Family Medicine, Residents and Medical Students from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), you can encounter the specialty up close and personal—from a convenient and new virtual platform. And UAFP would like to pay for up to six Utah med students and family med residents to attend! Whether or not you have already registered, if your name is drawn, we will reimburse you for the cost of attendance. Just submit your name and information using the link below and if we draw your name, we will reimburse you to attend this valuable event! UAFP is offering discount tickets that include a picnic dinner, a seat at the game (SL Bees vs. Sacramento River Cats), and a free fireworks show to cap off the evening! Discount ticket prices are $15 for adults (ages 11 and up) and $10 for kids (ages 2-10). Children under two can attend for free and no ticket is needed. Discount purchases are limited to six per UAFP member and to the first 100 tickets sold, so don't wait - Tickets are going fast! Implicit Bias CME - Register Now for Early Bird RatesWhen: Saturday, September 18, 2021 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM Where: In-person at the University of Utah Alumni House AND Virtual through Zoom Target Audience: All healthcare professionals looking to mitigate the negative effects of implicit bias both professional and personally The AAFP has reviewed Mitigating Implicit Bias and deemed it acceptable for up to 3.75 In-Person, Live (could include online) AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 09/18/2021 to 09/18/2021. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The Delta variant is here, and it’s spreading. What you need to know about the rising threat.Andy Larsen, SL Tribune - Nobody wants to hear coronavirus news right now. People are shopping maskless at stores, going on vacations, taking advantage of the summer sun — enjoying their lives. So when Andy Larsen, Award-Winning Explanatory Pandemic Reporter, comes back up in news feeds, it’s feels like a big buzzkill. “This guy? Again? I thought we were over this.” Read more... New OSHA Rules for Healthcare ProfessionalsOSHA has determined that employee exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, presents a grave danger to workers in healthcare settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonably expected to be present and has issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to address the hazard. Read more... AAFP State Fact Sheets: The Importance of Family MedicineAAFP - The Center for State Policy has updated its state-by-state fact sheets highlighting the importance of family medicine. The one pager includes individual state data on family physicians, the physician shortage, and family medicine's contributions to the economy to assist with chapter advocacy efforts. Read the updated Utah fact sheet here. Discount Bees Tickets for All Utah Healthcare Workers for Tuesday, July 13th GameGovernor Spencer Cox invites all Utah healthcare professionals to join him for a Salt Lake Bees game on July 13. They are giving healthcare workers 50% off tickets. Governor Cox will be throwing out the first pitch at the game. You can purchase tickets here: https://bit.ly/BeesThankYou Ways to Celebrate July 4th (more) Safely!Gov. Spencer Cox and dozens of city leaders gathered at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday to plead with resident to skip the at-home fireworks this year. “We are urging all of you to exercise extreme caution during the July holidays. Specifically, please, please, please celebrate without personal fireworks,” the governor said. “These human-caused fireworks destroy property and threaten lives. And they are entirely preventable.” If you still want to celebrate with other and watch fireworks this year, leave it to the professionals and check out one of these celebrations throughout the state. Want to host a colorful and safe celebration at home? Here are some different ways to include lots of red, white, and blue and remain entirely firework-free! Upcoming CME & EventsPrimary Care Collaborative Webinar: Primary Care and the COVID-19 VaccineMonday, July 12, 2021 1st Annual Concussion ConferenceFriday, July 16, 2021 Hike With a DocSaturday, August 7, 2021 Advancing LGBTQ+ Health Equity: Understanding HIV PrEP and Transgender Hormone Therapy WebinarThursday, August 19, 2021 20th Annual Cardiovascular UpdateSaturday, October 23, 2021 |