UAFP Delegation Seeks Member Input on Gender-Affirming Care Policy and Healthcare Coverage Topics
Your UAFP delegation to the AAFP Congress of Delegates needs your input on a few resolutions we will be asked to vote on at AAFP Congress of Delegates. As your representatives, we wish to get input from members on if we support, oppose, modify, or remain neutral on some of the more potentially contentious resolution topics. The information you share will be helpful for this and future work at the UAFP. Please take this brief survey here Thank you in advance for your response.
Sincerely, Saphu Pradhan, MD
Kirsten Stoesser, MD, FAAFP
Jesse Spencer, MD
Sarah Woolsey, MD, MPH, FAAFP
UAFP Women's Health Half-Day CME Conference Saturday, November 7, 2020
8:00 AM - 1:15 PM Early bird pricing available now - only $35 for UAFP Members to attend!
Speakers from Utah and around the country will be presenting on the following topics: - HPV-Informed Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention
- Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Current and Emerging Therapies for Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids: What Do You Need to Know?
- Pelvic Floor-The Forgotten Muscles
- Contraception for Medically Complex Patients
Learn more and register now at: utahafp.org/events/womens-health-cme/ Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
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4th Annual Translational Hypertension Symposium (Virtual)
Hosted by the University of Utah School of MedicineThursday, October 8, 2020, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Learn more and register here
Practical Dermatology for Primary Care
Hosted by University of Utah School of MedicineFriday, October 20, 2020, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Virtual Meeting Learn more and register here
2020 Annual Update in Medical Specialties and Primary Care (Virtual)
Hosted by Intermountain HealthcareFriday, October 30, 2020, 7:45 AM - 4:45 PM, Virtual Meeting, Murray, UT Learn more and register online here
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