When: Friday, September 17 @ 6:00pm

Where: University of Utah Alumni House OR join Virtually

Join us the evening of Friday, September 17th at the University of Utah Alumni House for dinner, introduction of new board members, awards for Utah Family Medicine Champion of the Year and Utah Family Physician of the Year, and keynote address by AAFP President, Dr. Ada Stewart. Option to attend in person or remotely. Please note: masks will be required for all in-person attendees. More information on our registration page. 

Hike with a Doc Rescheduled for Saturday, September 25

Join us on Saturday, September 25, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m. for a hike to Lake Solitude in Big Cottonwood Canyon to participate in our medical student mentoring activity, where attending and resident family physicians hike with medical students to share their experiences and why they chose Family Medicine.

UAFP will provide snacks and water, so just be sure to bring sturdy shoes and sunblock!  More details will be provided with registration.

If you previously registered for the hike scheduled for last week, please re-register so that we have an accurate count. Thank you!

CME & Ski is BACK! Join us for the 6th Annual UAFP CME & Ski! In addition to learning, you and your family are able to ski at a world-class resort and enjoy the many amenities Park City, UT has to offer!

This year's CME & Ski will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel (formerly the Yarrow) in Park City.  Get all the details on our event page. 

Wear masks and get the vaccine, say top LDS leaders, even as more wards return to face coverings

Salt Lake Tribune - Amid a surge in coronavirus variants, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a strong call Thursday to its members to wear masks “in public meetings whenever social distancing is not possible” and to “be vaccinated.”

“We find ourselves fighting a war against the ravages of COVID-19 and its variants,” the governing First Presidency wrote to everyone in the 16.6 million-member church. “...We want to do all we can to limit the spread of these viruses. We know that protection from the diseases they cause can only be achieved by immunizing a very high percentage of the population.” Read more...

Real-world Effectiveness and Tolerability of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Ambulatory Patients With Early COVID-19

Open Forum Infectious Diseases -  In this quasi-experimental pre-/postimplementation study, we estimated the effectiveness of MAb treatment within 7 days of symptom onset in high-risk ambulatory adults with COVID-19. The primary outcome was a composite of emergency department visits or hospitalizations within 14 days of positive test. Secondary outcomes included adverse events and 14-day mortality. The average treatment effect in the treated for MAb therapy was estimated using inverse probability of treatment weighting and the impact of MAb implementation using propensity-weighted interrupted time series analysis. Read more...

UAFP Member, Dr. Richard Ferguson, Featured in KUTV Report 

KUTV - Slowing down how quickly variants mutate is the way to stop the COVID-19 virus from side-stepping vaccine protection.

Some health experts are predicting expect a spike when schools re-open in a week and then the delta variant wave to peak in the next few weeks. Watch here...

Salt Lake County Council votes 6-3 to overturn school mask order

Despite opposition from educational and medical groups, including UAFP, the Salt Lake County Council voted to overturn Salt Lake County Health Department's mask mandate for school children, grades K-6. The mask mandate would have required universal masking for all Salt Lake County Schools in indoor settings. Read more...