SAVE THE DATE
UAFP Annual Meeting Rescheduled for Friday, August 28th:
We're Going Virtual!
We will have more details in the coming weeks, but for now please mark your calendar to join us for the virtual version of our Annual Meeting:
- Hear from AAFP President-Elect, Dr. Ada Stewart
- Convocation of new AAFP Fellows
- Awarding of the Utah Family Medicine Physician of the Year and Family Medicine Advocate of the Year
- Meet the new UAFP Board Members
- Update on UAFP activities for the coming year
- Registration coming soon!
AAFP President-Elect,
Dr. Ada Stewart
Mental Health and Book Event
Tomorrow, Saturday June 13th @ 7:00pm
Join UAFP President and author, Kyle Bradford Jones, MD, FAAFP, on Facebook Live to talk about decreasing the stigma of mental illness and his book Fallible: a memoir of a young physician’s struggle with mental illness.
Follow Dr. Jones on Facebook and join him for this event at https://www.facebook.com/kbjones11/
Voting for UAFP Bylaw Changes Ends June 18
In accordance with our bylaws, we are asking for your vote in favor of changes the Board of Directors is recommending to our current bylaws.
A simple majority of votes received is required to approve changes. Voting will be open through 5:00pm, June 18, 2020. If you would like to review the current bylaws and proposed changes in full, you can access them in the links provided:
Full version of PROPOSED bylaws
Please reach out to Maryann Martindale with any questions or concerns at 801-736-0722 or by email.
Want to Represent Family Medicine
at the UMA House of Delegates?
UMA's House of Delegates is going online this year - September 11 & 12, 2020. UAFP has several delegate spots to fill this year. To serve as a delegate, you must be both a member of UAFP and UMA. We would love to send a full roster of family doctors who are passionate about legislative issues that affect their patients and their practice!
Learn more about the meeting on UMA's website.
Please contact Barbara Muñoz and let her know if you are interested and to get all the details.
Have a Resolution Idea?
With AAFP Congress of Delegates and UMA House of Delegates coming up this fall, it's the perfect opportunity for you to craft and submit a resolution. If you have a resolution you would like to submit for either conference, let us know. Contact Maryann for more information.
UTAH COVID-19 UPDATES
Utah Revamps COVID-19 Risk Level Guidelines
Salt Lake City remains at "orange" as Kane County moves to "green" while the rest of the state remains at "yellow." The State released its latest version of the risk levels and public health guidelines on Thursday. Read the updated version here.
Nonprofits Call on Utah Legislature to Use Rainy Day Funds
A broad coalition of Utah nonprofits called on the Utah Legislature Thursday to dip into rainy day funds rather than cut spending to services when it meets in a special session next week. The decrease in state revenues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing lawmakers to reevaluate the budget they passed during the general session early this year and could lead to significant spending decreases. Joining the call was Representative Suzanne Harrison, a physician, who recently co-authored an editorial with Logan Representative Dan Johnson titled "State budget cuts must not affect education, social services."
UAFP Resource Pages
UAFP has created COVID-19 resource pages for you to access as needed. We have three lists that we update regularly:
Have a suggestion for additional resources to add to any of these lists? Or have another suggestion about how UAFP can support you and your practice during these uncertain times? Please reach out to us by email or call us at 801-736-0722 and let us know!
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P.O. Box 521113
Salt Lake City, UT
801-736-0722