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Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

This year’s event promises a blend of learning, professional development, and networking opportunities, set against the backdrop of the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center, located in the heart of Montgomery, AL. AAFP is proud to offer the Musculoskeletal Knowledge Self-Assessment CME on Sunday at this event.

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Optimizing participation in the OECD PaRIS Project: Lessons learned in Saskatchewan [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Eligibility criteria involved PCPs (family physicians and/or nurse practitioners) who facilitated a panel of patients; and PWLE who were 45 years of age or older, with or without a chronic condition, and who had documented appointments with an eligible PCP in the past six months.

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Breaking: Healthcare Workers Experiencing Hope as Side Effect of COVID-19 Vaccine

GomerBlog

ATLANTA, GA – The most common side effect or adverse reaction healthcare workers are experiencing after the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is hope, Gomerblog reports. “These symptoms have ceased to exist since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, so it is indeed alarming.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Meg is a researcher and professor of Gerontological Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing at UCSF. And there’s multiple survival analyses looking at incident dementia, and hearing loss is strong, independently associated with the time to event dementia.

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MAFP Supports Two Student Programs This Summer!

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to shadow the head nurse practitioner at the Augusta clinic. From my first step into the convention center in Kansas City, I was in awe of the magnitude of the event and the opportunity to meet medical students and residents from across the country.

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CDC Proposes Updating Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, Warning Against Continued Misapplication

FDA Law Blog

It is intended for clinicians (primary care, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and oral health practitioners) who provide pain care to outpatients aged 18 years or older with acute pain (lasting less than a month), subacute pain (lasting 1-3 months) or chronic pain (lasting more than 3 months) in outpatient settings.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Eric: Which is, so let’s say I am a provider, a healthcare provider taking, let’s say a nurse practitioner working in an older, a clinic that’s mainly caring for older adults. But, for a majority, it’s a first time event. Susan: Thank you for working in rural Northern California, nurse practitioner.