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LearningLink Debuts With Series on Managing Pain
bbein@aafp.org Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0500
The AAFP has launched a new online classroom, dubbed LearningLink, that provides Academy members with CME in multiple formats. The free program focuses on specific diseases or medical conditions, with pain management as the first topic.
AIM Webcast on Heart-Healthy Foods Scheduled for Aug. 7
bbein@aafp.org Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:05:00 -0500
AAFP members looking for ways to help patients improve their overall health are invited to register for a CME webcast designed to teach physicians how to encourage patients to add heart-healthy foods to their diets. The webcast is part of the Academy's Americans in Motion, or AIM, fitness initiative.
FP Essentials, FP Audio Get New Look
bbein@aafp.org Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:30:00 -0500
Subscribers to AAFP's Home Study program might have noticed the most recent FP Essentials monograph -- the June edition -- has a new look. The changes were made at the request of Home Study program subscribers and come at no additional subscription cost.
AAFP Study: Multiple Efforts Lead to Sustainable Practice Improvements
ann@aafp.org Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:25:00 -0500
When it comes to boosting performance in an area of your practice, don't undertake just one activity, such as a CME course, and expect a measurably meaningful, sustainable improvement. Instead, combine several activities for a prolonged period to bring about the change you want. So says the study "Impact of Educational Interventions on Physician Performance and Patient Outcomes," which was published recently in CE Measure, the journal of outcomes measurement in continuing health care education.
AAFP Foundation Lands $2.9 Million Grant
sporter@aafp.org Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Family physicians and America's seniors stand to benefit from a $2.9 million grant recently awarded by The Atlantic Philanthropies to the AAFP Foundation. The three-year grant is to help the Academy develop and implement educational programs for FPs, with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes for America's seniors.
California AFP Has Key Role in Ambitious Effort to Fight Tobacco Use
ann@aafp.org Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:25:00 -0500
The California AFP is partnering with eight other organizations in a multi-year CME initiative designed to significantly reduce the number of Americans who smoke. The initiative's primary goal is to educate at least 46,000 physicians and other health care professionals about effective ways to help patients quit. Hand-in-hand with that goal will be providing useful tools to help clinicians implement what they've learned.
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LearningLink Debuts With Series on Managing Pain
bbein@aafp.org Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0500
The AAFP has launched a new online classroom, dubbed LearningLink, that provides Academy members with CME in multiple formats. The free program focuses on specific diseases or medical conditions, with pain management as the first topic.
AIM Webcast on Heart-Healthy Foods Scheduled for Aug. 7
bbein@aafp.org Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:05:00 -0500
AAFP members looking for ways to help patients improve their overall health are invited to register for a CME webcast designed to teach physicians how to encourage patients to add heart-healthy foods to their diets. The webcast is part of the Academy's Americans in Motion, or AIM, fitness initiative.
FP Essentials, FP Audio Get New Look
bbein@aafp.org Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:30:00 -0500
Subscribers to AAFP's Home Study program might have noticed the most recent FP Essentials monograph -- the June edition -- has a new look. The changes were made at the request of Home Study program subscribers and come at no additional subscription cost.
AAFP Study: Multiple Efforts Lead to Sustainable Practice Improvements
ann@aafp.org Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:25:00 -0500
When it comes to boosting performance in an area of your practice, don't undertake just one activity, such as a CME course, and expect a measurably meaningful, sustainable improvement. Instead, combine several activities for a prolonged period to bring about the change you want. So says the study "Impact of Educational Interventions on Physician Performance and Patient Outcomes," which was published recently in CE Measure, the journal of outcomes measurement in continuing health care education.
AAFP Foundation Lands $2.9 Million Grant
sporter@aafp.org Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500
Family physicians and America's seniors stand to benefit from a $2.9 million grant recently awarded by The Atlantic Philanthropies to the AAFP Foundation. The three-year grant is to help the Academy develop and implement educational programs for FPs, with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes for America's seniors.
California AFP Has Key Role in Ambitious Effort to Fight Tobacco Use
ann@aafp.org Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:25:00 -0500
The California AFP is partnering with eight other organizations in a multi-year CME initiative designed to significantly reduce the number of Americans who smoke. The initiative's primary goal is to educate at least 46,000 physicians and other health care professionals about effective ways to help patients quit. Hand-in-hand with that goal will be providing useful tools to help clinicians implement what they've learned.

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