Issues: April 2, 2021
Family Medicine Welcomes 4,493 Soon-to-Be Residents
The OAFP congratulates this year’s medical student graduates on an outstanding Match. This was the first solely virtual experience and the 10th consecutive year that an all-time record number of students matched to the specialty! Read More
Celebrate by Connecting to Free Community Resources
This April, the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians joins Ohio’s Commission on Minority Health in lifting up wellness and good health by helping to advance the goals of Minority Health Month with a 30-day wellness campaign. Read More
Bite-Sized Learning to Address Commonly Asked Questions on Hip and Knee Replacement
Join us and Dr. Graham Pallante, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip & knee reconstruction with Orthopedic ONE for a discussion about total hip and knee replacement. Read More
Read the Book; Participate in the Discussion
Join us on May 13 for a discussion on the book “My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.” Registration is free and open to all OAFP members as a benefit of membership. Read More
Two mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
Multiple vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or COVID-19 disease are in development, but two are now available in the U.S. under FDA EAU that use lipid-encapsulated modified messenger RNA to encode for the full-length spike protein on the surface of the virus. Read More
Start Back to School Well Visits Now to Catch-Up on Childhood Vaccinations
Family physicians and their care teams have a unique opportunity to take swift and decisive action to bring in school-age children between March and May to catch them up on missed vaccinations and provide well visit services missed during the pandemic. Read More