Issues: April 24, 2018

Cheers to 70 Years: To the Future of Family Medicine: Carry the Torch Forward

To help commemorate the 70^th anniversary of the OAFP, we have launched the “Cheers to 70 Years” campaign. All year-long, the OAFP will be sharing family medicine stories written by members about why they chose to practice family medicine. To kick-off the celebration, we would like to share our first story of the year with you, written by Ross Black, MD, of Akron, OH. Read More

How to Approach a Peer in Need of Help Webinar Archive Now Available

OAFP’s second 2018 session of the  Wellness Wednesday series that focused participants on how to approach a colleague you suspect is burned out and in professional distress was held April 18 and is now available on the Academy’s Wellness Wednesdays archive page! Read More

Quality Improvement Summit Wrap-Up

On April 7, 64 practice teams from across Ohio converged on Columbus, OH, to take part in a QI project focused on four clinical topics and to understand the importance of effective and efficient teamwork and its impact on patient care. Read More

Patients Deserve More than 15 Minutes and So Do Family Physicians

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As a physician, I often think about a compelling essay written by Michael Stein, MD, in the Washington Post that details the negative pressures today’s FFS medicine system places on him – namely, the push to see as many patients as possible daily. Read More