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KAFP
You are invited to get your running/walking shoes on and join us in Sedgwick County Park on Oct. 8 for the KAFP-Foundation Let's Move, Kansas run/walk event!
The fee is $25 per participant 20 and older; and $15 for ages 1-19 years. Be sure and sign up by Aug. 14 for these best rates. Beginning August 15, the fee increases by $5. Participants will receive a Let's Move, Kansas t-shirt and goody bag.
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KAFP
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) has changed the SAM name and format from SAM (Self-Assessment Module) to KSA (Knowledge Self-Assessment) and the Clinical Simulation portion will be renamed Clinical Self-Assessment. KAFP is pleased to offer its first KSA Group Learning Session on Sept. 9.
By attending this session, you can easily fulfill the Knowledge Self-Assessment (KSA) with this half a day session on pain management that simpli¬fies the ABFM's MC-FP Part II requirement, and understand pain management, including legal/psychosocial aspects and pharmacologic treatment.
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Alliance for a Healthy Kansas
Alliance for a Healthy Kansas is a nonprofit group has organized a series of community meetings across the state to educate voters on KanCare Expansion.
The goal is to educate Kansans about the economic and health benefits of expanding eligibility for KanCare, the state's privatized Medicaid program, so that they can question incumbent lawmakers and challengers about the issue during the primary and general election campaigns.
Please share these important meetings with your patients, colleagues and friends.
Alliance for a Healthy Kansas will be hosting a grassroots community forum in the following communities:
- Independence – July 20; and
- Lawrence – July 25
- Prairie Village – July 27
For details and to RSVP: http://www.expandkancare.com/events/
AAFP
Registration is now open for the 2016 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) National Training Program (NTP) Workshops. These workshops provide an opportunity for partners and stakeholders to learn about CMS' programs.
Training is free. The locations and dates for the workshops are listed below:
Westminster, CO: July 25-26
Kansas City, MO: Aug. 3-4
Atlanta, GA: Aug. 18-19
Seattle, WA: Aug. 23-24
Syracuse, NY: Aug. 30-31
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis until each meeting reaches capacity. The agenda is still under development.
Contact Shannon Morey by email with questions.
AAFP
CDC researchers found that the rate of human papillomavirus-related cancers in the US increased from 10.8 per 100,000 people annually in 2004 to 2008 to 11.7 in 2008 to 2012. The findings in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report also showed that the 9-valent HPV vaccine could have prevented 28,500 of 30,700 annual HPV-linked cancer cases.
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Read the AAFP's recommendations regarding HPV vaccination.
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