UofL Family Medicine Interest Group

Dr. Crump's Handout

2010-03-13T12:54:00.000-08:00

2010-02-19T14:47:00.001-08:00

Guest Speaker

Dr. Bill Crump of Madisonville, KY

What: “The New Family Medicine Model: The Basis of Real Health Care Reform”

When: February 19, 2010 @ Noon

Where: B202

Lunch Provided to the First 50

(and it's something good...Penn Station!!!)

Today, Dr. Crump talked a great deal about the Patient Center Medical Home (PCMH) - a new model of providing healthcare that is sustainable and provides a better level of care. Trying to speak above the din of yummy PENN STATIONs that were loudly chomped on, Dr. Crump made the case for Family Medicine addressing issues about working in the city, working in rural communities, OB malpractice, comparative competencies of family medicine physicians and specialists and healthcare waste on a national level

Workforce in KY

2010-02-10T16:08:00.001-08:00

Aside from the aroma of yummy pizza that wafted through the 2nd floor hall, we were treated to a very interesting talk on the state of the Physician Workforce in the state (pun intended) of Kentucky. Dr. Varga, chairman of the KMA Physician Workforce Committee, presented the trends and needs of Kentucky.

Here are the conclusions

*There is lots of need

*We have excellent medical schools and bright students

*We have diminished interest in the profession particularly among rural students and females

*Stoking the pipeline will take a long time, but must be done (from attracting HS students into medicine --> 4 years of college + 4 years medical school + 3 years residency = 11 years)

*We must stimulate interest in the profession in the pre-college years and fix our practice climate

Leadership Meeting

2009-12-08T18:21:00.001-08:00

How can you resist a Cafe Mimosa dinner? A cohort of 2nd years and 1st years met w/ Dr. Wheeler and two Family Medicine residents, Derek Adams and Taki Galanopoulous. We talked about how ALL of the things we've attended, hosted, coordinated, planned this year to the first years and about how we, as an FMIG, would like to become one of the Program of Excellence recipients at the AAFP (American Academy of Family Physicians) national convention in Kansas City. This has been a rebuilding year for the FMIG here at UofL, but we've made tangible progress in engaging w/ our classmates.

AAFP conference
Orientation Week Booth
"What is Family Medicine?" -Dr. Wheeler
Residency Roundtable
Family Medicine Resident Mentoring program
Heart Sounds workshop
Casting/Splinting workshop
Residency Fair

on the menu for next semester are

Tar Wars
Touched Twice Ministries
Working w/ Dr. Faye Jones
Interacting w/ FM residents ("pick your brain hour")

We hope to see more 1st years step up next semester to help w/ organizing events so that transition of leadership will occur smoothly. We this year are building the launching pad. 1st years, you guys build the rocket... and fly it "with wind under your wings." ;)

Casting/Splinting Workshop

2009-10-21T16:43:00.000-07:00

Wow! Fun times in the overflow room on the 1st floor!

For those of you who missed out, Dr. Becker and Dr. McKee taught us the basics of casting. Using stocking nets (sp?), felt rolls (like the stuff surrounding model trains and miniature Christmas towns), and bright red fiberglass (not fibroblast) rolls, we partnered up and casted each other.

pictures to come soon!

Quotes:

"Rub it like you love it!"

Dr. McKee taught that to ensure that the fiberglass layers "laminate" together well, you have to rub the cast (with rubber gloves) with your palms in a proximal-distal direction to cement the layers together (with vigor).

"Set it and forget it!"

From me. It was all I could think of as Agata rolled me up. I couldn't even remember what the product was, but I got the line. The others informed me it was for rotisserie chicken?

Welcome 1st Years!

2009-08-11T20:16:00.000-07:00

We're glad you found this site. We hope to post announcements, updates, pictures, and other useful information related to FMIG this year. We look forward toward your involvement as we learn more about Family Medicine this year through a variety of activities we have planned including:

procedure nights
dinners with residencies
volunteer opportunities
lunch-time speakers (free lunch!)

Please sign up for notifications and reminders about upcoming events so that you can get free food, great information, and awesome friends!

2009-08-11T19:25:00.000-07:00

Suggested Book List

Gross Notes- Class of 2012, Sold exclusively at Gray’s Bookstore (important!)

Atlas of Human Anatomy- Frank Netter

Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body- Johannes Rohen

Essential Clinical Anatomy- Keith Moore

Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards- John T. Hansen

High-Yield Biostatistics-Anthony Glaser

diFiore's Atlas of Histology with Functional Correlations-Victor P. Eroschenko

Langman's Medical Embryology- T.W. Sadler

Sidman's Neuroanatomy - Douglas Gould, must get 2nd edition!

BRS Physiology- Linda Costanzo

BRS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- Todd Swanson

1st Post

2009-08-07T11:04:00.000-07:00

And so begins another chapter in the University of Louisville's Family Medicine Interest Group...