July 28, 2020

The 2020 UAFP CME & Ski Conference held at the Westgate Resort in Park City, Utah, was the most successful yet! We had over 100 people attend from 25 different states, including family doctors, nurse practitioners, residents and medical students. Attendees spent early mornings and late afternoons in the classroom but enjoyed a four-hour break in the middle of the day to enjoy skiing, snowboarding, and the many other winter activities Park City has to offer.

Dear fellow UAFP member:
As I reported in the most recent UAFP Magazine, the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) has entered a dynamic phase of transformation in support of excellence for our discipline. Right now, though, as family physicians across Utah are making enormous changes in practice to continue serving our patients during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, I would like to emphasize just two points:

While the health care system has struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic due to multiple factors, one thing has become even clearer to me — supporting and emphasizing family medicine in our system is crucial to fighting all sorts of pathological and societal maladies.

As I write this issue’s letter, we are in the midst of
dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. As a telecommuting office, we have already been working
from home for over a year, but with spouses and
children home, things are definitely different. The
cloud of uneasiness and anxiety that hangs over everything
is palpable.