Pub. 8 2024 Issue 2

SHEBOYGAN, WI: A state of emergency has been called in the healthcare world today as fax machine workers the nation over have gone on strike. While labor tensions have been building for months now, healthcare operations have ground to a halt in many places.

Imagine you had the opportunity to create your ideal family medicine residency from scratch. Given that family physicians mostly work in community settings, you’d likely situate your ideal residency in a community-based primary care setting, where most learning occurs through caring for continuity patients.

This year’s Congress of Delegates was held in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. With temperatures over 100 degrees outside, we huddled in the frigid conference room for two days, working to pass resolutions that will chart the course of AAFP and its chapters.

Hello! I’m Maddie, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Utah. I primarily grew up in and around Boise, Idaho, before moving to Salt Lake City for my undergraduate education. I spend most of my free time trying new restaurants, exploring new trails, camping, skiing, and biking! When the call of the wild is a bit more muted, I love to get creative by cooking intricate meals and baking cakes, pies, and pastries.

A Bit About Dr. Rawlings – I grew up as the oldest of three boys in Cary, North Carolina. I went to undergraduate school at BYU where I studied classics with an emphasis in Greek and Roman history.

A Bit About Dr. Walsman – I grew up in Quito, Ecuador, as the only daughter among two siblings. My mother, an entrepreneur, and my father, a physician, have been my greatest mentors, guiding me throughout my journey to becoming a physician in the United States.

Lists of the Board of Directors, At-Large Board Members, AAFP Delegates and Alternates, Family Medicine Residency Representatives, and Medical Student Representatives.

UAFP’s annual meeting was held this year at the Ken Garff University Club at the University of Utah. Each year, our annual meeting gives us the opportunity to showcase what we’ve done throughout the year, to swear in our new president, confer new AAFP fellows, to receive updates from AAFP leadership, and to give out

By the time this issue hits your homes, the election will be over. And phew, it has been a doozy. The rhetoric of politics has drowned out positive debate over issues and policy, and far too often, health care facts are thrown to the wayside in favor of divisive and inaccurate “bumper sticker” messaging. We argue over whether a procedure is good or bad without giving any credence to the scientific support or opposition of said procedure or the nuance of when a procedure may be indicated.