VCFM Residency

AAFP Global Health Video - our fellowship included

tstephens — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:40:47 +0000

Last year at the Kansas City national conference for family medicine residents and medical students, the theme was “Family Medicine and Global Health”. Several programs were interviewed and a 25 minute video was created that highlighted family medicine programs that emphasis international or global health. The link is below. I thought you might enjoy watching.

http://fmignet.aafp.org/online/fmig/index/resources/fmigvideos/globalhealth/video1.html

Images from 2008 Residency Bike Trip

tstephens — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:34:40 +0000

National Conference for Family Medicine Residents and Students is a Great Success!

Rick — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:14:34 +0000

Once a year, family medicine leaders and educators come from across the nation to share their knowledge with family medicine residents and medical students at the National Conference for Family Medicine Residents and Students in Kansas City, KS. The 2008 conference theme was Global Health.

Via Christi residents spoke to dozens of students and residents about our residency program and international fellowship. Our booth was always buzzing with activity. We demonstrated vaginal delivery with forceps, endoscopy, and OB ultrasound. We also had a booth dedicated to the international fellowship.

Overall we were able to get the good word out about Via Christi Family Medicine and we made some great connections with students and residents.

During the conference our own Jen Bacani was elected as the resident member on the board of directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). This is the highest position available for family medicine residents. Bacani was elected to a one-year term by the National Congress of Family Medicine Residents. The AAFP represents nearly 94,000 physicians and medical students nationwide.

As the resident member of the board of directors, Jen is responsible for representing the interests and opinions of the National Congress of Family Medicine Residents to the AAFP board and Congress of Delegates.

Article with quote by Brent Owen MD

gfast — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:29:08 +0000

This is an article with a quote from our very own resident, Brent Owen: “Transitioning to Practice“

Interesting Trends for FM Residencies

sstringf — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:58:49 +0000

Family medicine residency positions offered and filled, 1992 to 2006

from http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20060400/news.html