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Intended Audience

Family physicians, family medicine residents, medical students, and life members

1. Address Your Stress: Using Mindful Stress Release for Physician and Patient Well-Being

Dedicate some time to understand mindfulness, review the science behind stress, and become familiar with common mindful meditation practices. Learn more about heart rate variability as a biofeedback mechanism to help gauge stress management and develop an understanding of common practices for releasing stress, such as guided meditation and deep breathing techniques.

Facilitator: Zhiling Trowbridge, MD, Medical Director, Integrative Wellness Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids, MI)

CME: This session is approved for 1.0 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit.

2. Building a Personal Brand for the 21st Century Physician

Facilitator: Paul Thomas, MD, Family Physician and Owner, Plum Health DPC (Detroit, MI)

CME: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit.

3. Changing the Equation: Racism in Medical Decision Making

Race is used in many measurements and algorithms in medicine, some of which clinicians are unaware. This session will highlight some of those uses and the and how they impact health disparities and present alternatives. 

Facilitators:  Kari Beth Watts, DO, Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (Kalamazoo, MI) and Kristi VanDerKolk, MD, Program Director and Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (Kalamazoo, MI)

CME: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit and meets the State of Michigan's implicit bias training requirement for medical licensure.

4. Documentation and Coding for the Future of Family Medicine 

The landscape of healthcare payment is moving rapidly toward pay for performance and value-based purchasing. While providing competent, compassionate, and comprehensive care is universal and timeless, the skills required to succeed in these new payment models are very different from those of fee for service. We will explore these new models and the skills they require. 

Facilitator: David Walsworth, MD, FAAFP, Assistant Chair of Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (East Lansing, MI)

CME: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit.

5. Healthcare Identification and Response to Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate partner violence is a pervasive health problem with significant health consequences that family physicians are key to addressing. Through a review of simulated physician-patient encounters, during this session you will learn practical clinical and interviewing skills for identifying and responding to IPV in your practice. We will also discuss prevalence, associated health conditions, documentation, and patient outcomes. 

CME: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit and meets the State of Michigan's medical ethics training requirement for medical licensure.

6. Initial Approaches to Gender Affirming Care

This session is designed as an early introduction for family physicians to the care of transgender and gender diverse patients. We will focus on appropriate terminology, hormonal and preventive healthcare, and application to individual patient care. 

Facilitator: Kristi VanDerKolk, MD, Program Director and Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (Kalamazoo, MI)

CME: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credits and meets the State of Michigan's implicit bias training requirement for medical licensure.

7. Navigating and Surviving: How to Manage Patient Care Through a Mass Shooting

How do family physicians balance their patient's mental and physical well-being and own wellness in a time of unimaginable crisis? During this session, you will hear from a female family physician as she shares how she managed to prioritize her patients and herself during an unimaginable time of crisis after a mass shooting.

Facilitator: Rachel Klamo, DO, FAAFP, Chief of Family Medicine, Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital, Ascension Medical Group (Oxford, MI)

CME Awarded: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credits.

8. Occupational Medicine in Family Practice, You're Already Doing It!

Family physicians perform a significant number of occupational medicine services in the United States. In fact, up to 25% of all workers’ compensation visits are handled by family physicians, depending on state law and patient preference, yet there is not widespread training in OM and the unique issues and challenges it presents. This session will focus on causation, the importance of early return to work, and how to write meaningful and clear work restrictions to benefit both employer and patient. We will also discuss safety implications of treatments and/or conditions, fitness for duty principles, and the relationship with HIPAA, ADA, and other regulations. Plus, learn how performing OM services can provide a significant boost to a practice.

Facilitator: Michael Berneking, MD, FAAFP, FACOEM, FAASM, Medical Director, Bronson ProHealth (Kalamazoo, MI)

CME Awarded: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Enduring credit.

9. Osteoporosis and Osteopenia: Preventing and Treating Bad Breaks

Osteopenia, osteoporosis, and osteoporotic fractures affect one in two women and one in five men. Women endure more osteoporotic fractures than heart attacks, strokes, and breast cancer cases combined. Simple studies can screen for osteopenia and several medications are approved to prevent and treat osteoporosis and the fractures that are all too common. We will explore screening and treatment recommendations, including nutrition, exercise, and medications.

Facilitator: David Walsworth, MD, FAAFP, Assistant Chair of Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (East Lansing, MI)

CME: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit.

10. Pain Is Inevitable, Suffering Is Optional

While the current reimbursement system limits the availability of multidisciplinary approaches to pain involving psychologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and medical providers. Family physicians can play an important role in educating and helping patients best manage chronic pain. During this interactive session we will discuss the modern biopsychosocial models of pain, including how language, and we will review the evidence for pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments of chronic pain.

Facilitator: Philip Baty, MD, Family Physician, Mary Free Bed (Grand Rapids, MI)

CME: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit and meets the State of Michigan's pain and symptom management training requirement for medical licensure.

11. Population Health and Emerging New Models of Care

Improving the health of the population through managing clinical outcomes has emerged as fundamental to the development of new payment models. In this session, we will discuss the principles of managing populations to achieve optimal clinical outcomes and maximum reimbursement starting by reviewing the economics of the value equation, population health, and integrated practice units. We will end with a preview of healthcare in 2030 and provide strategies for preparing for the many changes to come.

Facilitators: Michael S. Kobernick, MD, MS-HAS, MS-PopH, FAAFP, Senior Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (Huntington Woods, MI)

CME: This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit.

12. Practical Approach to Assessing and Treating Human Trafficking Victims 

Family physicians are essential care team members with the ability to identify victims of human trafficking, who span all ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds. Attend this session to develop an understanding of Michigan law, warning signs, and best resources to support both physicians and victims. Plus, gain a practical, straightforward, evidence-based approach to assessing and treating victims of human trafficking that may be integrated into the family medicine practice.  

Facilitators: Rachel Klamo, DO, FAAFP, Chief of Family Medicine, Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital, Ascension Medical Group (Oxford, MI)

CME:  This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit and meets the State of Michigan's human trafficking training requirement for medical licensure.

13. The Thought Model: Operating Instructions for Your Brain

Your brain is the most powerful tool you have when it comes to creating change in your life and carrying out your professional responsibilities more effectively. If your brain is a tool, the Thought Model is the operating instructions and gives a framework for how our minds work. By applying the Thought Model to any problem you face, you will discover the connection between the thoughts you choose and the results you create. Physicians can apply this awareness tool to gain a deeper understanding of their minds and use their thoughts to create ANY result of their choosing, a powerful skill to improve patient care and efficiency in your chosen profession of family medicine.

Facilitators: Carrie Holland, MD, Life Coach, Fit Life with Carrie Holland (Byron Center, MI)

CME:  This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit.

14. Top 10 2023 Evidence-Based Medicine Updates

Family physician Frank Domino, MD, is excited to share the latest clinical recommendations for your family medicine practice. His rapid-fire review of notable, recent research findings mixed with humor translates the best medical literature into care strategies to help you provide high-quality, evidence-based care.

Facilitators: Frank J. Domino, MD is a professor and the pre-doctoral education director for the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, MA. He is the editor in chief of Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins’ "5 Minute Clinical Consult" series and an author, podcaster, and blogger.

CME:  This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit.

Examine a practical approach for the primary care clinician to detect and manage Chronic Kidney Disease and its complications. This session will focus on novel agents (which currently are not being optimally considered) in addressing CKD progression and CV risk reduction. We will explore best practices for the near future, including use of SGLT2 inhibitors, and discuss implications of the new race-free egFR equation and effect on CKD diagnosis.

Facilitators: Snigdha Reddy, MD, Senior Staff Physician and Nephrologist, Henry Ford Health (Detroit, MI)

CME:  This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit.

16. Weaving Palliative Care into Primary Care

Patient-centered medical homes proactively manage patient populations by coordinating care across various settings of care. Many of Michigan's PCMHs embed multidisciplinary teams to facilitate holistic symptom management,  coordination of care, and advance care planning. Palliative care is about caring for patients with serious illness. It is not about the last six months of life, as many erroneously believe.

Facilitators: Ewa Matuszewski, BA, CEO, Medical Network One (Rochester, MI) and Al Juocys, DO, CMO, Medical Network One (Rochester, MI)

CME:  This session is approved for 1.00 Enduring AAFP Prescribed credit and meets the State of Michigan's medical ethics and pain and symptom management training requirement for medical licensure.

Cost:

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• MAFP Active, Inactive, and Life Members: $350
• MAFP Resident Member: $250
• MAFP Student, Transitional Members: $50
• Non-member: $450

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