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Utah Family Medicine Match Results

April 3, 2024

Results from the 2024 National Resident Matching Program® Main Residency Match (NRMP) indicate that this will be the largest class of incoming family medicine residents in history, with 4,595 medical students…

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Celebrating Local Family Physicians

April 1, 2024

Congratulations to the following UAFP members who were recently featured in the Salt Lake City Weekly annual Best of Utah: Body and Mind 2024! Michael D. Jones, MD, voted Best…

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Congratulations Poster Session Winners

March 8, 2024

UAFP hosted it’s first in-person poster session in several years for students and residents in conjunction with our CME & Ski conference. Eleven groups of residents and students presented their…

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It’s a Wrap! Highlights (and “lowlights”) from the 2024 Legislative Session

March 4, 2024

By Maryann Martindale, CEO, Utah Academy of Family Physicians Sine Die! At midnight on Friday, March 1st, the 2024 Legislative session came to a close. From opening chimes to closing…

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January is National Birth Defects Month

January 16, 2024

Sources: National Birth Defects Prevention Network, American Academy of Family Physicians, and Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Birth defects are structural changes that can affect almost any part of the…

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Mindfulness in Medicine Programs

January 16, 2024

Dr. David Sandweiss, the Director of Tribal, Rural, and Underserved Medical Education (TRUE) reached out to us to share some of the resources and programs they have developed at the…

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Help Create New MOUD Curriculum

January 16, 2024

Comagine Health and the Utah Department of Health and Human Services (UDHHS) have partnered to engage physicians/providers in creating new and relevant curriculum to satisfy the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)…

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MLK Day Celebrations in Utah

January 12, 2024

While this by no means an exhaustive list of the service projects, activities, and celebrations taking place in Utah to recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, these are some…

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AAFP Foundation Grants in Action

December 19, 2023

by Chad Spain, MD, FAAFP I’ve been fortunate enough to be the recipient of three Family Medicine Chapter Alliance Grant Awards (formerly AAFP Philanthropic Family Medicine Consortium Grants) in the…

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AAFP Congress of Delegates – Day 4

October 30, 2023

The last day of the Congress of Delegates started off with delegates voting for a new president-elect. While awaiting the results of this vote, the Congress dealt with the remaining…

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