IAFP POWER PACK Board Member’s Guide to our AcademyTopics Covered Inside IAFP Impacts Healthcare …. (Representation and Advocacy) The Value of partnering with IAFP (Demonstrated Trust) IAFP Education: All about our CME offerings and partners Benefits of Academy Membership

o IAFP Member Profileo Physician Wellness and Resiliencyo Membership Recruitment and Retentiono Support across the career spectrum

Guiding Our Future (workforce, students and residents)

These narratives convey the value of our capabilities and benefits. Accessing this guide at the right time with the right information will help achieve: Increased member recruitment and retention Greater success in securing sponsors, grants, and program funding Improved member engagement

o Increased attendance at IAFP meetings o Better participation in committeeso Improved email communication and traffic (visits) to our website

Better integration of our tagline, “Dedicated to Advocacy, Education and Action”

Get to know your Academy so you can best represent Family Medicine!

Family Medicine impacts health care with… Expert leaders who are shaping the future of our health care system Full representation and advocacy at all levels of government A strategic vision on policy driven by the Quadruple Aim

Serving the under served:‐ IAFP members are the foundation of our nation’s primary care clinics to the underserved, the FQHCs. Our members train there, work there, and teach there. Their dedication leads to changes and innovations to improve the health of our most vulnerable. They care for the sickest of the sick, the depressed, the addicted, the homeless, the victims of violence, the uneducated, the tough cases.

Optimizing Patient Care with Choosing Wisely encompasses the concept of having the best possible patient visit and empowers physicians to be skillful communicators with their patients around the Choosing Wisely concepts. We work collectively to improve awareness among health professionals and patients to prevent illness and better manage chronic care. This approach serves vulnerable populations while also ensuring appropriate use of resources and reducing unneeded services and wasteful spending.

Tobacco Cessation: Works to pass sound tobacco legislation, increases awareness of cessation services and provide practical resources to primary care physicians, health professionals and patients to reduce tobacco use in all categories across the age spectrum.

Opioid Prescribing and Pain Management: Pain is one of the oldest challenges for medicine. Family physicians find themselves at the crux of the issue, balancing care of people who have chronic pain with the challenges of managing opioid misuse and abuse. Effective pain management and care of patients with substance use disorders require patient centeredness and compassion, which are hallmarks of family medicine. Check out our national position paper and the AAFP Toolkit. IAFP’s Safe Prescriber program provides physicians with the latest clinical resources on pain management & controlled substances and practice workflows to reduce addiction and overdose – saving lives.

Medical home provides team based‐ care in one place: Family medicine practices are innovators in sharing medical and behavioral health under the same roof with a team based‐ care model. Primary care practices can play an increasingly important role in helping patients address their mental health issues by integrating mental and behavioral health care. Using this approach, primary care teams and behavioral health specialists work side by side,‐ ‐ sharing patient medical records, treatment plans and overall care management.

WE ARE LEADERS: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Working on primary care issues with our partner organizations in primary care: Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (ICAAP), Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS), Illinois

Psychiatric Society (IPS), Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS), American College of Physicians (ACP), and the Illinois Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA)

Patient Centered‐ Medical Home advocates and leaders holding these leadership roles across the state:

Chief Medical OfficersChief Information OfficersBehavioral Integration expertsHealth Department Directors

Advisory Board members PHO directorsMilitary/VA directorsAIDS/HIV clinic physicians

Sports MedicineHospice & Long term care directorsEnd of life care expertsHome health care physicians

REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

IAFP represents members in a variety of settings: Federal Level:

o Meeting with the Illinois Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. and in the communityo Developing Key Contactso Contributing to FamMedPAC to help elect federal candidates who support the AAFP’s legislative goals and

objectives o Advocating for family medicine GME funding, Teaching Health Centers, and policies to promote

scholarship and loan repayment programs to build the workforce in Illinois State Level:

o Legislative branch working in concert with a professional lobbying firm for the highest level of knowledge – monitoring healthcare issues that number in the 100’s, opposing bills that go against FM values, supporting bills that improve FM practice and health of the public – here are some examples:

Enforcement and protection of Tobacco Free Illinois Strengthening laws around immunization adherence and parent/caregiver information Supporting public health and patient safety legislation Advocating for expansion of access to care and quality health care insurance coverage Advocating for physician payment and administrative simplification

o Bi annual‐ Spring into Action event provides members with advocacy training, updates on the issues and then facilitates personal visits with state legislators on issues affecting members and their patients.

o Ongoing support and counsel to members looking for advocacy guidance. Our web site has the information and fact sheets to enable members to communicate credibly and concisely. Staff are also able to help coordinate and prepare our members for personal meetings.

o Executive branch – advocate for family medicine’s point of view in many state agencies that have jurisdiction over physicians

Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Physician licensing Scope of practice issues Insurance/health plan

Department of Healthcare and Family Services Medicaid Advisory Committee Services to special populations

Department of Public Health Immunization Tobacco Control Obesity Infection Prevention

Mental Health State Health Plan 2021 State Board of Health

Department of Human Services IL PMP Advisory Committee Child and family protective services

Department of Veteran Affairs Health care services for veterans and

dependentsGovernor’s office Appointed working groups on healthcare Submission of federal comments and waivers

Judicialo Co-signers of amicus briefs to support policies that benefit our patients.o Staunch supporters of Medical liability reform.

Cities and countieso Chicago and Cook County – Tobacco21, e cigarette‐ restrictions, restricting effluents from coal fired‐

electric plantso Cities, towns, villages and other counties – banning leaf burning

DEMONSTRATED TRUST – THE VALUE OF WORKING WITH IAFP

Working with IAFP is the best route to impacting patient care through education, prevention and wellness. Family physicians are in the unique position to build relationships and trust with a patient, and even an entire family of patients. With this ongoing relationship, they can not only treat an acute problem, but work long term‐ on improving chronic conditions, addressing gaps in prevention and wellness, and also recognize warning signs that may go unnoticed in other singular encounters with the health care system.

Health care is not online banking or booking travel. It takes the right questions, careful listening, and extra perception to truly provide patient centered‐ and effective care. There aren’t checkboxes for all aspects of high quality care.

Families trust their family physician

Immunizations: We are helping to keep Illinois safe through our trusted relationships with families in discussing the importance and value of vaccines. This dedication to maximizing vaccination rates also helps with population immunity and protects everyone from vaccine preventable illnesses.

Facing pain and opioid addiction : Pain is one of the oldest challenges for medicine. Family physicians find themselves at the crux of the issue, balancing care of people who have chronic pain with the challenges of managing opioid misuse and abuse. Effective pain management and care of patients with substance use disorders require patient centeredness and compassion, which are hallmarks of family medicine. Link to AAFP position paper

IAFP’s Safe Prescriber program gives our members the tools to manage this delicate topic in their practicesIAFP is a leader with the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program (ILPMP) to help ensure that everyone has access to vital information on prescriptions. This will help prevent patients from manipulating the system, violating the trust of physicians who care for them and obtaining surplus pain medication undetected.

Concussion management : Kids aren't going to the emergency room when they have a concussion, with parents opting to take them to the family doctor instead. A new study looked into where children first get care for a concussion. It found that many went to their family doctor first. Younger children and youths insured by Medicaid were more likely to go to the emergency room, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association, which published the study.

Researchers looked at 8,083 youths 17 and younger who had an initial visit for a concussion. Nearly 82 percent went to a primary care doctor first, while 11.7 percent went to the emergency room. The study concluded that primary care doctors must be trained in diagnosing and treating a concussion.

Behavioral Health Integration : Family medicine practices are innovators in sharing medical and behavioral health under the same roof with a team based‐ care model. Primary care practices can play an increasingly important role in helping patients address their mental health issues by integrating mental and behavioral health care. Using this approach, primary care teams and behavioral health specialists work side‐ by side,‐ sharing patient medical records, treatment plans and overall care management, together in one place. View examples here.

RELATIONSHIPS/PATIENT TRUST AND CONNECTIONThese are actual quotes from Illinois patients about their family physician

Care across generations

In this age with families spread out, I think it is wonderful that three generations of our family are being cared for by a doctor like my family physician.

We have become a family affair with our daughter’s family and our son becoming his patients. Our grandchildren, now 24 and 21, have been treated by him for many years as well as our middle age children. He relates well to all ages, and we were particularly pleased with the camaraderie he shared with our grandson in the teenage years.

Seeing the whole patient, not a disease or organ

And in today’s fast paced world, it is so comforting to know that my family has such a kind, compassionate and deeply caring physician that takes the time to know you and understand every concern and question that you have.

We are truly blessed to have a doctor that we can absolutely place our health care issues with and know that we are receiving the very best care available.

Most importantly Dr. S. has consistently treated me, my mother, my grandmother and my daughter with compassion and kindness. He understands that the health of one individual extends beyond the health condition of just that one person and impacts the entire family.

Caring through Coordination and Communication

You can well imagine the ups and downs we have faced with rehab, pharmaceutical decisions, therapy, and hospital visits. All of these are overwhelming, but the journey is easier with the available communication we share with our family physician.

We could travel the world over and never find a better family physician than Dr. P. He is the kind of a man you would choose for a friend with his intelligence, his sincere interest in your well being,‐ his kind, friendly demeanor, and his dedication to his profession. He is a true blessing in our entire family’s lives.

She recognizes what her patients need. She has endless empathy and realizes sometimes patients don’t understand or get scared. I would love to say I’m her favorite, but I know she treats all her patients equally.

He has impacted my family in so many positive ways through his thoroughness as a physician, his taking a personal interest in our health and lives and above all has consistently treated our family with compassion and kindness providing care that goes beyond possessing technical skills.

IAFP Medical Education is… CME developed by family physicians for family physicians Free CME online and live through webinars Opportunities for members to develop CME and present to their peers Education on timely topics relevant to today’s family medicine physician Evidence based strategies in both clinical and non clinical aspects of medicine‐ ‐

designed to reduce disparities in health care throughout Illinois

CME by family physicians for family physicians.The IAFP helps to shape and share CME that has family medicine perspective.

Education Activities ProvidedThe IAFP is dedicated to designing CME activities that are appropriate for a national audience and are based on sound adult education principles. These principles include the use of needs assessments, development of meaningful learning objectives, appropriate application of teaching methods and content, and the use of a broad range of evaluations of the program and the effectiveness of the outcomes. The IAFP strives to deliver CME that is state‐of the art,‐ ‐ and the IAFP is attentive to integrating new technologies and delivery methods as they become available, accessible, and acceptable to its audiences. A variety of educational opportunities and formats are offered, including: Live courses and meetings, delivered at statewide, regional and national venues Enduring materials, in the form of monographs, guidelines, pod casts, and web based‐ activities Continuous quality improvement programs.

Current online IAFP Education topics: Illinois Safe Prescriber program Chronic Pain Management / Opioids Non Pharmacological‐ Chronic Pain Management Smoking Cessation Quality Improvement Adult Immunization Immunizing Adolescents against HPV Quality Improvement Meningococcal Disease Flu Vaccine Immunizations for the Vaccines For Children (VFC) providers Vaccine Management

Current live Education programing: Monthly webinar series IL AFP Annual Meeting Chicago Essential Evidence Spring Conference Springfield Essential Evidence Spring Conference ABFM Knowledge Self Assessment‐ (KSA) formerly known as SAMs group workshops Partnering with other organizations & health departments to host timely education conferences

Patient Education: The Influenza Vaccine for Individuals with Diabetes brochure The Influenza Vaccine for Individuals with Asthma brochure “Get the Flu Vaccine” poster Flu Vaccine waiting room video Immunizing Adolescents against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Immunizing Adolescents against Meningococcal Disease

Adult Immunization Q&A brochure Adult Immunization radio public service announcement

Areas of Interest for Possible Development: Women’s Health – Osteoporosis / Bone density, Cervical Screening, Breast Cancer screening Sinusitis, Pharyngitis, Ear Infections, Common Cold, Bronchitis, etc. Medication Adherence – Opioid Prescribing, Antibiotics Adherence, etc. PQRS measures, “Choosing Wisely” Immunizations ‐ Shingles Vaccines, Immunizations Advocacy, VFC provider program, Hepatitis C Mental and Behavioral Health issues ‐ Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, etc. Chronic Conditions ‐ Childhood Asthma, COPD, Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, etc. Diabetes – foot exams, group visits, other related conditions Obesity and co morbid‐ conditions Perinatal Care, Child and Adolescent Health HIV Routine Screening, STD Screening, Hep B, Hep C Family Planning and teen pregnancy prevention Refugee health assessment screenings; access to immunizations, Hep B awareness for the

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Education Capabilities ‐ ACCMEThe IAFP holds accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide AMA PRA Category 1 continuing medical education (CME) credit for all physicians. All content is approved by the IAFP CME committee and the IAFP has a strictly enforced conflict of interest policy that ensures balanced and unbiased medical education. This includes review of all content and faculty by an independent reviewer.

IAFP is dedicated to providing the types of education neededThe IAFP can provide AMA Category 1 credit and AAFP prescribed credit to all programs developed and implemented by IAFP. We offer practical application tools and resources through our education and our partnerships:• Public Health• State Initiatives• Hot Topics and Current Issues• Practice Management• American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)’s Maintenance of Certification

IAFP has the unique position to be able to support family medicine physicians in educational practice management and leadership capacities, for the employed and the independent physician

Delivery Methods• Online enduring CME for physicians (1 AMA Category 1 credit, enduring for 2 years) at cme.iafp.com• Web based‐ interactive training CME for physicians• CME journal article (.25 AMA Category 1 credit) in Family Physician Magazine and CME connections

electronic newsletter• Webinar Series• Patient education pieces for physicians to use in the office on chronic care conditions• Quality Improvement (ABFM Part IV) programs to enhance current education topics

Development of curriculum and presenters:• Developed by IAFP members/faculty under the supervision of the CME Committee• Physicians at a local health department under the supervision of the IAFP CME Committee

Distribution possibilities:

Live group activities Webinars Print CME (White Paper) In office‐ training

Teleconferences Online, enduring Web based‐ CME Non CME‐ articles in newsletter

IAFP offers the opportunity to network and seek out the latest innovative tools and resources out on the market which are being developed to help improve patient care

IAFP helps physicians to understand new concepts or advances in medicine through awareness building education. In 2014, IAFP

offered educational webinars on hot topics in Illinois, such as medical marijuana, electronic cigarettes, and new immunization schedules.

to implement best practices in clinical processes through ongoing CME provided live (via webinar, in group settings, or in office). ‐ IAFP provided chronic disease management education modules to primary care providers for the Illinois Medicaid’s chronic disease management program, Your Healthcare Plus, 2006 2012.‐ IAFP has annual ongoing clinical immunization topics – for example, flu, pneumococcal, HPV, and meningococcal.

to move along the continuum of practice transformation by providing financial management training and technical assistance combined with clinical and quality improvement (QI) training and technical assistance. In 2014, IAFP concluded its three year‐ project, Practice Improvement Network (PIN), which paired up financial and practice management consultants with physician practices. From solo practices up to small groups of 8 12‐ providers, the PIN assisted practices to become thriving businesses providing excellent care with robust QI processes.

to complete requirements for medical licensure and certification through CME reported to their hospitals, health systems, medical societies, state licensing board, and professional medical boards. IAFP offers all the types of education and QI projects needed by physicians and assists them through the maze of requirements of their professional board recertification.

Partners: IAFP partners closely with many organizations to further impact patient care initiatives. These organizations include, but are not limited to:

The Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society Illinois Psychiatric SocietyIllinois Academy of Physician AssistantsIllinois Department of Public HealthIllinois Primary Health Care Association (FQHCs)Illinois Society for Advanced Practice NursingFamily Medicine Residency Training ProgramsIllinois State Medical SocietyAmerican College of Physicians, Illinois Northern ChapterEverThrive IllinoisIllinois County Departments of Public HealthChicago and Cook County Departments of Public HealthSouthern Illinois Healthcare FoundationRural health clinics and pharmacies

IAFP BackgroundThe Illinois Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) is a 4,700 member‐ professional medical society dedicated to maintaining high standards of family practice in medicine and surgery. To retain membership, family doctors must keep up to date on current medical advances by taking continuing education courses. The IAFP is a chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the largest medical specialty association in the country, which has 125,000 members. The IAFP, founded in 1947, is governed by an All Member‐ Assembly whose sole power is to establish policies and define principles. The Board of Directors meets four times a year to act on the business of the IAFP and carry out policy issues of the Assembly. IAFP provides members with advocacy, education and action through practice based‐ support, continuing medical education (CME), government relations and public relations services. The IAFP advocates for family physicians and their patients while working to recruit more family physicians to care for the people of Illinois. The mission of IAFP is to promote excellence in the health and well being‐ of the people of Illinois through support and education of family physicians and the families and communities they serve. IAFP aims to support the transformation of the healthcare marketplace in Illinois by implementing improvements in preventive care and chronic disease management thereby transforming practices into patient centered medical homes. The IAFP will collaborate proactively to increase awareness among physicians and health professionals; use evidence based‐ and other strategies; and advocate for action to eliminate disparities in health care and strengthen the health care system.

Continuing Medical Education MissionThe Illinois Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) is committed to promoting excellence in patient health care by providing high quality‐ continuing medical education (CME) to family physicians and other health care professionals. The overall goal of the IAFP CME program is to improve patient health care by designing educational activities that serve to enhance the clinical knowledge, skills, and competencies of family physicians and other primary care professionals with the outcome of quality improvement, while continuing to be in compliance with the requirements of accrediting bodies.

Content Areas: The scope of the IAFP CME program is defined, at minimum, by the core curricula for family medicine residencies as described in the Residency Review Committee for Family Medicine of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) special requirements for residency training. Additionally, content relevant to healthcare delivery, legislative reforms, and other population health objectives are included in the educational goals of the committee. An overall needs assessment is conducted biannually to identify and prioritize family physicians’ perceived learning needs among these content areas.

Target Audience: Family physicians, and other physicians involved in primary and specialty care, are the primary audience of the IAFP CME program. Additionally, a secondary audience includes related health care professionals and support personnel, e.g., residents, medical students, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners.

Family medicine physicians are the foundation of the healthcare system as they treat and manage patients from birth to death. There are approximately 6,000 primary care practices, (or 8,500 primary care physicians) in Illinois. The target population for IAFP’s educational initiatives is primary care physicians. The population benefitting from all programs and interventions will ultimately be patients. Primary care physician practices engaged in current continuing medical education activities will provide better care and then pass along knowledge to other physician peers and their patients. IAFP offers the ability to educate a wide scope of practices to effectively coordinate care, promote preventive health and provide a medical home for patients and families.

Family physicians mirror the demographics of the state. Family physicians are uniquely qualified to treat 90% of the conditions patients present in doctors' offices, including biological and mental health concerns. Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing, comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is a specialty in breadth that integrates the biological, clinical and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity.

Expected Results of the CME ProgramThe IAFP measures the impact and behavioral changes resulting from its CME program through a variety of evaluation tools to determine if the overall goal of improved patient health care is being met. The findings are assessed and are utilized for the continuous improvement of the CME program. Participant satisfaction will be assessed through an evaluation process. The results of evaluations will be

summarized and reviewed by the CME committee. Knowledge gain will be assessed through post-tests or through the evaluation process where participants will

self report‐ new knowledge or learning that occurred as a result of the educational activity. Additional strategies for assessing this area will be used as appropriate and when resources are available.

Behavioral change will be assessed through the evaluation process where participants can self report‐ commitment to change as a result of the education activity. Additional strategies for assessing this

area will be used as appropriate and when resources are available. These may include follow up‐ survey of self‐reported behavioral change, quality improvement study results, and electronic patient registry results.

Organizational impact will be assessed by the CME committee annually by reviewing all activity evaluation results to assess if activities have met the needs of the CME mission, knowledge change and behavioral change results. Additional strategies for assessing this area will be used as appropriate and when resources are available. These may include reports from outside evaluators, or other IAFP committees or board of directors.

Educational Needs Assessment backgroundThe IAFP uses a variety of sources to identify learners’ educational needs. These include:

• the American Academy of Family Physicians’ annual CME topical survey results• suggestions from members on activity evaluation forms• unsolicited suggestions from members• information culled from scanning the family medicine literature• CME provided by other organizations to primary medical care providers

In addition, the IAFP conducts a biannual membership survey to identify educational needs and to prioritize topics for the next two year‐ period. The list of topics utilized in the assessment tool is typically gathered from the 30 content areas that are covered in the American Board of Family Medicine board certification exam, as well as the core curricula for family practice residencies.

The staff reviews the findings from the member needs assessment surveys and other sources, and makes recommendations to the CME Committee regarding the needs identified, possible learning objectives, and prioritization of topics. The CME Committee considers the staff’s recommendations and the accompanying data and approves a final list of CME topics to be addressed by the IAFP CME program.

Needs assessment data related to a specific topic is provided to the scientific writers and physician authors/reviewers to help guide them in the creation of the educational content. They are instructed to focus on the objectives with the largest gaps between current knowledge/practice and desired knowledge/practice. They use these learning objectives as the guide to design an educational activity targeted specifically to the needs of family physicians.

Through these learning objectives, IAFP evaluations are linked back to the needs assessment data. IAFP takes pride in incorporating evidence based‐ medicine research into all of the CME curriculum developed. Evidence‐ based medicine is the integration of current best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. For family physicians, evidence based‐ medicine is also of value in making decisions about the care of families and communities.

BENEFITS OF BEING AN ACADEMY MEMBER

IAFP lends support over the length of your career with and from people who don’t necessarily work with you or for you in your offices.

Whether in live education meetings or committee teleconferences, IAFP is a place for family medicine physicians to come together without the stress of their daytime hats. To be in a comfortable nonthreatening environment amongst peers, and to share best practices, ideas with like minded‐ dedicated professionals. Connections are made, friendships are formed!

IAFP committees and task forces enable members from any place in any stage to work on common interests, build on their knowledge, find solutions and work collaboratively to affect changes to help their colleagues and their patients.

Also allows for a place for Family Medicine physicians to look to the future for themselves and for the future of their profession; to share about their past experiences, their current situations and their future hopes for themselves personally and professionally

ADVOCACY IAFP offers the opportunity to stay informed and enlightened on legislative and government relations issues that

can and will affect the primary care landscape here in Illinois. We provide tools and connections for those who are empowered to advocate and engage with their elected officials.

Every two years our Spring into Action unites members across the career spectrum (student, resident and active physicians) and from around the state in a common advocacy week. Each member can represent IAFP and themselves in conversation with lawmakers on the issues that matter most to them and their community.

EDUCATIONIAFP Medical Education is high quality CME developed by family physicians for family physicians on timely topics with relevant clinical and practice management education. Members can access free CME online and via webinars at least once per month. The activities offered by IAFP speak directly to the needs of the primary care physician in a true effort to improve the caliber of care they provide to patients.

Experience the value of our Annual Meeting, as well as Spring Conferences in the Chicago and central Illinois to provide comprehensive clinical up-to-date CME you can use the very next day.

IAFP provides opportunities for members to develop CME and present at our conferences. We are here to keep you on task for recertification and re election.‐ Our education.iafp.com web site is the

go to‐ resource for CME to those that are up for re election.‐ One weekend at our Annual Meeting in the fall provides more opportunities for members to get live CME or Knowledge Self Assessment‐ Modules (KSA) for Maintenance of Certification.

ACTION IAFP offers the opportunity for family medicine physicians to be a spokesperson for primary care issues

through multiple media outlets facilitated by our communications staff

IAFP offers the opportunity to be involved in improving the state healthcare landscape with the possibility of catapulting oneself into a nationally recognized position at AAFP

More women are physicians than ever before, especially in primary care. More than half (56%) of new physician members of AAFP are women. We’ve seen women physicians elected as the presidents of AAFP and IAFP in 2015. Our Women in Leadership group provides a gathering place, support and role models to address the unique challenges faced by women physicians in the changing health care landscape.

BENEFITS OF BEING AN ACADEMY MEMBER

IAFP offers a Foundation whose mission is to enhance the healthcare environment in Illinois by assuring Illinois citizens have access to family physicians' high quality, comprehensive, and affordable care ‐‐‐ by utilizing funding to support community programs, residents, medical students and physicians in Illinois

Physician Wellness and Resiliency Burnout, by definition, is a physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress. Sadly, physicians are facing burnout at an alarming rate and in direct proportion to the increasing complexities of today's health care environment. The very real consequences of burnout include higher incidence of physicians leaving the workforce and even more tragically, an increase in physician suicide.

Physician wellness and resiliency has been a quietly spreading concern for many years . But now it’s on the forefront of today’s family physicians and on the minds of future family physicians. While burnout is evident in many professions, it can have dangerous consequences in the medical setting. Balance IN professional responsibilities and balance WITH family and personal responsibilities must be recognized and provided. IAFP POLL RESULTS: 95 Percent of those who responded are somewhere between “worried about burnout” and “have made major changes as a result of a burnout experience.”

IAFP Members and BurnoutI do worry about I am doing well

burnout 4%7%

I have sought help for burnout

13%

Some days I do feel burned out

31%

The candle is burning at both ends

20% I have made major changes due to

burnout25%

BENEFITS OF BEING AN ACADEMY MEMBER

IAFP has a growing page of resources on our web site and has dedicated space at our live meetings (annual meeting, Family Medicine Midwest and AAFP Ten State meeting in Chicago) to explore and assist members on this crucial problem.

Who are IAFP members? Information from the AAFP census data 200 of 1281 reported being sole owners 210 are partial owners 800 reported fully employed 103 reported urgent care as their primary setting, but 647 reported working shifts in urgent

care 67 reported FQHC 182 reported OB care 1018 care for infants and children

429 hospice and/or palliative care 64 pay their own AAFP dues 620 reported their employer pays dues 50 reported some sharing between self and employer

BENEFITS OF BEING AN ACADEMY MEMBER

New Physician members – First year new physicians receive a 50% discount on their national and state dues as well as the opportunity for free registration at some IAFP events. Members in their first seven years after residency receive new physician discounts on registration fees.

Residents – May attend IAFP annual meeting and Spring into Action with no registration fee. They also can complete KSA workshops at a deep discounted rate. The annual Resident Scholarly Works webinar provides a CV building,‐ statewide research presentation opportunity and allows you to sharpen your presentation skills to a wider audience.

Students – Student members are welcomed at IAFP Annual meeting and Spring into Action with no registration fees. The IAFP Foundation works to provide scholarships to the Family Medicine Midwest conference.

*** Student and resident members are encouraged to join most IAFP committees for the learning and networking opportunities available. ***

Choose how you’d like to get involved with IAFP

Single Tasks Contact a legislator on an issue important to you Participate in a media interview on a topic that you have

expertise or a passion. Attend the annual meeting, Essential Evidence or

Springfield CME Update Attend one day of Spring into Action for a full day of

advocacy experience Engage through social media – @IllinoisAFP or on

Facebook Donate to the Family Health Foundation of Illinois

Author an article for Illinois Family Physician Go to the annual White Sox game fundraiser and

automatically support the Foundation Get an hour of CME via a monthly Lunch Xpress webinar Teach Tar Wars to a school in your community Complete an education needs assessment survey to tell

us what your education needs are that we can fill. Vote in the annual board of directors elections (active

and life members only)

Short-Term, Time Limited Opportunities Serve on an IAFP task force or work group on a topic of

interest Recruit or retain our members with your personal

outreach Serve as a National Conference of Constituency Leaders

delegate in Kansas City in May

Involve your practice through an IAFP quality improvement (QI) program

Represent the IAFP at a stakeholder meeting Be a CME presenter Precept a medical student Provide moral support or share your wisdom via a

Members-Only Community Forum

Year-Round OpportunitiesMake yourself available to participate in media interviews (doc on call)Serve as a family medicine advocate on state or federal issuesRepresent the IAFP with standing stakeholder groups, such as Medicaid, immunizations, tobacco, State Board of Health

Long-range Leadership OpportunitiesAcademy board serviceFoundation board serviceAAFP alternate delegate (previous IAFP experience required)AAFP commission membership (previous experience with IAFP required)AAFP leadership

GUIDING OUR FUTURE

More than 1,000 Illinois medical students are members of the IAFP and over 32,000 belong to AAFP but Illinois allopathic medical schools reported that overall 9.3% of Illinois graduates matched into family medicine in 2016, with 101 overall and 43 of those matching into Illinois programs. AAFP’s workforce report shows that Illinois will need over 4,700 family physicians by 2020 and we currently have about 3,600 board certified family physicians.

We need to “close the deal” with these student members so they become career family physicians. Students need: exposure to all that family medicine is and does. positive mentors and role models. relationships with physicians who believe that the best and brightest belong in family medicine, to counteract

those they may encounter in medical school who don’t value primary care.

See the attached maps showing the locations of IAFP members statewide Population per family medicine physician by county Population per primary care physician by Congressional district (statewide and with Cook County magnified) IAFP members’ locations by county (statewide and one with Cook County area detail)

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GUIDING OUR FUTURE

What are we doing to turn the tide and move the needle up?

Family Medicine Midwest Foundation IAFP provides the leadership, staff and organizational structure to the Family Medicine Midwest Foundation, which hosts an annual regional conference with scholarship opportunities and recruitment options for medical students, family medicine residents, and family medicine faculty. The mission is to attract and keep family physicians in the Midwest.

Data from AAMC shows that the east and west coasts are able to attract students from Midwest schools. We must train and keep them in our communities. We keep only 31% of our medical school graduates in Illinois (all specialties) and we retain nearly half of our GME graduates. Boosting medical student retention can help!

In Illinois, we prioritize training students and residents on the importance of physician advocacy, through two methods: 1) through in person‐ visits to FMIGs and residency programs for advocacy training and 2) inviting residents and student to our state capitol for Spring Into Action every other year. There is no registration fee for students and residents and they benefit directly from the staff guided training and the leadership of active physicians who are veterans of the advocacy efforts.

IAFP Resources for students and residents include: AAFP's Resources for Debt Management 2016 Match Results for Illinois Elected Student and Resident Leaders How to request a visit to your program by and IAFP Leader And there’s more…. IAFP coordinates Illinois family medicine residency group efforts at AAFP National Conference with the goal of

attracting student attendees into meaningful conversations with exhibiting residencies, followed by an evening reception to build further connections. Combining and uniting approximately 20 programs each year provides strength in numbers and ensures each program’s investment in the conference goes further.

We provide free registration to students and residents to attend our annual meeting to facilitate networking, professional learning and foster enthusiasm for family medicine and IAFP.

Here’s how YOU can support family medicine’s future Attend the Family Medicine Midwest Conference and inspire students to choose family medicine Support the FMM Scholarship fund to enable more students to attend Volunteer to speak at an FMIG meeting at your local (or your alma mater) medical school Serve as a community preceptor for a medical school Offer to mentor a student or resident member through the website community forum