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Out
of
that
conference,
many
of
our
commissions
have
taken
on
specific
tasks
and
projects.
The
Commission
on
Annual
Session
and
CME
is
examining
the
lifelong
learning
of
our
colleagues
and
how
we
integrate
new
technologies
and
procedures
into
our
practices.
We
are
working
with
the
National
Procedures
Institute
to
develop
new
methods
to
teach
procedures,
which
will
provide
new
services
to
our
patients
while
enhancing
the
revenue
streams
into
our
practices.
The
Commission
on
Academic
Affairs
is
developing
mechanisms
to
increase
student
interest
in
family
medicine.
This
year,
we
convened
a
clerkship
coordinators
conference
during
Interim
Session,
where
administrators
who
run
the
clerkships
at
each
of
the
state’s
medical
schools
learned
about
family
medicine
and
had
a
chance
to
meet
our
leaders.
We
are
also
considering
holding
a
statewide
Academic
Health
Center
Summit
with
the
leaders
from
the
other
primary
care
disciplines
and
our
state’s
academic
health
center
leadership
to
examine
the
role
of
primary
care
in
the
academic
health
centers.
Another
goal
of
the
FFM
project
is
to
enhance
the
safety
of
our
practices
for
our
patients.
An
important
mechanism
in
making
this
happen
is
the
integration
of
electronic
health
records
into
our
practices.
TAFP,
in
conjunction
with
the
Faculty
Development
Center
in
Waco,
submitted
a
grant
to
the
Agency
for
Health
Research
and
Quality
to
move
all
of
our
family
medicine
residency
programs
in
Texas
toward
EHRs.
The
Commission
on
Membership
is
looking
at
ways
of
increasing
student
membership
in
TAFP.
One
way
they
are
hoping
to
accomplish
this
is
through
the
development
of
stronger
ties
between
the
medical
schools
and
the
local
chapters
by
creating
more
opportunities
for
our
students
to
interact
with
local
family
doctors.
The
Commission
on
Public
Health
is
preparing
to
apply
for
a
grant
from
the
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Foundation,
through
which
it
will
document
the
contribution
of
family
doctors
to
the
communities
of
Texas.
We
are
also
working
with
the
Texas
Department
of
Health
to
develop
programs
to
fight
the
epidemic
of
obesity.
The
commission
is
planning
a
series
of
education
sessions
on
best
practices
in
obesity
management.
As
you
can
see
from
this
partial
summary
of
our
commissions’
activities,
the
energies
of
our
membership
are
being
harnessed
to
move
our
specialty
into
the
21st
century.
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