2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XIX)
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities are rarely once in a lifetime. And the events we initially thought were the most important or dire tend to blend into the background as we experience more of life. On February 4th, Kelly Conniff, Special Projects Editor at Time Magazine, tweeted “I need your favorite Twitter accounts, please.” I will sidestep educing her motive for now and focus on this Tweet’s potential as a nidus for shaping...
2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XVIII)
A few years back, I asked a group of UC Davis family medicine residents to record their rendition of “Turn! Turn! Turn!” the profound classic written by Pete Seegar and popularized by The Byrds. On the track is CAFP’s Chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee, Ashby Wolfe, who sang and played guitar. She was accompanied by Shomir Banerjee, Sonia Liu, Joby Morrow, and Kristin Setliff. I have come to consider “Turn! Turn! Turn!” as...
2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XVII)
People have stated that they want to support #2014yearfp, but they want to know what they are supporting. I realize that articulation of a message may be the most challenging part of a movement. Partners want to have something tangible and on a scale that they can pursue to sustain momentum while others may be working on different levels; they want shared ownership. I will go back to the basic premise of #2014yearfp and that is to...
2014: Year of the Family Physician Photos
CAFP has launched their 2014: Year of the Family Physician campaign and is looking for your participation! We’ve started our year campaign with our #2014YearFP photo campaign to help raise awareness of the family medicine specialty and we’re looking for your participation. Family medicine encompasses all ages, sexes, each organ system and every disease entity; we pay special attention to our patients’ lives within the context and the...
2014: Year of the Family Physician (Part XVI)
“There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir.” That line is from Bliss Carman’s poem A Vagabond Song. His work succinctly captures the transitional mood of autumn. It is a time of rebalancing lives and perspectives. The impulse to keep the body in motion through travel and outward pursuits amidst seemingly endless sunlight now shifts to more measured reflections housed in solitude with remnants of restlessness. We...