#AAFPNC: Resident Perspective

In about a week, the 2012 AAFP National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students will start. I have already predicted that this will be THE most social media connected meeting EVER for residents and students. Two examples of this are Diana Tucci and Aaron Meyer who are challenging medical students to run their election campaigns on twitter. Very creative.

The video above is a flash from the past from just 2 years ago in 2010. On that podcast, we did a very unique thing and interviewed people live from the convention floor during the meeting. I talked with (then) Family Medicine Resident Dr. Gerry Tolbert about the Opening Night of the meeting which is a big social event. For those of you who will be attending the meeting for the first time, check out the video above. In addition, I invite you to download the entire audio podcast from 2010 right here or listen below. More updates soon...

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#AAFPNC 2012: Most Social Student & Resident Mtg Ever

The 2012 AAFP National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students will be July 26-28, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. This is a meeting that is near and dear to my heart, in this is where I first learned about my specialty and where I met some friends for life.

As has been documented on this blog in the past couple of years, the Family Medicine community has embraced social media as a way to tell the Family Medicine story, to network with peers, and to dream of the future of where health care should go.

In the past few months, the conference organizers (the official twitter hashtag will be #AAFPNC) have used social media platforms like a facebook Page, a twitter handle, and a youtube channel to connect with Family Medicine Resident Physicians and medical students around the country.

I predict that everything will come together in the next 10 days as Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students really start to get excited about the meeting and start using social media to generate some excitement and buzz leading up to next week's meeting.

This blog/website will also do it's part to help let people know about the meeting. I'll also share some memories that I have had with past meetings, and will share my story about how this meeting and this gathering of Famly Medicine advocates - how this really helped to shape my life. Stay tuned....

Physician Social Media Guide

Open publication - Free publishing - More facebook

This past week the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) released their Physician Social Media Guide which you see above. They graciously allowed me to look at a draft of the document, which looks pretty good. This initial guide is for what they call "The Big Three" meaning Facebook, Linked-In, and Twitter.

The PAFP has a staff of individuals with a lot of experience in the social media industry. This knowledge base really shows through in this document. They asked me to take a look at it to help frame it for physicians who have little or no experience in social.

So, if you're a physician organization, I encourage you to check out this guide. You can also download the document, but you have to register for the "Issuu" website, which is easy to do. If you have feedback on the document, please leave a comment below, or let me know. I'll certainly forward it along. PAFP is also considering other guides for other social media platforms - I recommend Youtube, Pinterest, and Google Plus next...

Pennsylvania AFP 2012 Summer CME

Thanks so much to the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) for the invitation to speak at their 2012 Summer CME Meeting in Annapolis, Maryland. Of course, I'll be speaking on my favorite topic of Family Medicine and Social Media. The title of the talk is "Physician Social Media: Introduction, Intermediate, and Best Practices."

If you would like an exclusive preview of the talk, the slides are available below to take a look at. You can also download them here or at my slideshare account site. Thanks so much to everyone who has given me feedback on the slides, and what the in-person crowd also gets are a few videos to look at to help further the slide points.

The PAFP is also live video streaming of their Friday CME sessions, which I hope that more Academy state chapters do. However, they are charging $60 for 6 sessions, or $20 for each session, if you would like to purchase individual sessions. It will be interesting to see how popular this option is. Personally, I haven't seen much success with this, but maybe they need to do this in order to offer the CME hours for physicians/providers.

Also on their website, PAFP is going to premier their "Big 3 Initiative" in introducing the "Big 3" social media players (facebook, linkedin, and twitter) to PAFP physician members. I hope to chat with staff about this initiative and offer my assistance, if needed, to help this initiative succeed.

Before heading to Annapolis, I'll be in DC hanging out, and trying to stay out of the heat (supposed to be approaching 110F on Saturday). So, pay attention to my twitter and my facebook feeds. The PAFP meeting hashtag is #Annapolis2012 and I'll be tweeting and following the meeting there. Have a great weekend everybody!

Physician Social Media: Introduction, Intermediate, Best Practices

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2012 Exl Digital Pharma West

Welcome to those of you who are checking my website out from the 2012 Exl Digital Pharma West meeting in San Francisco. The meeting organizers were gracious enough to extend another invitation to speak this year. I was also part of a panel discussion in 2010.

The title of my talk is "Physicians, Social Media, and Pharma: Challenges and Opportunities." The final copy of the slides are below. You can also download the presentation here from my slideshare account. A lot of what I have to say has already been stated in the great twitter stream for the conference this year.

I'm also going to be part of a panel called "Epatients & EDocs" along with Kelly Young, also known as @RAWarrior on twitter, and also Sean Aherns, founder of Crohnology which is a patient-to-patient forum about the GI diagnoses of Crohn's Disease and Colitis.

To track the conference, I encourage you to follow the #digpharm twitter stream which has a great group of people tweeting out the conference. For those new to my website, I encourage you to check out my podcast, follow me on twitter, "Like" my facebook page, check out my TV interviews from local TV news, and my Linked-In page. Thanks for checking out my site!

Physicians, Social Media, and Pharma

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FamMedRocks Ep263 Preview

I'm happy to welcome Dr. Laura Knobel to be a guest on Family Medicine Rocks Episode 263 which will take place on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 6pm Eastern Time on the BlogTalkRadio network. Dr. Knobel is a Family Physician and member of the AAFP Board of Directors from Walpole, Mass.

Dr, Knobel and I will be discussing her recent essay on the AAFP Leader Voices blog: "The Joys - And Advantages Of Solo Practice" here's an excerpt from her essay:

One weekday afternoon when I was sitting on a bleacher watching my daughter play softball, another parent asked me why I wasn't at my office seeing patients. My answer? She's only going to grow up once. I attended every one of my daughter's high school softball games, but I also made plenty of time for my patients.

Many physicians struggle with work/life balance, so being your own boss has distinct advantages. I own my own small practice in suburban Boston, and love being a solo doc - again.

If you haven't already, invite you to check out previous interviews with Dr. Conrad Flick and Dr. Reid Blackwelder about their recent essays in the AAFP Leader Voices blog. I hope you can join us Live on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 6pm Eastern Time for Family Medicine Rocks Episode 263 with Dr. Laura Knobel.

AAFP Summer Cmte Mtgs

Last weekend in Kansas City, the American Academy of Family Physicians held their Summer Committee Cluster meetings. I'm not currently on an AAFP Committee right now, but I have some great memories of those meetings while talking with other Family Physicians about important issues for our patients. What follows below is a summary of the tweets from this past weekend using the #aafpsc hashtag. Enjoy!

Dr. Conrad Flick Interview

Thanks again to Conrad Flick, MD for being my guest on Family Medicine Rocks Episode 262 last week. Our main topic of conversation was his essay, "Working With Others Key To Successfully Transforming Our Practices." Everyone knows that we have a broken health care system. However, physicians are sometimes uneasy about change. We had a great conversation about what he and his practice went through to change their practice.

We also talked about his Family Medicine story and his views on social media. I apologize for not having a video portion of the show available yet. I'll add that to this post when I'm able to edit it. Meanwhile, you can listen to the audio podcast below, or you can download here. We're also available on iTunes. I encourage you to "Like" the Facebook page, follow me on twitter, and check out my YouTube page. Enjoy!

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FamMedRocks Ep262 Preview

I'm happy to welcome Dr. Conrad Flick to Family Medicine Rocks Episode 262 which will take place Tonight LIVE at 7pm Eastern Time on the BlogTalkRadio network. Dr. Flick is a Family Physician and a member of the AAFP Board of Directors from Cary, North Carolina. 

Dr. Flick and I will be discussing his recent essay in the AAFP Leader Voices Blog: "Working With Others Key to Successfully Transforming Our Practices" which has to do with the transformation of the current model of medical practices to the Patient Centered Medical Home. Here is an excerpt from his essay...

Good partners can make all the difference when transforming a practice. For example, one of the family physicians in my practice, Andrew Drabick, MD was so concerned about the obesity problem in our community the he led our efforts to open a weight loss clinic. Many of our patients found the extra help they needed, and we added an important revenue stream.

One of my other partners, Stephen Moore, MD, is passionate about practicing family medicine, but he has little desire to be involved in the business of medicine. Stephen puts his trust in others to make sure we are running a sound business. I also love being a family physician, but I have the interest in business that my partner lacks. Together, we provide balance to a practice that has expanded three times in a little more than five years.

If you haven't already checked it out, I also invite you to check out last week's show with Dr. Reid Blackwelder talking about Advocacy, Family Medicine Residents, and medical students. I hope you can join us at 7pm Eastern Time Tonight for Family Medicine Rocks Episode 262 with Dr. Conrad Flick.

Behind The Scenes

People know that I enjoy having fun at meetings in addition to covering the topics through twitter, blog posts, and other social media platforms. Below are two videos from recent meetings, where these guys were great sports when I get the video camera out. Enjoy!