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WINTER | JANUARY 2018
A C U M E N A d a C a n y o n M e d i c a l E d u c a t i o n C o n s o r t i u m ’ s M o n t h l y N e w s l e t t e r
Happy New Year! JANUARY GRAND ROUNDS KICK OFF PROSPEROUS AND EDUCATIONAL 2018
UPCOMING GRAND ROUNDS
January 3 Idaho Public Health Update Christine Hahn, MD State Epidemiologist Division of Public Health, Idaho Department of Health & Welfare Join us for Dr. Hahn’s annual review of Idaho’s epidemiologic data and a discussion of the biggest public health stories of 2017.
January 31 IMA Legislative Update Susie Pouliot Chief Executive Officer, IMA Molly Steckel Policy Director, IMA Join us for a talk about IMA’s legisla-tive priorities on behalf of Idaho pro-viders for 2018. For more Upcoming Grand Rounds,
go to www.acmec.org.
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Upcoming Conferences
January 11 - 14, 2018 41st Annual Hindson Winter Conference For information and registration, go to www.hindsonfoundation.com.
February 22 - 25, 2018 ACMS Winter Clinics For information and registration, go to www.acmswinterclinics.com.
What’s Ahead February 2018
7 TBD: Cardiology Topic Speaker TBD
14 FMRI Resident Talk: Physician Assisted Suicide Billy Galligar, MD
21 ST. LUKE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GRAND ROUNDS The New Hypertension Guidelines: What They Mean for Your Pediatric Patients Karen Redwine, MD
28 Capitalizing on an Untapped Resource: The Family Caregiver Sarah Toevs, PhD, Marilyn Sword, MPA, and Tami Cirerol
ST. LUKE’S BOISE MEDICAL CENTER
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ACMEC is excited to kick off the
new year with annual updates and
interesting talks for January Grand
Rounds.
On January 3rd, Dr. Christine Hahn,
Idaho state epidemiologist, will pre-
sent her annual Idaho Public Health
Update. In this talk, Dr . Hahn will
review Idaho’s epidemiologic data
and discuss the biggest public health stories of 2017.
On January 10th we will kick off the
annual Family Medicine Residency of
Idaho Resident Talks. First up is Dr.
Molly McCormick with a talk on
What is an Osteopathic Physician?.
On January 17th, Dr. Perry Brown,
Jr., director of pediatric education at
FMRI, will kick off the 2018 Chil-
dren’s Hospital Grand Rounds with
2018 Year in Review for Pediatrics,
followed by Polypharmacy on Janu-
ary 24th presented by Drs. Caitlin
Mohr and Dane Kaster of the Boise
VA Medical Center.
We will close out the month on Janu-
ary 31st with an IMA Legislative Up-
date by Idaho Medical Association
staff members Susie Pouliot, CEO,
and Molly Steckel, policy director,
who will share IMA’s legislative pri-
orities on behalf of Idaho providers
for 2018.
We look forward to seeing you at
Grand Rounds in the new year!
NOTICE: ACMEC Annual Membership Meeting ALL ACMEC MEMBERS ARE INVITIED TO JOIN US THIS JANUARY
ACMEC will be holding its 2018
membership meeting on January 3,
2018 before Dr. Christine Hahn’s
annual Idaho Public Health Update.
ACMEC members are invited to join
us at 7:30 a.m. for a full breakfast at
the St. Luke’s Anderson Center or
connect to the meeting via Webex
(www.webex.com) using meeting
number 194458532. The business
portion of the meeting will be held
from 7:45 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
During the annual meeting, active
ACMEC members will have the op-
portunity to elect representatives for
two newly created Member-at-Large
seats on the Board of Directors, as
well as hear general updates on the
state of ACMEC. We hope you’ll join
us!
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Ada County Medical Society News Miscellaneous
Medical Corner UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
FOR ACMS MEMBERS ONLY
2018 ACMS Winter Clinics
February 22 - 25, 2018
Come catch up on CMEs and with
colleagues at Shore Lodge in wintery
McCall during the 59th Annual ACMS
Winter Clinics. Attendees will have the opportunity to earn up to 12.50 CMEs, MOC Part 2 points, connect with vendors, col-leagues and their families at various social events, and take part in the annual ski races at Brundage Ski Re-sort. This year's conference will focus on obesity management with topics in-cluding:
▪ Medical Treatment and Pathophysi-ology of Obesity
▪ Post Bariatric Surgery Complica-
tions
▪ Obesity Management in Pregnancy
▪ Lifestyle and Integrative Medicine
▪ Practical Nutrition for Clinicians
▪ Billing for Obesity Management
▪ Gut Microbiome
▪ An Augenblick Approach to Gaits
▪ Rediscovering the Artistic Side to Medicine
For full schedule and registration, go to www.acmswinterclinics.com.
NEW MEMBERS
Cyrus Ali, MD
Megan Ashline, NP
Keith Balderston, MD
Carin Bohan, PA-C
Kaitlin Burke, MD
Kimbra Cardwell, NP
Damon Demars, DO
James Elder, MD
April Figueroa, NP
Marie Finkbeiner, MS
Samuel Gallo, NP
Karen Galvan, MD
Michael Hallstrom, PA-C
Justin Hastings, MD, DDS
Cory Huffine, NP
Sig-Linda Jacobson, MD
Kellan Kading, MD
Monica Lawler, MD
Rebecca Locke, DO
Lena Pascual, NP
Ashley Rood, NP
Audrey Rush, NP
Steven Schneider, MD
Vincent Serio, MD
Nathaniel Sharp, MD
Sara Smith, NP
Mark Stacy, DO
Mari Beth Stein, NP
Christine Wagner, NP
Kevin Wilson, DO
Thomas Wonderlich, MD
Questions? Email [email protected]
January 2018
GRAND ROUNDS SCHEDULE
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3 Idaho Public Health Update Chris Hahn, MD
10 FMRI Resident Talk: What is an Osteopathic Physician? Molly McCormick, DO
17 ST. LUKE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GRAND ROUNDS 2017 Year in Review for Pediatrics Perry Brown, Jr., MD
24 Polypharmacy Caitlin Mohr, MD and Dane Kaster, PharmD
31 IMA Legislative Update Susie Pouliot and Molly Steckel
ST. LUKE’S BOISE MEDICAL CENTER Anderson Center
Wednesdays, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
4 Idaho Public Health Update Chris Hahn, MD
11 NO CONFERENCE Hindson Winter Conference
18 TBD: Stroke Edward Duckworth, MD
25 Barrett’s Esophagus John Inadomi, MD
* Visit www.acmec.org/calendar for schedule updates
BOISE VA MEDICAL CENTER AW Horsley Learning Center
Thursdays, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
March 2018
14 Stroke Work-Up: Atrial Fibrillation Elsayed Soliman, MD
April 2018
11 Burkholder Lectureship in Oncology Jennifer Temel, MD
May 2018
2 Medicaid Drug Use Tami Eide, PharmD
SAVE THE DATE Upcoming Grand Rounds
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LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS: ACMEC
ONLINE CME ACTIVITY REVIEWERS
ACMEC conducted a needs assessment to
determine if members would like the Grand
Rounds video library to return. The library
would contain online recordings of select
Grand Rounds, consisting mainly of voice-
over PowerPoint. CME credit would be award-
ed to members upon successful completion of
a post-test and evaluation, with the option to
also earn MOC Part 2 points for select activi-
ties.
So far, ACMEC members have expressed an
interest in having these online modules availa-
ble to them. Therefore, ACMEC has started
developing these modules and is almost ready
to deploy them to members, but we need your
help!
We are looking for volunteers to review select
modules to help us troubleshoot any technical
glitches and validate the clinical content. The
estimated time commitment for each module
review is approximately two hours.
Current ACMEC members who are interested
in serving as reviewers should email us at
[email protected] with Online Reviewer in
the subject line. Thanks!
ACMEC Announcements
NEW ACMEC BOARD MEMBER
ACMEC is pleased to welcome Marion Cook
MD, R2 resident of the Family Medicine Resi-
dency of Idaho, to its board of directors serving
in one of two newly added resident representa-
tive seats.
Dr. Cook is a graduate of the University of New
Mexico in Albuquerque. She has particular inter-
ests in women's health, addiction and also nar-
rative medicine. Her interest in family medicine
was inspired by several years serving Albuquer-
que’s diverse South Valley communities at the unique nonprofit clinic
Casa de Salud.
Prior to her medical training, she was a liberal art major and then worked
for many years backpacking in Minnesota, Montana, and Mexico as an
instructor for Outward Bound, promoting leadership, group skills, and
personal growth. She enjoys fitting in time for knitting during lectures, as
well as biking, baking, writing, gardening, and being outdoors with her
partner and their dogs.
2018 CME Application Materials & Series Renewals
Updated applications, instructions and materials
are now available directly through ACMEC. There-
fore, we ask all planners and coordinators who in-
tend to certify an activity or series for CME credit in
2018 to contact ACMEC early in the planning pro-
cess to discuss their plans.
As a reminder:
▪ Outdated materials WILL NOT be accepted.
▪ Applications will not be considered complete and ready for review until all information re-quested is submitted. ACMEC will not accept incomplete applications for review.
▪ Complete applications must be submitted at least 60 days prior to activity/series start date.
▪ Renewing activities (approved in 2017) may request a waiver of this requirement, but must do so at least two weeks prior to their 60 day deadline.
▪ Renewing series (approved in 2017) must be submitted at least 30 days prior to series start date.
▪ Check with ACMEC before starting an applica-tion for the most up to date instructions and forms.
Thanks to all of our joint providers for your contin-ued dedication and collaboration. We look forward to partnering with you to provide our community with quality CME opportunities!
ACMEC Board of Directors President Suzanne Allen, MD Secretary/Treasurer Timothy DeBlieck, MD Ex Officio Mayra Ruiz
Neil Argyle, MD, MPH
Frank Batcha, Jr., MD
April Dillion, DO
David Nielsen, MD
Mark Roberts, MD, MMM
Caroline Davis, MD
Marion Cook, MD