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AFP NewsA guide to upcoming events and recent news at AFP
Matches Complete New First Year Residents - graduate June 2013
*Osteopathic Rotating Intern - finishes June 2011
All residents are now receiving Tablet PCs to use at work and at home. This gives them more flexibility in work and study. When they graduate the laptops become theirs. Current versions have DVD burners, web cam, pen-enabled screen, and fingerprint technology (Fujitsu T5010)
ReaccreditationAFP was recently reaccredited for the maximum five years by the ACGME with very few citations. View letter and explanations.
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Tina
Zumer-Quinn won the first annual AFP Gingerbread house decorating contest.
Using only the supplies in the kit, AFP'ers made houses, castles and
unidentifiable structures. Madie Hartman organized the contest.
Dr. Pat Rice has rejoined the AFP faculty. After practicing in rural Texas, he has returned to Altoona where he previously served on the faculty for nearly ten years. He will be practicing and teaching full spectrum family medicine.
EMR News
Altoona Family Physicians has implemented eClinicalWorks, an award-winning, state-of-the-art system that is intuitive and powerful. We are using Tablet PCs to enter information by touch, handwriting recognition, typing or voice-recognition. Our wireless system allows us to be mobile. No typing-at-a-PC-with-back-to-the-patient allowed. The EMR will be accessible by our physicians anywhere via the internet. When the patient portal is implemented, patients will be empowered to look at messages from their doctor on their own personal health website, where they can enter their history, request refills or ask questions.
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Dr. Beckstead and Dr. Ruhl receiving their certificates from NIPDD (National Institute for Program Director Development) sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians. |
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The University of Pittsburgh, Department of
Family Practice, selected us "best preceptor" for their medical
students. Dr. Robert Smith presented the award at our medical staff meeting
5-23-06.
Credit goes to all our faculty, staff and residents who take the time to teach.
Received from a student:
"The residents and attendings at Altoona love to teach and are extremely
friendly; everyone makes you feel completely welcomed and it is a great environment
to work and learn; a terrific rotation opportunity; the Altoona group is
very flexible and the allow the students to see many aspects of Family Medicine
including Rural Clinic, Urban Clinic and Inpatient Medicine; I was allowed to
join the MedEvac helicopter crew for a day which was incredible; I spent time
with a phlebotomist, ophthalmologist and the lab director; a fantastic
rotation." -(an
anonymous evaluation)
Rotation information available on this web site.
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| You may meet a team like this at your next recruitment fair (except the one in the middle). |
Many new pictures and updates!
Last update: 2/11/08 Last published: 2/11/08
