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Leadership Activities

Here are some examples of leadership we are providing.

Local

Chair, Altoona Hospital Joint Training FP/OB Committee, Dr. Palmer
Chair, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Dr. Good (formerly Dr. Wertz)
Secretary, Department of Family Practice, Dr. Ruhl
Chair, Department of Family Practice
Peer Review Subcommittee for Maternity Care, Dr. Rice

State

Board member, PA Academy of Family Practice, Dr. Palmer
Delegate, PA Academy of Family Physicians, Dr. Palmer
Past Chair, PA Assembly of Family Practice Program Directors, 
    Dr. Palmer

National

Representative of the National Association of Family Practice Residency Program Directors to the Human Genome Project Faculty Development Initiative ($1.8 million), Dr. Palmer.

Representative to the National Coalition of Health Care Professionals in Genetics (NCHPEG), Dr. Palmer

AFP is a Cooperating Organization for the STFM/AAFP Conference on Patient Education.   Dr. Ruhl is a member of the National Planning Committee.

STFM Policy and Legislative Affairs Committee, Dr. Palmer

Academic Council, National Association of Family Practice Directors, Dr. Palmer

Chair, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group on Patient Education, Dr. Ruhl.