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SAVE THE DATE! The SWVA Graduate Medical Education Consortium's 20th Annual Head for the Hills CME Conference at Breaks Interstate Park is on October 17th-19th. About 75 regional primary care providers attend, in addition to residents and nurse practitioners. To look at the updated schedule and our panel of speakers, click Head for the Hills… Continue reading Updated Schedule: Head for the Hills 2019

A 2016 Study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that "only 5% of cancer patients accurately understood their prognoses well enough to make informed decisions about their care." Take a look at how an internist received the delivery of his pancreatic cancer diagnosis, and why his reflections have led him to advocate for… Continue reading Kaiser Health News: Never Say ‘Die’: Why So Many Doctors Won’t Break Bad News

"The vast majority of patients are not from the culture of biomedicine… Routine clinical encounters are often the times when they are being asked to make major lifestyle changes.” Namratha Kandula, MD delves into Arthur Kleinman’s ‘Patient Explanatory Model’ in this older, but relevant article for all healthcare professionals. Kleinman's 'Eight Questions' will get the… Continue reading The Health Care Blog: The Patient Explanatory Model

Head for the Hills 2019 is fast approaching, and this year's event will be held October 17-19 at the Breaks Interstate Park. To register for this event, please click HERE.

College can feel like a lonely place, especially if you're a student of color, a low-income individual, a first-generation youth -- or all three. Educator Chitra Aiyar outlines how she encourages her students to cultivate spaces for other marginalized students to connect and help each other grow. Click HERE, to view this inspiring TED Talk.

An editorial from the Roanoke Times explores the impact of student debt on rural America. This is especially relevant to the shortage of medical providers that Southwest Virginia and other rural communities face. To read the full article, click HERE.

One Care of Southwest Virginia will be hosting a prescription drug and heroin misuse forum in Big Stone Gap, VA on June 23 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. For more information and to register, please click HERE.

Researchers from the University of Virginia conducted a statewide assessment of knowledge of Hepatitis C risk factors, and their findings have recently been published in the Journal of Community Health. Their findings show a critical knowledge gap in the general population, as only 38% of all respondents correctly identified HCV to be curable. Knowledge of… Continue reading New Research Discusses the Knowledge of Hepatitis C Risk Factors in High Incidence Regions

What: Managing Opioid Prescribing and Pain Management Conference When: March 5th, 2019 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Where: Methodist Medical Ridge Conference Room, 990 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-2529 About: This conference will review the mechanisms of acute and chronic pain and discuss the most effective treatments.  In most cases of acute and… Continue reading Managing Opioid Prescribing and Pain Management Conference

Below are some great podcasts courtesy of MEDHOST from the largest rural advocacy event in the country, the NRHA Rural Health Policy Institute. GMEC's very own Wendy Welch discussed the crushing effects opioid addiction has on rural communities and advocates strongly that the solution to many problems may just reside in the community itself. Click… Continue reading MEDHOST Podcasts: LIVE from NRHA’s Rural Health Policy Institute