Oh, the views... One of the highlights of the Head for the Hills event is being able to stay in accommodations with views like this: If you've attended Head for the Hills in the past, note that lodging arrangements are a bit different this year. You will need to reserve your own room. For reservations please… Continue reading Lodging at the Hills
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Beth O'Connor is the Executive Director of the Virginia Rural Health Association.
What to do in the Hills?
Let's face it - while Head for the Hills is a fantastic educational event, it also reflects the old adage, "location, location, location." Why do the educational sessions end at 12:30 each day? So you can go have fun! Head for the Hills will be held again this year at the Breaks Interstate Park. It will… Continue reading What to do in the Hills?
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Executive Director, Southwest Virginia Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Oakwood, VA & Blacksburg, VA (2 office locations, HQ site to be determined based on employee residence) Position Description: Under the direction of the Southwest Virginia AHEC Board of Directors, and working with the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority (VHWDA), the Executive Director provides leadership and… Continue reading POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
More Head for the Hills
Here's a few new session descriptions for the upcoming Head for the Hills event: Curbside Consults, Bob Franko Embedding behaviorists into primary care has many benefits in both clinical and financial outcomes, but to achieve those outcomes is often harder than it looks. Cherokee Health Systems (Knoxville, TN) offers a mature integrated practice that has… Continue reading More Head for the Hills
Head for the Hills!
What's on the schedule for the 2015 event? Check out these great presentations: Anxious Kids – A Primary Care Approach- Meds & More: C. Allen Musil, MD A discussion of the 3 classes of medication commonly prescribed to treat childhood anxiety, appropriate reasons to initiate medication in an anxious child, common side effects of SSRI treatment… Continue reading Head for the Hills!
Check out that map!
Opening slide for Johnston Memorial Hospital’s Inaugural Residency class dinner presentation Double-click for a full-screen version. So what's on that map? These are the Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatric residencies in Virginia (blue = MD, red = DO). The counties are color coded by their County Health Status ranking. Very light colors are the best rankings,… Continue reading Check out that map!
Why the wait?
What makes a general practice doctor good? Or even great? Sometimes, it's how long you have to sit in the waiting room. One Appalachian doctor was recently asked why an appointment for 2:40 wasn't seen until after 3:00. Her fantastic response outlines the realities for many physicians. A test result came back positive for cancer… Continue reading Why the wait?
Hands On!
Active learning vs. lecture: What works best? According to a recent review of students in STEM classes, those with hand-on lessons have higher test scores , while those in traditional lecture classes were more likely to fail. As one article notes - We know that learning is harder from the sidelines. If deep understanding is the objective, then… Continue reading Hands On!
Finding Research Data Sources
The Rural Resident Research Symposium held at UVA-Wise in April included a presentation on "Finding Research Data Sources for Populations in Rural Virginia." by Susan Meacham. The presentation strove to answer the question; Where do I find data on rural populations to answer hypothesis driven research questions? It then addressed the following objectives: Identify primary… Continue reading Finding Research Data Sources
Graduate Medical Education – Part 2
Last week, we started a discussion on, the 22nd report from the Council on Graduate Medical Education, titled; “The Role of Graduate Medical Education in the New Health Care Paradigm” Let's look at one of the recommendations in the report (p. 14): Recommendation 1: GME training should be expanded in ambulatory and community sites to reflect the… Continue reading Graduate Medical Education – Part 2
Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium 