Category: Uncategorized

Follow link for additional information and registration

Be Antibiotics Aware: Smart Use, Best Care Antibiotics save millions of lives. Infectious bacterial diseases that were once deadly are now treatable with antibiotics. Unfortunately, 30 percent of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary and potentially dangerous. Antibiotics can cause side-effects ranging from mild to severe. Antibiotic resistance is a serious public health issue. Each year around… Continue reading CDC Public Grand Rounds

Follow the link for registration and event details  

Care Coordination - A Rural Perspective Northeast Tennessee Community Collaborative DESCRIPTION Bring your lunch and join us to learn how one rural agency is accomplishing transitions of care. Jill Talbert, RN and Clinical Director for Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems (SVCHS) will lead the discussion and share how SVCHS got started in care coordination and… Continue reading Care Coordination – A Rural Perspective

Article published in Rural and Remote Health: Women in rural family medicine: a qualitative exploration of practice attributes that promote physician satisfaction ABSTRACT Introduction:  The USA needs more rural physicians. Although women represent half of all US trained medical students, the rural physician workforce has remained predominantly male. Insight is needed into what makes rural practice… Continue reading Women in Rural Family Medicine

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM of SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA FIFTH ANNUAL RURAL RESIDENTS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 8:30 – 9:00 am   Breakfast Welcome to RRRS 9:00 – 10:00 am       A Quick Guide to Important Issues in Immunization Stacy Boyer, MS Regional VFC Consultant with VDH   10:00 – 10:30 am         Aortoenteric… Continue reading 2018 Rural Residents Research Symposium

Follow this link to register 

More Information and Registration

Click here for registration