Each year, National Primary Care Week highlights the importance of primary care for all, and raises awareness of the need for more primary care practitioners.
The officially designated National Primary Care Week takes place this year from October 7 to 14, but at the academic health sciences center that houses one of the top 10 medical schools for primary care training nationally, one week just isn’t enough to do justice to its commitment to primary care training and care.
That is why UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care are celebrating for the entire month of October. See the full calendar of events below, and contact the Center for the Advancement of Primary Care at 774-442-7059 or capc@umassmemorial.org for further information.
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October 2013 Primary Care Month |
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Saturday 9/28 Community Flu Clinics for UMMHC patients – multiple locations - - TriRiver Health Center - - - Benedict Ped, FM and IM, - - Barre Health Ctr |
1 FM Grand Rounds 12:00 “Top 10 Updates from the Medical Literature in 2013” Practice Visits UMMHC CEO |
2 Humanities in Medicine – Primary Care Storytelling 5:30 Lamar Soutter Library |
3 Health Policy and the Practice of Medicine Interstitials (3rd year students) (Stuart Altman and Eric Dickson featured speakers) |
4 Prime Time Conversations with Eric Dickson, MD 12:20 CEO Update UMMHC CEO at FM retreat Practice Visits UMMHC CEO |
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7 National Primary Care Week 10/7-10/11 Poster Display - Quality Scholars and student posters Old Medical School Lobby 1:15 Refreshments available |
8 FM Grand Rounds 12:00 Dan Lasser, MD
Poster Display continues Old Medical School Lobby |
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14 Columbus Day 3rd year population health clerkships begin |
15 FM Grand Rounds 12:00 Jennifer Reidy, MD “Palliative Care in Primary Care” FM Residency Swing Visits CMG practice visits by CEO |
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17 Division of Preventive & Behavioral Medicine Grand Rounds 12:00
“Diet and Cardiovascular Disease” |
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22 FM Putterman Lecture 12:00 “In It for the Long Haul: Continuity of Care from a Life Cycle Perspective” |
23 Senior Health and Safety Fair - Worcester Senior Center 9:00 – 12:00 |
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25 End 3rd year population health clerkships |
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28 Advanced Directive Training for students |
29 FM Grand Rounds 12:00 CEO at GIM division meeting
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30 Annual Medical Student Primary Care Dinner – Speaker John Polanowicz, Secy. EOHHS – Albert Sherman Center |
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Revised 9/30/13 |
