This year, AAFP members are invited to register for two free events featuring family physicians to mark National Rural Health Day on Nov. 17: a webinar hosted by NOSORH and a virtual conference presented by NOSORH and the Rural Medical Education Collaborative.
The first event, “Carpool Collaboration: Conversations with Mission-Minded Rural Stakeholders,” will be held Nov. 17 from 2-3:30 p.m. ET. Julie Wood, M.D., M.P.H., the Academy’s senior vice president for Research, Science and Health of the Public, and Mary Zelazny, CEO of Finger Lakes Community Health, a federally qualified health center in upstate New York, will participate in a discussion of the importance of rural health clinics and community health centers and the role primary care clinicians play in ensuring health equity in rural areas.
National, regional and state leaders in agriculture, broadband technology, philanthropy and public health will also share stories about collaborative efforts to improve rural health. The event is free but advance registration is required.
The second event, the Rural Health Clinical Congress, begins at 9 a.m. ET on Nov 19. The event, which offers free CME, is designed for primary care clinicians and other health care professionals who serve rural and underserved communities. Five online sessions are currently scheduled, with AAFP member Barbara Yawn, M.D., M.Sc., an adjunct professor in the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, serving as a speaker throughout.
