IAFP NEWS BITES

February 5, 2025

Updated IAFP Website

We are excited to unveil our updated website! From the moment you land on the homepage, you'll notice a fresh new look and an improved user experience. Navigating the site is now easier than ever, making it simple to find the information that matters most to you.

One of our exciting new features is the Events Page, where you can effortlessly explore upcoming events and CME offerings.

We invite you to visit our new website and experience the improvements for yourself!

Join us for the 2025

IAFP Legislative Breakfast

Save the Date-2025 Annual Conference

Physician Business Leadership

Certification Program

2025 Cohort Begins February 18th!

Program Brochure

Register HERE

The Iowa Hospital Association and the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians have come together once again to provide a physician business leadership certificate program for Iowa physicians, supporting them in advancing both their leadership competencies and business acumen. Sessions in this four-day program will focus on foundational leadership skills, equipping providers for the ever-changing health care environment, and hot topics that providers will face. 

Sessions Include:

• Empowering Physician Leadership: Aligning Roles, Goals, and Values for Team Success
• Negotiations and Conflict Management
• Language and Tools for the Business of Health Care
• Making Better Decisions
• CEO, Board and Medical Staff Relations
• The Art and Challenge of Coaching Colleagues to Enhanced Performance
• Managing the Difficult Physician Colleague
• Legal Issues for Physician Leaders: An Overview of the Law and Discussion with Health Lawyers in the Trenches
• Workforce Shortages and Physician Crisis
• 12 Pearls of Leadership

Questions can be directed to Autumn McGill at the Iowa Hospital Association.

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AD- Family Medicine Refresher Course

KSA on Care of Women

Knowledge Self Assessment- Care of Women

April 30, 2025 - 5:30 PM 

Zoom Webinar

8 CME credits

$200 for IAFP/AAFP Members

$225 for Nonmembers

Click Here to Register

Faculty

Valery Tran, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Sioux City and Abigail Scrogum, MD, Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Sioux City

Care of Women- KSA Working Group

Easily fulfill the 60-question Knowledge Self-Assessment (KSA), formerly SAM, with this one-day session that meets your ABFM’s Family Medicine Certification Self-Assessment Activities requirement.

• Review 60 core competency questions with experienced family physician faculty, and decide the best answer with your colleagues.
• The IAFP reports your answers directly to the ABFM on your behalf. 

CME

The AAFP has reviewed KSA- Care of Women and deemed it acceptable for up to 8.00 Knowledge Self-Assessment, Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 04/30/2025 to 04/30/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

FMCSA Medical Examiner

Certification Training Course

New and Updated in 2024!

The IAFP brings you medical examiner education to prepare you to take the National Registry for Certified Medical Examiners Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) examination. This course is open to all states.

On Demand Training Course

Watch at your leisure from the comfort of your home or office

REGISTER HERE

Pricing:

AAFP Member- $325

AAFP Resident or New Physician Member- $295

Non-member- $450

More information and Registration can be found HERE.

Meet Your State Mandated CME Requirement:

End of Life Care Course Available On-Demand

Need state mandated CME? IAFP is offering an on-demand state mandated CME course on End of Life Care. See below for more information and registration.

Iowa-licensed physicians are required to complete 2 hours of Category 1 credits for end-of-life care every five years. These requirements became effective August 17, 2011, are for physicians who provide primary care to patients (e.g., emergency physicians, family physicians, general practice physicians, internists, neurologists, pain medicine specialists, and psychiatrists.)

End of Life Care Course

Click here for more information and to register

Cost-$40 for IAFP/AAFP Members

$50 for Nonmembers

IAFP Calendar of Events

February 20, 7:30 - 9:00 am: IAFP Legislative Breakfast

April 30, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (estimated): KSA on Care of Women

November 6-7: 2025 IAFP Annual Conference