Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians

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Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians and Nebraska Senators pose with Governor Dave Heineman at the signing ceremony of LB 396 on April 29, 2009,(to adopt the Medical Home Pilot Program Act)

Pictured left to right: Dr. Robert Wergin, (AAFP Delegate), Dr. Ivan Abdouch (NAFP Past President), Dr. Bob Rauner (NAFP President), Governor Dave Heineman, Dr. Tom Werner (NAFP Director), Senator Mike Gloor, Senator Gwen Howard, Senator Tim Gay, and Senator Ken Haar

Healthcare Conference Call with Congressman Lee Terry, June 25, 2009

Governor Dave Heineman signs LB 396 at ceremony at the Capitol on April 29, 2009

Pictured left to right: Dr. Bob Rauner (NAFP President), Dr. Ivan Abdouch (NAFP Past President), Dr. Tom Werner, (NAFP Director), Governor Dave Heineman, Senator Mike Gloor (introduced LB 396), Senator Gwen Howard, Senator Tim Gay, and Senator Ken Haar

Family Doctor of the Day - Making A Difference

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Family Doctor of the Day Legislative Calendar

The Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians has provided emergency medical services to our senators since 1983. This program has enabled the NAFP to build an effective relationship with our senators; a relationship that should be maintained if our views and suggestions concerning health care are to be heard. Read More...

Cornhusker Family Physician

The Cornhusker Family Physician is the quarterly journal published by the Nebraska Academy. This is one way members can keep up with legislative events as well as activities of the NAFP.

Family Medicine: A Medical Specialty

In 1969, the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Medical Association designated Family Medicine as this nations 20th major medical specialty. Its roots are in general practice, but Family Medicine is a medical specialty requiring a three-year residency. Unlike other specialists, Family Physicians are specialists whose training focuses on the whole person, not just body systems or specific diseases.

American Board of Family Medicine: First to Require Recertification

As with all specialties, Family Medicine has a specialty board, the American Board of Family Medicine. This is an independent, separate organization that conducts examinations to measure competence in Family Medicine. Physicians who pass and become certified by the Board are recognized as a diplomate. The Board requires that a diplomate achieve recertification by examination every seven years. In fact the American Board of Family Medicine was the first medical certifying board to require its diplomate to recertify by examination.

Continuing Medical Education Required

Realizing that the family doctor's effectiveness depends on up-to-date continuing medical education, the Academy requires its members to complete a minimum of 150 hours of approved continuing medical education every three years to retain membership.

The Only Specialists Qualified to Treat 85 percent of All Ailments

Family physicians are the only specialists trained to treat 85% of all ailments, and to provide comprehensive, continuing health care for people of all ages and both genders. They receive training in six major medical areas -- pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine, psychiatry/neurology, surgery and community medicine. They also receive instruction in many other areas such as: geriatrics, emergency medicine, ophthalmology, radiology, orthopedics, otolaryngology and urology. No other specialist is so well qualified to diagnose and treat the patient for a broad spectrum of illnesses.

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