Hello Young Physicians!
Thank you for your interest and participation in the American College of Physicians (ACP). You are important! As young physicians*, we represent the future of ACP (“the College”) and as such can catalyze much enthusiasm and accomplishment for the organization. Leaders of the College realize this truth, and so strive to meet our needs through products and benefits and through advocacy on issues relevant to our practice and patients.
The benefits of membership in ACP are many and diverse. They range from educational offerings such as PIER (the Physicians’ Information and Education Resource) and Annals of Internal Medicine to career counseling (i.e. the Career Resource Center, and the Practice Management Center). Additionally, the College is actively working to address issues relevant to practicing physicians such as recertification and important advocacy issues such as covering the uninsured, pay-for-performance initiatives, and the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
The Council of Young Physicians serves as a resource for the College in the development of products and services and as an effective mechanism for addressing your concerns. With seats on the Board of Governors, the Board of Regents, the Liaison Committee on Recertification, the Young Physicians Section of the American Medical Association, and multiple ACP Committees, the Council is able to channel your issues directly to the College’s leadership and to the leaders in organized medicine.
Areas in which the Council is actively working include:
- Understanding and addressing the difficulties associated with establishing a career in internal medicine while simultaneously juggling family life,
- Ensuring that the unique circumstances of young physicians entering practice are considered as concepts such as pay-for-performance and efficiency of care remake our systems for reimbursements,
- Evaluating how resident duty hour limits are impacting junior faculty,
- Ensuring that the process for maintaining board certification consists of varied channels for assessing performance, and
- Developing activities and pathways to leadership for Young Physicians in state chapters and nationally.
We are excited about the work that needs to be done in the coming year. We want to hear from you and assist you in any way possible! Feel free to contact us so that we can best serve you.
Warm regards,
Erik A. Wallace, MD, FACP
Chair, Council of Young Physicians
erik-wallace@ouhsc.edu
* A Young Physician is defined as a physician member of ACP who is within sixteen (16) years of graduating medical school and who is not a Medical Student or Associate Member of ACP.
Page updated: 06/06/08
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