2006 DFM Statewide Meeting October 19 and 20

Please mark your calendar now for all day Thursday, October 19 and Friday morning, October 20 so that you can attend our 2006 Department of Family Medicine Statewide Meeting at the Edgewater Hotel in downtown Madison.

A continental breakfast on Thursday will begin the day's activities, and back by popular demand, we will again have a revolving slide show with many new and different photos. If you have any photos you would like to share, please send them to Theresa Moen, Clinic Manager at UW Health-Fitchburg by July 5.

Our keynote speaker this year will be Wayne M. Sotile, PhD from Winston-Salem, NC who is recognized as a pioneer in the field of health psychology and collaboration and collegiality in the workplace. Later in the morning, Paul D. Smith, MD will give a presentation on "Health Literacy." This will be followed by a fun interactive game session led by Len Deprey, RN from the Eau Claire Clinic and Trina Copus, Clinic Manager from UW Health - Waunakee.

We will acknowledge our Department of Family Medicine Years of Service Award recipients at lunch, which will be followed by the distinguished Marc Hansen, MD Lectureship Award and talk (recipient not yet known). Richard G. Roberts, MD, JD will begin the afternoon session with a talk on the New Model of Family Medicine followed by an interactive workshop session, co-facilitated with David Dadds, on what this new model will mean for the Department of Family Medicine.

A reception and dinner Thursday evening will honor this year's recipient of the John H. Renner Wisconsin Idea Award.A morning of activities will follow on Friday which will include six breakout sessions and an awards luncheon featuring the Scheckler Prizes for Research, Excellence Awards, QI Awards and other topics.

We hope to see you on October 19 and 20.