South Carolina AHEC News & Updates

Dr. Stoney Abercrombie, Director of Medical Education at AnMed Health, has been selected to chair the national, 11-member Society for the Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Task Force on Faculty for Tomorrow. This two-year task force (May 2015 through June 2017) will develop curriculum and programs for residents who desire to be faculty as well as practicing family physicians, especially those who may be contemplating teaching at a residency program. There have been over 25 new family medicines residencies established in the past couple years. There is a critical shortage of family medicine faculty nationally and this task force will address the issue of recruitment and retention of family medicine faculty. For more information on the task force, please visit http://www.stfm.org/NewsJournals/STFMNews/News/May152015.

The AnMed Health Family Medicine Residency Program will celebrate its 40th birthday in 2015 with a CME Reunion Weekend on June 5-6 in Anderson at the Rainey Hospice Conference Center. The 305 graduates of the program are invited to attend this special event. Friday night will be a time of fellowship, fun, food and memory sharing at the Carolina Wren Park in downtown Anderson. Marjorie Halford, widow of founding director, Dr. Jimmy Halford, will attend the evening event. This meeting is open to any physician who wishes to attend and up to eight hours of CME can be earned. Registration is $75 and $16 per adult for the evening activities. If interested, please contact Christie Glenn at Christie.Glenn@anmedhealth.org  by May 8.