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In his inspiring flagship keynote, Shola will introduce the transformative concept of Ubuntu (pronounced, “oo-BOON-too”) which translates to “I am, because we are.” The Ubuntu philosophy, along with three powerful questions, will provide the audience with actionable strategies to transform their work culture, amplify team civility, and inspire themselves and others to consistently bring their...

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based framework for discussing behavioral changes with patients. Patients often struggle with problematic behaviors that complicate their health and limit the efficacy of medical interventions. In this workshop we will review the basic process of conducting a brief and effective MI interview in the context of family and preventative medicine.

This lecture will guide physicians through the essential aspects of diagnosing Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), initiating treatment with buprenorphine, and managing the complexities of recovery and potential medication discontinuation. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of the diagnostic criteria for OUD, the session will delve into the evidence-based benefits of buprenorphine in reducing mortality and enhancing...

Physician mental health has been increasingly discussed, largely due to the reports of physician suicides being at approximately 300 annually. Despite these numbers and the attention that this topic receives within our circles, physicians remain hesitant to engage in treatment due to fears of retaliation by their employers, hospital systems, and the medical board. Furthermore,...

2021 brought new rules re: evaluation and management (E/M) CPT code services. Physicians have the opportunity to implement changes in their documentation practices to benefit from these changes. Learn strategies that will allow you to spend more time with your patients as you lighten the administrative burden of documentation and coding while also protecting yourself...

Social media is ubiquitous, highly divisive, and most importantly, it can be dangerous for healthcare and dental professionals without the appropriate controls in place. This program examines social media devices, formats, and target audiences. The regulatory impact on healthcare and dental professionals is described, and strategies to mitigate risks associated with social media are explored.

This presentation will give providers valuable tools to diagnose vascular anomalies of various kinds including hemangiomas and lymphatic, venous and arteriovenous malformations. These lesions, while similar, are distinct with varying levels of concern or urgency for primary care providers. Most of these lesions are most common in children but can also occur in adults.

The presentation will examine the claims data of Advanced Practice Providers in order to understand the contributing factors of medical malpractice claims. There is pressure on both the frequency and severity of claims because of the expanding scope of practice of APPs, the volume of patients they are seeing and the increasing complexity of patients....

Physicians continue to experience working long hours, often bringing work duties home that replace time that could be spent on relaxation, recharging, self-development, and growth. While we often consider vacations and spa days as key parts of a thriving self-care plan, they don’t always lead to sustained fulfillment. This session challenges participants to consider creative...

Providing Family Care Plans (FCPs) to pregnant, postpartum, and parenting people is a vital component of Oklahoma’s SAFER Project, which seeks to increase support to pre-pregnancy, pregnant, and parenting individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD) by strengthening the continuum of care, improving access to services, building community support, and destigmatizing treatment through multi-systemic partnerships...

As revenues get smaller at the same time the costs associated with errors and how health care operates just keep growing, there has never been a more important time to look at shifting the industry’s approach to quality management away from the very costly and resource-consumptive game of minimal compliance that it plays with its...

MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy is a new procedure that is utilized to treat patients with medically refractory essential tremor. This presentation will discuss the patient selection criteria, procedure, and outcomes.

What and how we eat not only sets the foundation for our personal health and wellbeing, it’s a serious health advantage for our patients and clients. Life’s stressors, time constraints, basic food and nutrition know-how, unsettled science, and challenging food environments can discourage even the most motivated. The health of our planet is also driving...

As the stress and chaos in the current environment builds for everyone, but especially our people on the front lines of patient care, how we manage quality improvement has taken on a whole new level of importance for multiple reasons. First, because we have to get better at making measurable improvements happen faster so to...

Historically, there has been a lot of emphasis on the ‘hard skills’ necessary to prevent malpractice such as technical competence and knowledge. Patient satisfaction, patient engagement, and collaborative care have, in many ways, shifted the focus solely from clinicians’ knowledge and technical acumen to a broader range of desirable skills — including many soft skills....

Electronic footprints surround us with every click of the keyboard. The amount of metadata available can be overwhelming and sometimes difficult to navigate. This program explores the metadata sources within a healthcare facility, provides risk mitigation strategies for monitoring the metadata, and how to handle legal requests for metadata.

Recent data indicate that healthcare is in the midst of a compassion crisis. But a pivotal question is this: Does compassion really matter? Healthcare workers have always had a moral and ethical imperative to treat patients with compassion, and compassion is a cornerstone of the “art” of medicine. But is compassion just in the art...

Join us for an overview of valuable information regarding current legal issues facing physicians and other healthcare providers. Experienced defense attorneys, Chad Moody, Esq and Gene Stanley, Esq will present topics important to the practice of medicine and discuss strategies to manage both ongoing and newly identified risks faced by providers in this evolving healthcare...

Join us at 7:45am at the conclusion of the OAFP Business meeting for the Legislative Update 2023. The 2023 OAFP legislative session will be an overview of the Oklahoma legislative session and what it meant for Family Medicine. It will discuss vaccine bills, changes to Oklahoma Medicaid and other pertinent issues. Attendees will learn of...

This session aims to introduce healthcare professionals to the science and practice of mindfulness. Despite extensive evidence supporting mindfulness’s role in stress reduction and performance enhancement, a knowledge gap exists in healthcare circles about its efficacy, applications, and practice. This program intends to bridge this gap, enabling clinicians to understand and incorporate mindfulness into their...

The role of the physician in leading the charge toward improving the quality of healthcare is ever evolving. Always known to be leaders in the clinical settings, physicians are assuming a greater role in developing methodologies, processes and programs designed to improve patient safety and outcomes. Until recently, traditional medical school education did not spend...

Join Dr. Bell as she presents case studies re: the appropriate use of antibiotics and the importance of proper selection to maximize effectiveness and improve patient outcomes. These cases will encompass all classes of antimicrobials and serve as a refresher and update as well as highlighting the pitfalls of certain antibiotic choices in particular patient...

The presentation aims to arm primary care physicians with the necessary tools and knowledge to confidently address obesity medicine within their clinics. By enhancing their diagnostic acumen, broadening their understanding of pharmacotherapy, and providing an introduction to surgical interventions, the talk seeks to elevate the level of care these physicians can offer to patients struggling...

While telemedicine has been around for many years, its utilization increased only recently, during the COVID-19 pandemic, when both physicians and patients utilized technology in record numbers, at a scary moment in history when patients were afraid to catch the SARS-Cov2 virus and avoided in-person care of any type, even in an emergency. Now that...

Hepatitis C is increasing in the population, especially among younger persons given the opioid epidemic. It will continue to be important for Family Medicine and other primary care physicians to be comfortable with the available resources for treating this condition to prevent the potential long-term morbidity and mortality that is associated with Hepatitis C infection....

Healthcare professionals will be invited to explore the crucial role of communication in improving patient outcomes and satisfaction. Recognizing that time is often a scarce commodity in healthcare, this program is designed to provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of effective communication strategies and their impact on patient care. Participants will discuss the significant barriers...

Medical liability insurance is a vital tool for any successful career in medicine, but many physicians don’t take the time to understand the coverage they have and the importance of knowing the options available to them. A specialized type of professional liability insurance, medical malpractice insurance provides coverage to physicians for liability arising from care...

The business of medicine becomes more complicated with each passing year. Faced with new challenges in the evolving healthcare environment, office managers and hospital administrators must be prepared to respond in a timely fashion or risk financial loss or penalties. Join us as we address issues including OKSHINE, records retention, and records requests. A discussion...

Characterized by impulsivity, inattention, and hyperactivity, ADHD is thought to affect 8.4% of children and 2.5% of adults in the United States. Branded and generic formulations of stimulants such as boost levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine in patients with ADHD, improving focus and motivation and reducing certain negative behavioral traits. The number of...

This presentation offers valuable insights into unique methods for quickly discerning different personality types. By applying these methods during real-time interactions with patients, physicians and healthcare professionals can personalize their approach and enhance patient outcomes. In the fast-paced realm of healthcare, promptly identifying diverse personality types can significantly improve patient care and communication. Stevenson’s presentation...

This presentation offers valuable insights into unique methods for quickly discerning different personality types. By applying these methods during real-time interactions with patients, physicians and healthcare professionals can personalize their approach and enhance patient outcomes. In the fast-paced realm of healthcare, promptly identifying diverse personality types can significantly improve patient care and communication. Stevenson’s presentation...

Participants will understand the current opioid epidemic. Individuals will be exposed to basic terminology regarding opioids. They will understand statistics and epidemiology regarding the epidemic, as well as put overdose numbers in perspective in the State of Oklahoma by providing information on overdoses by the specific opioids (heroin, methadone, oxytocin, hydrocodone, fentanyl) and other lethal...

In this innovative talk, Harris III will help you reimagine everything you know about leadership. What if everything you’ve been taught about leadership is true and helpful, but there was one single secret that the world’s best leaders knew that could take everything you know to a new level you’ve yet to imagine is possible....

The 2023 OKAFP Residents Quiz Bowl will test resident’s knowledge regarding the history of family medicine, patient care standards and important new research findings. This event is designed to foster a spirit of competition and pride as they go head-to-head in an ultimate battle of the brains. Attendees will have the opportunity to watch the...

OAFP Past Presidents please join us for a special breakfast where we can reflect on the past and look towards the future of healthcare in Oklahoma.

Beginning with a brief history of the adoption of technological advances within medicine, the presentation will focus on providing an introductory understanding of the basics of Artificial Intelligence and how this technology might be leveraged appropriately in healthcare through discussion of its strengths, weaknesses, and potential applicability within primary care.

The presentation will review literature based on guidelines from NASPGHAN (North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition) about various common Pediatric Gastroenterology topics commonly seen in Primacy Care practice including abdominal pain, gastroesophageal reflux and constipation. It will evaluate various differential diagnosis and preliminary work-up and initial management options

Participants will learn about the symptoms and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and differentiation from other types of dementia and mild cognitive impairment. I will review some screening tools that can facilitate diagnosis. Next, I will discuss AD management including patient and family education and how to utilize a team-based approach. The session will conclude with...

Research has shown that levels of empathy begin to decline early during medical training, often after the first year of medical school. This negatively impacts provider well-being, patient experience, and patient safety and outcomes. The culture of medicine includes many powerful obstacles to individual self-care and organizational change. Many trainees are already skeptical and hopeless...

This presentation will cover the top dermatologic issues in primary care. Primary care providers are often in a prime position to take care of patients with dermatologic issues, prior to referral to a dermatologist. While it is important to know when to refer patients to dermatology, it is also important to recognize that primary care...

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that affects more than 339 million people globally. This presentation will focus on the diagnosis and treatment recommendations for exercise-induced bronchospasm, vocal cord dysfunction and asthma severity/control.

This presentation will provide an overview of the vaping epidemic among youth (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-34) in the US, including the key psychosocial risk factors associated with youth and young adult vaping, the range of products that youth and young adults may use to vape nicotine, vaping as it co-occurs with the...

This activity will focus on diagnosing chronic pain syndromes in family medicine, identify pharmacologic appropriate therapy for specific conditions, including painful diabetic neuropathy, osteoarthritis, trigeminal neuralgia, and fibromyalgia, describe the use of active modalities such as exercise and physical therapy in the treatment of chronic pain, recommend appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic options for the treatment...

Menopause is no longer taboo, nor is it a disease in search of a cure. Over half of the world experiences this sudden change in their hormonal regulation and the symptoms that accompany it, and in the years that have followed the Women’s Health Initiative, many now seek medical recommendations that are more nuanced and...

Lung cancer screening (LCS) with low-dose computed tomography is a grade-B USPSTF recommendation and reduces mortality by 20%. Implementation of LCS has never been studied in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, many of which are at increased risk of lung cancer. For this reason, we initiated the Tribally Engaged Approaches to Lung Screening...

This presentation will help learners get a basic understanding of signs and symptoms suggestive of RA, risk factors for RA, understanding the process for diagnosis RA, determine when to refer patients with RA to a rheumatologist, help patients understand their disease and engage in shared decision making, develop a comfort level in prescribing DMARDs, expand...