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THE WEEKLY DOSE |
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Sept. 30, 2018 |
Vol. 7, No. 39 |
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In this Issue… |
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News and Announcements |
BCMS Circle of Friends Sponsors |
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Pick Up the
Phone — Join TMA’s Oct. 3 Legislative Town Hall Call
What’s the most important win the Texas Medical Association can
achieve for you when the Texas Legislature comes back to Austin in January?
Higher Medicaid rates? No scope-of-practice expansions? Putting health
insurance companies in their place? A significant investment in maternal
health? Or in graduate medical education? As you
would expect, TMA’s Council on Legislation and our top-notch lobby team have
all of those issues — and many more — on our 2019 agenda. But TMA President
Douglas Curran, MD, wants to know what means the most to you. “That’s
why I’ve scheduled a series of regional TMA Town Hall meetings across the
state this fall,” Dr. Curran said. “And that’s why we’re using technology to
make sure you can be there — and earn continuing medical education credit. So
get your suggestions, questions, comments, and concerns ready.” TMA is
taking to the phone — your home phone — to hear what’s on your mind. Answer
your phone at 7 pm CT, Wednesday, October 3, to take part in TMA’s Tele-Town
Hall meeting on the 2019 legislative session. This is an exclusive opportunity
for physicians in Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, and
Kerr-Bandera county medical societies. TMA will call physician members
at the home phone number on file in their membership record. If you want us
to call a different number — or you do not want us to call you at all —
please email the TMA Knowledge Center or call (800)
880-7955 by 5 pm CT by Monday, Oct. 1. You
also can participate online. Visit TMA’s Tele-Town-Hall page on Oct. 3 to listen
in to the discussion and submit your questions or comments. Learn
more about the work TMA has been
doing to get ready for the 2019 session. “I
hope you answer the phone when we call at 7 pm CT, on Wednesday, Oct. 3,” Dr.
Curran said. The
Texas Medical Association designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit™. This course has been designated for 1
credit of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity. Physicians who remain on the call for at least
53 minutes will automatically receive CME credit. |
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2nd Annual BCMS Writers’ Workshop Call 210-582-6399 for information and to
register. |
Course Description Found Objects: A Microprose Workshop
The Teachers Jessica
Wright: Jessica Wright is an Assistant Professor of Classics and
Medical Humanities at UTSA. She hails originally from England, but she lived
in Los Angeles, New Jersey, and China before arriving in San Antonio. Her
poetry has been published in anthologies such as Circe's Lament,
in online journals such as Lines + Stars and Alliterati,
on broadsides, and her non-fiction has appeared in Eidolon and Cloelia.
She has taught writing in colleges and in prisons. Her day job is as
historian of the brain. Patrick
Stockwell: Stockwell is a native of Houston, Texas and holds an MFA
in Creative Writing-Fiction from New Mexico State University where he served
as an assistant editor for Puerto del Sol and a coordinator with La Sociedad
para Las Artes and the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. He is the co-founder
of the Lone Star Salon reading series, The Short Fiction Soundtrack literary
performance series, and has worked to organize other events for Southern New
Mexico and Southeast Texas arts communities. As an undergraduate at the
University of Houston, he served as editor for Glass Mountain and helped to
establish Boldface, an annual conference for emerging writers. |
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Thank you to our BCMS Circle of Friends sponsors! Donations from Circle of Friends sponsors help keep down the
cost of dues and allow BCMS to continue to provide quality service to its members. The society continues its pledge to you and only will involve
itself in services and programs that benefit you, the member, and your
patients. |
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About The Weekly Dose The Weekly Dose is a
service of the Bexar County Medical Society. Some of the suggestions conveyed
may not be applicable to your practice today, but the goal is to offer
information over time that returns value in excess of the cost of
your membership. If you would like to recommend
future topics to share with your colleagues, please submit them to the BCMS
Executive Director at steve.fitzer@bcms.org. All rights reserved. Unauthorized
use prohibited. Copyright © 2018 Bexar County
Medical Society, San Antonio, Texas. All rights reserved. |
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