ACOFP President

""The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be
honorable, to be compassionate; to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

March 12-16, 2008
ACOFP 45th Annual Convention & Exhibition
Hyatt Regency Denver
Denver, Colorado

Registration Details

By Steven F. Rubin, DO, FACOFP dist.

January 22, 2008

Voluntary Recall of Certain Lots of Heparin
Baxter Healthcare and U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified health care professionals of a voluntary recall of certain lots of Heparin as a precaution due to an increase in reports of adverse patient reactions associated with these lots. Baxter is in the process of an in-depth investigation to determine the root cause of the reported reactions. Reported adverse events include abdominal pain, decreased blood pressure, burning sensation, chest pain, diarrhea, dizziness, drug ineffectiveness, dyspepsia, dyspnea, erythema, flushing, headache, hyperhidrosis, hypoesthesia, hypotension, increased lacrimation, loss of consciousness, malaise, nausea, pallor, palpitations, paresthesia, pharyngeal edema, restlessness, vomiting/retching, stomach discomfort, tachycardia, thirst, trismus, and unresponsiveness to stimuli. There have been no reports involving fatality.

ACOFP Fit for Life
CNN’s Accent Health says “Try a yoga class.”

Register Today for the 2008 ACOFP Convention!
This year’s convention will feature a workshop on Five-Minute OMT: Integrating Osteopathic Principles and Practices into the Family Medicine Encounter – A Case Based Approach. This workshop will allow family physicians to include osteopathic principles and practices in their office visits.  The presenter will offer case-based learning experiences using the familiar SOAP note format to integrate OMT into the thought process, documentation, and coding of the office encounter.  The attendee will gain the ability to clinically apply the knowledge and techniques.  The session will be primarily hands-on treatment sessions focused by an interactive didactic session.  A rational approach to each office encounter will be proposed, incorporating the basic tenets of osteopathic medicine.  Application of functional anatomy, biomechanics and knowledge of the autonomic nervous systems physiological effects will be incorporated. Register today!

Deadlines Approaching…
National ACOFP Honors for State Societies Application Deadline January 31.
ACOFP will honor the work and dedication of our outstanding ACOFP State Societies by recognizing them at an Awards Ceremony to be held at the ACOFP National Convention March 12-16, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. Share your achievements in leadership development, communications, creativity, membership recruitment and retention initiatives, educational programs, community outreach and public service.  Contact Tobi Kelmer, ACOFP Mgr., State & Student Chapter Relations

Back to Campus
A tragic fire in which a local elementary school was entirely destroyed has the Oklahoma University College of Osteopathic Medicine ACOFP Student Chapter sponsoring a School Supply Drive-- reaching out to fellow students, faculty, and staff to donate crayons, markers, paper, and any other school supplies.  They currently have several collection bins placed throughout the campus and will soon be taking those to the school.  Ryan D. Sears  is the student chapter president at OSUCOM. 

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