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Remembering AOA President & ACOFP Fellow Dr. John Strosnider
 The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians joins with the osteopathic profession in mourning the passing of AOA President Dr. John Strosnider, who died June 21 due to pancreatic cancer. At the same time, the ACOFP celebrates Dr. Strosnider’s contributions as an osteopathic family physician, educator, and leader for the profession.
“At Pikeville College and in his AOA presidency, Dr. Strosnider set a firm course of action while doing so with a humility that made everyone feel so comfortable. He made everyone feel like a lifelong friend after just one encounter,” said Steven F. Rubin, DO, FACOFP dist., ACOFP President.
Dr. Strosnider will be remembered for his commitment to osteopathic family practice and patients in underserved areas, a commitment that was demonstrated in Pikeville College’s focus on graduating osteopathic family physicians that now are working in rural communities.
Dr. Strosnider was a 1975 graduate of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience College of Osteopathic Medicine. He was an ACOFP member since 1976, when he completed his internship. He received his Fellow designation in 2000, sponsored by Phillip L. Accardo, DO, FACOFP.
“With Dr. Strosnider’s passing, we lost a great friend and colleague,” said Dr. Rubin. “We send our prayers and deepest sympathy to his wife JoAnn and the Strosnider family.”
SAACOFP Honors Dr. Strosnider with Donation to His Greatness Fund
The Student Association of the ACOFP donated $500 to the AOA Greatness Fund in honor of Dr. Strosnider who created this fund in order to “bring the osteopathic profession back to basics and achieve greatness as a unified professional family." For more information on the Greatness Fund visit the AOA website.
Search for an of Osteopathic Family Physician Preceptor
Search for a board-certified osteopathic family physician for your family practice rotation by accessing the ACOFP Registry of Osteopathic Family Practice Preceptors. The Preceptors in this database have provided detailed practice profile information that helps you locate a Preceptor based on the criteria most important to you.
Please Visit ACOFP’s Preceptor Search
Once you have located potential Preceptor(s) please contact them directly to set up the rotation. If you have any questions, please contact tobik@acofp.org
Professional Growth Opportunity – Become the 2008-2009 ACOFP Student Academic Board Member
Expand your professional opportunities by participating on the ACOFP Board of Governors. Many students who have served as the Student Academic Board Member did so to participate in developing ways to serve the needs of Student Members and to involve Student Members in ACOFP strategic initiatives and activities. Put your mark on the future of osteopathic medicine – serve as the 2008-2009 ACOFP Student Academic Board Member.
Applying is easy...
Review the criteria for nomination of a Student Academic Member of the ACOFP Board, then review the Student Academic Board member responsibilities and submit the application with a one page personal letter of interest and current CV no later than August 17, 2007.
Download an Application 
ACOFP/AOA Annual Convention & Scientific Semiar
September 30 - October 4, 2007
San Diego, California
Registration is now open at https://www.do-online.org/index.cfm?PageID=aoa_profmain&au=D&SubPageID=conv_main.
Government Relations Update
Student Loan Issues
On May 9, the House passed the Student Loan Sunshine Act of 2007 (H.R. 890), which amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each lender entering into an educational loan arrangement with a postsecondary school to: (1) report annually to the Secretary of Education specified information concerning such arrangement; (2) inform borrowers of their loan options under Title IV (Student Assistance) before extending private educational loans for attendance at such school; and (3) be barred by such school from marketing such loans in a manner implying the school’s endorsement.
… The bill also:
- Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the adequacy of educational loan information provided to borrowers, including a model format for lender use in providing annual loan information to the Secretary and covered schools.
- Requires any school that provides prospective borrowers with private educational loan information to: (1) include information on their Title IV assistance eligibility; and (2) compare and distinguish private loans from Title IV loans.
- Bars lenders or guarantors of educational loans from offering gifts to school employees or agents.
- Directs the Comptroller General to study the effect loan arrangements and lender inducements to schools have on loan terms.
- Imposes conditions on school maintenance of preferred lender lists, requiring that lenders be listed based on the benefits they provide borrowers.
- Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require lenders of private educational loans to provide specified information to prospective borrowers and, if the loan equals or exceeds $1,000, to notify the relevant school of the proposed loan. Requires such schools to notify the prospective borrower whether and to what extent such loan exceeds the student's attendance costs, after considering other assistance the student has or is eligible to receive.
NBOME Website Offers Authoritative Information on COMLEX-USA
Students and others interested in accurate, authoritative information about the COMLEX-USA examination sequence, including updates on tests, important dates and deadlines, and pre-test study aids, are encouraged to visit the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) website at www.nbome.org.
Spotlight on Strongest Link/Residency Program -
PCSOM/Highlands Regional Medical Center
Program #: 138287
Program Description: This program will prepare the resident to practice a full scope of comprehensive rural inpatient and outpatient care from newborn to geriatric. Residents will acquire clinical, psychosocial and personal communication skills necessary to treat the patient within the context of the family. The family practice clinic provides each resident with a panel of patients that mirrors the demographics of the community and incorporates the traditional aspects of family medicine training with the current aspects of Evidence Based Medicine. Residents will master the latest comprehensive Electronic Medical Record system in use hospital-wide. During their continuity care clinic, and rotations, Residents will learn business techniques needed for a successful medical practice. OMM is incorporated into the care of the patients in the continuity care clinic, as well as in the acute care setting.
Location: Prestonsburg, KY
Prestonsburg, The Star City of Eastern Kentucky is in the heart of Appalachia. Located on US 23, County Music Highway, a National Scenic Byway, is home to many country music stars including Floyd Countian Dwight Yoakam born just miles from Prestonsburg. Prestonsburg offers Broadway musicals at our amphitheatre, star performers, festivals, juried crafts, horse shows, boating and other water recreational activities, hiking, nature watching adventures, golfing, historical and civil war sites.
Strongest Link: Cassandra Garrett, DO. She is available to answer your questions via e-mail at cgarrett@hrmc.org. View complete program descriptions including number of beds, stipend and vacation days.
Scholarships and Awards
Twenty-five $1000 Scholarships Available from ACOFP in 2008
The deadline to submit your application for one of the twenty-five $1,000 individual scholarships funded by the Auxiliary to the ACOFP is February 15, 2008.
Download the Scholarship Application Form
Namey/Burnett Preventive Medicine Writing Award Competition
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