October 2005
Oct 14, 2005, 10:40
Welcome to News in Brief
Welcome to the October issue of
News in Brief. This newsletter is published bi-monthly to feature what is happening in Rural Health Education and Services at the KU Medical Center. For more information contact Lorene Valentine at
lvalenti@kumc.edu.
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Kansas Recruitment Center Announces Placement
The Kansas Recruitment Center (KRC) is pleased to announce it has placed Cassanda Caprez-Davis, MD, with Anthony Hospital in Anthony, Kan. Dr. Davis received her degree at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She did her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Davis will begin her practice early next year. Welcome to Kansas, Dr. Davis! For more information about KRC, contact Joyce Tibbals at
jtibbals@kumc.edu.
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New Staff Member Joins RHES
Marinn Rank has joined Rural Health as our Senior Administrative Assistant. In this role, she will primarily support the Kansas Recruitment Center. You can contact Marinn directly at
mrank@kumc.edu. Welcome to RHES, Marinn!
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Kansas Locum Tenens Program Recruits New Providers
The Kansas Locum Tenens program has recruited several new providers to complete temporary coverage throughout rural Kansas. Twelve resident providers have signed up for the program in the past two months. Requests for locum tenens services for the holiday season are starting to arrive. For more information, contact Andrea Ellis at
aellis2@kumc.edu.
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Kansas Career Opportunities Event in Wichita is a Hit!
Thank you to all the exhibitors and participants for making the Kansas Career Opportunities (KCO) event on October 6th in Wichita a success. Twenty six communities exhibited and over 100 medical students, allied health students, and resident physicians participated.
New this year was a peer discussion among the exhibitors about recruitment and retention. The session focused on recruitment strategies, challenges and ideas for additional services that RHES can further explore. The session ended with a drawing for a free booth rental at the 2006 Kansas Career Opportunities event in Wichita. Congratulations to St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City for winning, and thank you to those who participated in such great discussion!
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One Down, One to Go…
If you missed the Wichita KCO event, here’s your opportunity to attend our second one at KUMC in Kansas City on October 19th. Registration and lunch begins at noon in the Hixson Atrium and exhibits are open until 3:00pm. A drawing for prizes will be at 2:45pm in the Hixson Atrium. If you haven’t pre-registered, please visit
http://ruralhealth.kumc.edu or call us at 316-293-2649.
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KCO Panelists Share Their Knowledge and Experiences
RHES would like to thank the moderators and panelists at KCO on Oct. 6th. Serving on the panel designed for physicians, medical students and physician residents were the following:
Dr. S. Edwards Dismuke, Dean of the University of Kansas School of Medical – Wichita;
Dr. Rick Kellerman, Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita;
Jennifer Forbes, Director of Marketing and Physician Recruiting at Labette County Medical Center in Parsons;
Dr. Jennifer Jackson, Internal Medicine physician for Pratt Internal Medicine Group in Pratt;
Dr. Steve Hawks, Family Practice physician for Sumner Regional Medical Center in Wellington;
Dr. Graig Nickel, Family Practice physician for Lindsborg Rural Health Clinic in Lindsborg; and Dr. Nickel’s wife,
Jaime Nickel who is a freelance Sign Language interpreter and homemaker.
Panel members in the session designed for nursing, allied health care professionals and students include:
Dr. Rick Muma, Chair and Associate Professor for the Physician Assistant Program at Wichita State University in Wichita;
Michael Huela, Physician Assistant for the United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries in Garden City;
Jeff Belden, OTR/L, Pediatric Occupational Therapist for the Cowley County Special Services Cooperative in Winfield and consultant and self-contracting therapist for REACH and Kansas Specialty Services, Inc.;
Kayanne Meitler, ARNP for the Ellsworth Rural Health Clinic in Ellsworth, KS, the Lucas Rural Health Clinic and the Lucas Nursing Home in Lucas, KS;
Joy Walker, ARNP for the Community Health Center in Hutchinson and the Family Planning Coordinator at Pratt County Health Department ; and
Janie Ward, ARRT (R)(M), Clinical Coordinator for the Radiology Program at Newman University in Wichita.
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Where You’ll See Us
Visit our booth on November 7-8, 2005, at the Century II Convention Center in Wichita for the Kansas Hospital Association Annual Convention and Trade Show. Exhibits are open Monday, November 7th from 11:00am – 12:30pm and 3:00pm to 5:30pm, and again on Tuesday, November 8th from 10:00am until Noon. We hope to see you there!
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Time is Running Out
All Critical Access Hospitals are eligible to receive the Kansas Recruitment Center services free of charge until October 31, 2005. In an effort to encourage health professionals to consider healthcare opportunities in rural Kansas, Kansas Rural Health Options Project (KRHOP) and the State Office of Rural Health (SORH) have provided financial support for CAHs to recruit healthcare professionals. KRHOP and SORH have funded the annual registration fee of $500 for one year for each CAH to register with the Kansas Recruitment Center (KRC). Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity, if you haven’t already. For more information, contact Joyce Tibbals at
jtibbals@kumc.edu.
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KBP Deadline Approaching
The December 31st deadline for first and second year residents to participate in the Kansas Bridging Plan is quickly approaching. Residents who have completed one year of residency training in their primary care specialty can apply either in the Rural Health office or on the RHES website at
http://ruralhealth.kumc.edu. In return for loan forgiveness for up to $26,000, physicians must agree to practice in a rural Kansas community for three years. A KMSL obligation and Bridging Plan obligation can be forgiven simultaneously. For more information, contact Tara Morrow at
tmorrow@kumc.edu.
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