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2007 Resident
Roundup Events
The IAFP Foundation and Health Care Associates
Credit Union teamed up to present three resident workshops on
financial issues specific to family medicine residents in 2007.
The first two were held in April:
Saturday, April 14th in These events also brought residents from
various programs together under one roof and gave them time to
network and share stories with each other.
Resident attendees gave rave reviews on their evaluations of the information and the presentations by Joe Wheeler of U.S. Advisors Consulting. Mr. Wheeler contracted with HACU to provide the information that family medicine residents need as they prepare to enter the workforce. "While busy learning the ins and outs of
decubitus ulcers, stages of labor, and asthma care, we often ignore
the essentials of practice management,” said Ravi Shah, MD,
resident member of the IAFP board of directors. “The
Resident Roundup topics aptly reminded us that medicine is a
business in the real world, and taught us how to successfully
navigate financially through its twists and turns after finishing
residency." The
Family Health Foundation of Illinois (formerly IAFP Foundation) is
grateful for the support of Healthcare Associates Credit Union (HACU)
for creating a program tailored specifically for resident
physicians. We urge you
to contact Norma Cantrell, Director of Business Development/Member
Relations at HACU with questions at 630-276-5730 in Chicagoland or
toll-free at 800-942-0158 or visit www.hacu.org
to see all the products and services they offer. If
you would like to follow up with the presenter Joe Wheeler from US
Advisors Consulting, please contact him directly at jwheeler@usadvisorsnetwork.com
or 815-459-4550 ext. 135. “We
residents have unique and specific needs in this phase of our
career. The Resident Roundup events have given us an opportunity to
interact and hang out with each other and discuss issues relating to
our residency experience such as job opportunities, contracts and ,
interview process, CME activities& board exams,” adds
Helen Williams, MD, the resident member of the IAFP Foundation board
of directors. The
IAFP and the Foundation have helped provided funding, resources and
support for several resident opportunities over the years. “As
the resident voice to the Foundation, I want to know how (a) useful
these events and similar programming in adequately meeting our needs
as residents; (b) what else we need to be well informed and
excellent physicians and be prepared for life after residency; and
(c) whether current events or programming need to be changed or
adjusted to meet our needs,” concludes Williams The Foundation hopes to host resident events in
2008 focusing on topics suggested by the 2007 Resident Roundup
attendees on their evaluation forms.
If you have suggestions for topics you’d like to see
covered for IAFP resident members, please e-mail them to
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