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2006 Research PosterContest WinnersThe following award winners were recognized at theNovember 2006 Family Medicine Weekend. Many thanks toDrs. David Feller and Amber Isley for serving as judges.Physician Award1st place: “Efficacy of Lifestyle Changes in ModifyingPractical Markers of Fitness and Wellness”Principle Author: Steven Cameron Masley, MD, St.Anthony’s Health Care, St. Petersburg2nd place: ”Screening of Men for Osteoporosis in aPrimary Care Setting”Principle Author: Kira Zwygart, MD, University of SouthFlorida College of Medicine, TampaResident Award1st place: “Polypharmacy and Potentially InappropriatePrescriptions among the Elderly at the TallahasseeMemorial Family Medicine Residency Clinic”Principle Author: Jorge Camilo Mora, MD, MPH2nd place: “Pediatric Emergency Department Utilizationand Caretaker Perceptions”Principle Authors: Noshin Najafi, MD, and Robert Griffin,MD, University of Florida, Shands, JacksonvilleStudent Award1st place: “Patient Education and Health Screening amongMigrant Farm Workers in Rural Northwest Florida”Principle Authors: Mikel Hofmann, MS2, and AngelicaSoberon, MS2, Florida State University College ofMedicine, TallahasseeOur 2007 Research Poster Contest submission deadlineis July 1, 2007. Awards will be presented at the99th Family MedicineWeekend, December 7-9, atthe Ritz Carlton, Sarasota.2007 LegislativeObjectives• Support increased funding for Medicaid providers andremoval of treatment hassle factors. Closely monitor andparticipate in Medicaid reform proposals utilizing the managedcare model.• Support legislation improving access to high-quality, accessible,affordable health care services for all Floridians.• Support the increase of funding for family practice residencyprograms, and support programs that improve the availabilityof family physicians to serve Floridians through federal andstate programs and academic institutions.• Continued support for legislation enacting civil justicereforms aimed at curtailing the health care liability insurancecrisis.• Support children’s health care initiatives that will (a) minimizeaccess to tobacco products, (b) reduce drug andalcohol abuse, (c) decrease teenage pregnancy, (d) encourageexercise and nutritious consumption of food in thehome and schools, (e) support the use of seatbelt and childrestraint protection devices, and (f) support legislation thatwill assist children with access to needed medications inthe school setting.• Support legislation protecting the physician’s prescribingauthority, assuring that patients receive prescribed medicationswithout therapeutic substitution. (This issue relates tothe switching of patient medications without the treatingphysician’s knowledge.)• Support broad access to medications in the Medicaid program.• Support legislation specifying physician responsibilities insupervising relationships with mid-level providers whenpracticing outside of the physician office practice setting.• Oppose expansion of the scope of practice, and independentpractice, of mid-level providers. Includes opposition toauthorization of non-physician providers to prescribe medicationswithout the treating physician’s knowledge.• Oppose legislation that diminishes the continuity of careand/or reduces the comprehensive care provided by familyphysicians for their patients.Florida Family Physician 13