Winter - Indiana Academy of Family Physicians

Physician of the DayVolunteers Needed forFebruary and April 2007!The Indiana Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) and the IndianaState Medical Association (ISMA) will once again sponsor thePhysician of the Day program at the 2007 General Assembly. Yourassistance is needed! In this session, it is most important that familymedicine make an impression on our legislators. This importantprogram allows you to observe the legislative process firsthand and tomeet with your area representatives.The Physician of the Day Program is one in which IAFP membersvolunteer to spend one or more days at the Statehouse during thelegislative session. The purpose of the Physician of the Day Programis to provide episodic primary-care services, as a convenience, for thegovernor, legislators and their staffs during the time the stateLegislature is in session. The Physician of the Day will be introducedat the beginning of the day. Your day at the Statehouse will be from8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.We are in the process of scheduling physician volunteers for themonths of February and April. If you are interested in serving as thePhysician of the Day, please contact Chris Barry at the IAFP office at(888) 422-4237 (toll-free, in-state only) or (317) 237-4237 to scheduleyour POD shift. Alternatively, you can e-mail him at cbarry@inafp.org.Thank you in advance for your assistance with this important program.FLP TipsError-Prone Abbreviations ListAssists in Reduction ofMedication ErrorsThe Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has published a list of errorproneabbreviations as a strategy to assist in the reduction of medication errors.Included here is a short list of these notations. For the full list, please visitwww.ismp.org/tools/errorproneabbreviations.pdf.Notation Reason Instead UseQD Mistaken for QID “daily”Trailing Zero (“X.0 mg”) Decimal point missed “X mg”U Mistaken for 0 “unit”Naked Decimal Point (“.X mg”) Decimal point missed “O.X mg”> or < Mistaken for opposite of intended “greater than” or “less than”/ Mistaken for 1 “per”30