Spring 2011 Kansas Connections is Now Available

The Spring 2011 publication of Kansas Connections is now available. All issues of Kansas Connections are available online in an easy-to-view format at www.ruralhealth.kumc.edu.

RHES Exhibiting at KMGMA this week

Rural Health Education and Services will exhibit at the Spring Kansas Medical Group Management Association (KMGMA) Conference April 28-29 at the Wichita Marriott in Wichita, Kan. 

The first 20 people to bring this flyer will recieve a free gift.

Hope to see you there!

New ACGME regulations will affect Locum Tenens coverage

Attention Kansas Locum Tenens clients!

New ACGME regulations will affect locum tenens coverage beginning July 1:

• Off-site accommodations for providers are required. Sleep rooms and other accommodations on hospital property are no longer allowed.

• A back-up physician must be available when using resident physicians to provide locum tenens. Resident physicians are now allowed only 80 hours to provide services each week, which includes both resident duties and locum tenens.

We will work with you and the resident on each locum tenens coverage to put a plan in place.

Please contact Andee Ellis, aellis2@kumc.edu, ph: 913-588-1228 for more information.

New Kansas Guidebook

News release from http://www.kansassampler.org/newsview.php?id=140

The "8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook" is a 272-page book showcasing over 800 beautiful photos of the 216 entries in the 8 Wonders of Kansas contests. It is certain to become a treasured Kansas classic whether it's used as a coffee table book or as a travel guide.

Photographer Harland Schuster, Morrill, went to each one of the 216 places between May and November of 2010 to take up-to-date pictures. Book designer Liz (Penner) King has interspersed information about each of the places among Harland's photos to create a book that perfectly fits the celebratory nature of 2011, Kansas' sesquicentennial year.

Author Marci Penner has worked with all entries to compile background information, location, contacts, Web sites and hours to make this spiral-bound book a useful tool when exploring Kansas.

The top 8 Wonders entries in the categories of Architecture, Art, Commerce, Cuisine, Customs, Geography, History, People, and the Overall 8 Wonders are featured in a two-page spread. The remaining 16 finalists in each category are recognized on a half page.

Mennonite Press, Newton, printed the book. Koerperich Bookbinders of Selden, one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Commerce finalists, bound the limited hard-back version.

A project of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, the book will debut April 16 at the reception for the 8 Wonders of Kansas exhibit at the Eisenhower Library, Abilene. The public is welcome to attend the reception from 2-4 p.m. The program will take place at 2 p.m.

For information about where to find the books or to order online, go to http://www.8wonders.org/.

Career Resource Luncheon

All KUMC Allied Health Students are invited to attend a luncheon hosted by Rural Health Education and Services (RHES) on Friday, April 8!

Email Andrea Ellis aellis2@kumc.edu if you will be attending!

KAOM Conference this week

Rural Health Education and Services will exhibit at the Kansas Association of Osteopathic Medicine (KAOM) Annual CME Convention April 7-8 at the Marriott in Overland Park, Kan. 

Hope to see you there!