This year marks the 22nd AMSA National Primary Care Week (NPCW)! Over the years, we’ve focused on topics like Climate Change, Rural Health & Primary Care, among other timely and important issues surrounding primary care. The theme this year is “Health Outside of the Hospital” with a spotlight on the impact of COVID-19 on community and health care. Planned NPCW sessions include:
Monday 7-8:30 pm ET – “What is Primary Care?” hosted by the AAFP Tuesday 8-9:00 pm ET – Advocacy Action Session “Lifting Voices of Future Physicians: Writing Effective LTEs” hosted by the AMSA Academy Wednesday 12:30-1:30 pm ET – “Panel Discussion: Primary Care in a Changing Climate” hosted by the Environmental Health Action Committee Wednesday 2-3 pm ET – “Home Centered Care Institute: Bringing Family Medicine Back Home” hosted by HCCI with guest speaker Dr. Paul Chiang, MD, Senior Medical Advisor, HCCI & Medical Director, HomeCare Physicians Wednesday 8-9:30 pm ET – “Advocacy in Action: Writing Sessions” hosted by the AMSA Academy Thursday 7-8 pm ET – “How YOU Can Help Set AMSA’s Stances on Primary Care” hosted by AMSA’s Health Policy team Friday 12-1 pm ET – “Physicians in Writing” hosted by Goodrx Friday 2-3 pm ET – “Get Comfortable: Gender Inclusion” hosted by AMSA’s Gender & Sexuality Action Committee
Be on the lookout for daily questions on AMSA’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages during NPCW 2021, and use the hashtag #NPCW or #NPCW2021 to join the conversation. Questions? Reach out to cph.chair@amsa.org. AMSA works closely with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) to make NPCW a successful initiative for the promotion of primary care across the country—learn more about their support and resources.
We’d like to thank GoodRX for their contributions to NPCW and the “Physicians in Writing” session! GoodRX has further primary care-related articles to consider during NPCW and beyond:
