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CHE offers continuing medical education to healthcare providers and promotes healthier lifestyles for Arkansans with physical activity, nutrition and colorectal screenings.

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DFPM-RED News: April 2021

News about RED DFPM-RED is happy to share … The Northwest Arkansas team is currently in process of moving locations; we will temporarily be in Lowell co-located with ACH – Center for Children and future location(s) is TBD.COVID changes for children: Using data from parents in early childcare programs in Arkansas, two internal reports were produced […]

DFPM-RED News: March 2021

News about RED Faculty Dr. Lorraine McKelvey will be promoted to Professor on July 1. Dr. Taren Swindle will be promoted to Associate Professor on July 1. Ms. LaTunja Sockwell and Ms. Isis Martel have been notified that they will be promoted to Instructor faculty positions on July 1, 2021. Both have consistently funded their research agendas with external funding […]

Graphic with text: 24th Annual Family Medicine Update, a Virtual Conference. October 20-23, 2020. Text at the bottom reads: Tobacco and Disease Symposium Oct. 23!

Long-Time Family Medicine CME Conference Goes Virtual

After 42 years of live CME/CE conferences, the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine’s Community Health and Education Division hosted its first virtual conference October 20 – 23 titled the 24th Annual Family Medicine Update with Tobacco and Disease Symposium. More than 150 healthcare providers joined the conference for up to 16 hours of CME/CE. Team […]

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DFPM-RED HIV Team Partners with UAMS HealthNow

RED’s HIV team will partner with UAMS HealthNow to offer a new digital health program for the prevention of HIV Infections. The program will include telehealth access to screening, monitoring, and medication services focused on decreasing the impact of HIV. Read the full story on the UAMS News site.

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