TCEP EMphasis Newsletter

FEBRUARY 2020

Hemant Vankawala, MD, FACEP
TCEP President

President's Message

Just two months left until Connect 2020 where I get to turn the reigns of TCEP over to Dr. Robert Hancock. As I wind up my year at the helm of our college, I want to take a few minutes to share some of our accomplishments as well as some of the exciting things planned for the future.

Connect 2020 is scheduled April 3-4 in Fort Worth. Dr. Jessica Best and Dr. Sara Andrabi, along with the Connect planning committee, have revamped the meeting...

Legislative Update

Theresa Q. Tran, MD, MBA, FACEP
Chair
Government Relations Committee

Advocacy works. A hot topic of change in our practice revolves around the Texas PMP, and we’d like to spend some time in this newsletter addressing mandatory PMP checks. You may have recently received an email from Texas PMP AWARxE, which states ...

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TCEP Annual Business Meeting

Saturday April 4th, 11:30am
The Worthington Renaissance, Fort Worth, TX

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TCEP Supports TMA's Hard Hats for Little Heads Program

Evan Meyer, MD, FACEP, of Wichita Falls has hosted several bike helmet events. TCEP has purchased 1200 helmets - members can order 50 helmets at no charge, and host a community event.

At the January 2020 board meeting, the board agreed to fund and support the TMA Hard Hats for Little Heads bike helmet giveaway program. The board allocated $2500 toward the program with Dr. Hemant Vankawala personally matching an additional $2500. With that money ...

Medical Student Update

Lorelle Knight, MS-IV
UTHSA Long School of Medicine ’20
2019 Medical Student Representative, Board of Directors, TCEP

The Role of the Medical Student Representative on the TCEP Board

EM-interested students in Texas are lucky. We have a thriving TCEP Medical Student Committee that links students at every Texas med school, making it easy to share resources and ideas. We have monthly advising in our EMpowering EM lectures, nicely packaged summaries of the legislative updates, and regular announcements...

Medical Student Discounted Group Registration for TCEP CONNECT and SONOWARS competition!

It’s time to register your Medical Students to attend CONNECT on Saturday, April 4th!

• Full day of programming packed with content
• Speed Networking Luncheon with Residency Directors
• SONOWARS competitions
• Student Mixer and Awards
• Discounted group registration pricing for student groups of 10 or more. Please contact Annette@texacep.org to register your students today!

Click here for more information on signing up for the SONOWARS competition.
Deadline to sign up is date March 1st

ATTENTION RESIDENCY PROGRAM DIRECTORS!

Have you sent in a group registration form for your Residents to compete in our 3rd Annual Ol-EM-pics event at TCEP Connect?

Resident teams from each EM training program in TX will be competing for the GOLD on Friday, April 3rd! OlEMpics are an amazing opportunity for EM residents to team build, strengthen leadership skills, learn about the business of EM, and most importantly network and have tons of FUN! Click here for more information and competition Rules.

Submit a group to compete today! Please send an email to annette@texacep.org for a group registration form. Groups of 10 or more receive a discounted registration price.

Lone Star Survival: Texas Tourniquet Training

The Lone Star Survival Board of Directors, along with our hundreds of dedicated medical student and physician volunteers, want to express our sincerest thanks for all your support this past year. Your continued assistance was invaluable as we served our community. For those of you not familiar with Lone Star Survival, we are a grassroots organization born from Texas medical students who set out ...

TCEP Board of Directors Slate of Nominees

The TCEP Board of Directors have approved the nominating committees slate. TCEP members will vote on board members at the annual business meeting which will be held Saturday morning, April 4th at the Worthington Hotel, Ft Worth.

Click on photos for more information on each nominee.

Regular Board Physician Nominees:

Bryan Dunn, MD, FACEP

Shane Jennings, MD, MBA, FACEP

AJ Kirk, MD, FACEP
Current Board Member

Craig Meek MD, FACEP
Current Board Member

Marcus Sims II, DO, FACEP
Current Board Member

Steven Van Cleave, MD, FACEP

Young Physician Nominee:

Jessica Best, MD, FACEP

Resident Member Nominees:

Breanna Bates, MD

Colten Philpott, MD, MPH

Medical Student Nominees:

Meredith Glynn Hosek

Farah Mechref

Kayla Nussbaum

Hunter Pyle

Charlie Thai

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TCEP Leadership and Advocacy Fellowship Program

The TCEP Leadership and Advocacy Fellowship was developed by the Texas College of Emergency Physicians to groom future emergency physician leaders. The fellowship combines elements of mentoring, organizational education and advocacy skills training in addition to guided experiences to selected fellows.

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To Report or Not to Report – When Peers Should Report to the Texas Medical Board

As I have mentioned in our previous discussions, the Texas legislature enacted The Medical Practice Act, which is a set of laws guiding the practice of medicine. The Medical Practice Act can be found in the Texas Occupations Code ...

Notice of proposed TCEP bylaws changes

In accordance with national ACEP Bylaws, all chapters must periodically update their bylaws. Our last Bylaw revisions were in 2012. For the past 8 months, the TCEP Bylaws Committee with the assistance of the ACEP Chapter Bylaws Consultant revised TCEP’s Bylaws so that they are in full compliance with national ACEP Bylaws, Texas association statutes and our operating procedures ...

TCEP CONNECT 2020 STAR SPEAKER SEARCH!

Do you have what it takes to take the stage at TCEP Connect 20? Here’s your big break!

Back again this year, we’ll give you 8 minutes to present any Emergency Medicine related topic to an audience of your peers and an expert panel of TCEP Educational Meeting Committee Members. Rock stars may earn the chance to speak at TCEP Connect 2021!

View eligibility rules online and apply today!
Application deadline is March 1, 2020.

Calendar of Events

2020
Apr 2	TCEP Hard Hats for Little Heads Kick-Off Community Project	Waverly Park Elementary Fort Worth TX
Apr 3-4	TCEP CONNECT 2020 Annual Meeting	The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth TX
Apr 4	TCEP Board of Directors Meeting	The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth TX
Apr 4	TCEP Annual Business Meeting	The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth TX
Apr 26-28	ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference	Grand Hyatt Washington D.C.
May 1-2	TMA TexMed 2020	Fort Worth TX
May 7	Residency Visit	JPS Fort Worth TX
Jul 18-19	TCEP Board of Directors Meeting	Embassy Suites Riverwalk San Antonio TX
Sep 24	Residency Visit	UT Austin Dell Medical Austin TX
Sep 23	Residency Visit	TTUHSC – Lubbock Lubbock TX
Sep 26	TCEP Board of Directors Meeting	TMC Innovation Center Houston TX
Oct 24-25	ACEP Council Meeting	Omni Dallas TX
Oct 26-29	ACEP Scientific Assembly	Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas TX
Nov 22-25	Texas EMS Conference	Convention Center Fort Worth TX

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