Inside the June 30, 2023 issue
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Registration is Open - AOMA Summer Symposium
Welcome new AOMA Board of Trustees Members
Thank You from Arizona Osteopathic Charities Online Raffle
AZDHS - Monkeypox Cases in Arizona
State of Arizona Grant Program for Preceptors
Celebrate Independence Day
Save the Date - AOMA Fall Seminar
Certifying Board Services
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August 12 & 13, 2023
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium
1200 N. Beaver St. Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Registration is now open for the 2023 Summer Symposium! Don't miss your chance to attend, as spots will fill up quickly. Sign up today and join your colleagues on Saturday, August 12, and Sunday, August 13, 2023, at the Flagstaff Medical Center McGee Auditorium! Seating is limited for the in-person event. A live-streaming option also will be available. View the agenda before you register. We look forward to seeing you there!
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The AOMA designates this program for a maximum of 12.0 hours of AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.
The AOMA designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Welcome new members of the AOMA Board of Trustees
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Breanne Jaqua, DO, MPH
Member at Large Trustee
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Brittani M. Javed, DO
Member at Large Trustee
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Hani Rashid, DO, FACR
Specialist Trustee
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 THANKS for your support!!
The Arizona Osteopathic Charities Board wishes to thank everyone who supported the Online Raffle and In-Person Raffle during the AOMA Spring Convention!
The Charities Board worked hard to secure some interesting and one of kind items. A record $4,000 was raised!! Congratulations to all the winners.
All funds raised from the raffle will be used to support scholarships for Arizona osteopathic medical students. |
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Monkeypox Cases in Arizona
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New Case of Mpox In Arizona with Expected Increase in Cases in the Summer
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has received a report of a new infection of mpox (formerly monkeypox) in Arizona diagnosed in Maricopa County. This comes at a time when other jurisdictions around the country are seeing new clusters of mpox and the CDC is warning of the possibility of another increase in cases during the summer. MCDPH is encouraging everyone at risk for mpox to get vaccinated, including completing the two (2) dose vaccine.
Medical providers are strongly encouraged to begin or continue mpox screening and mpox vaccinations.
These screenings and vaccinations are of particular importance to populations at higher risk for acquiring mpox including gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, and transgender or nonbinary people and persons with HIV regardless of vaccination or travel history. While there are populations at greater risk for acquiring mpox anyone can get and spread mpox.
If a patient asks to be vaccinated against mpox, that should be to receive the vaccine; extensive risk assessments are unnecessary.
Mpox vaccinations are an important and effective intervention to prevent mpox. However, transmission is still possible among persons who are vaccinated. People who are vaccinated should continue to avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with someone who has mpox because infection may occur in fully vaccinated persons.
Other jurisdictions are reporting milder disease in individuals who have been fully vaccinated.
The mpox vaccine, JYNNEOS, is a two (2) dose vaccine approved for the prevention of smallpox and mpox. Persons need to get both doses of the vaccine for the best protection against mpox. The second dose should be given four (4) weeks after the first dose. If more than 35 days has elapsed since the first dose was given, administer the second dose as soon as possible. Vaccine boosters and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) are not recommended at this time in fully vaccinated persons.
Mpox vaccine is available without charge. Medical providers should contact their local county health department to refer patients for vaccination or to obtain vaccines for patients they treat.
Resoures on mpox from ADHS are available here:
https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/mpox/
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Be a Preceptor and Give Back to Your Profession
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Be a Preceptor and Give Back to Your Profession
The Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA) is a proud partner with the Arizona Department of Health Services to administer the State of Arizona Grant Program for Preceptors of Healthcare Graduate Students.
Are you a volunteer preceptor? Click here to learn more about how you can apply to the AOMA for a grant.
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Celebrate Independence Day!
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In observance of the Independence Day holiday, the AOMA office will be closed on Monday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
Enjoy the holiday and be safe! |
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SAVE THE DATE!!
AOMA 43rd Annual Fall Seminar
October 27 & 28, 2023
El Conquistador Tucson, A Hilton Resort
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July 2023 Application Deadlines
Application deadlines are quickly approaching; see the upcoming deadlines below for July 2023. You are encouraged to include these dates in communications to your constituents. We will share application deadlines on an ongoing basis.
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In case you missed a past issue of the AOMA Dispatch, visit the archives here.
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