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HIPAA Electronic Bulletin Board
As part of their continued member service, APA created an electronic bulletin board where members can ask questions about HIPAA, view questions asked by their colleagues, and read the answers prepared by consultants with HIPAA expertise. To access the electronic bulletin board, click on the "Members Corner" link in the top right corner of the APA web page (www.psych.org).Then, log in with your username and password. (You will need your member number to register. If you do not have your member number handy, you can contact the APA Answer Center at 1-888-35-PSYCH for your member number).

Once you are logged in, you will see two links in the top right corner under "HIPAA Question and Answer". Click on: "Ask a HIPAA Question", to submit questions. Click on: "View the HIPAA Bulletin Board", to view archived questions and responses.

In the Members Only Corner, you can also access the APA's HIPAA Educational Packet with sample forms and HIPAA Training Materials for your staff.

Dr. Spurgeon Chosen Area V MIT-Rep
Joyce Spurgeon, M.D., a University of Louisville PGY III, has been chosen by Area V as their Member-in-Training Deputy Representative to the APA Assembly. As Deputy Representative she will attend Area V meetings as well as Assembly meetings. She has been appointed to the Assembly Reference Committee, Advocating for the Profession.

Dr. Spurgeon, Chief Resident at U of L, has been an active member of the KPMA Council as the resident representative. This year Pfizer awarded her the PGY-2 Inpatient Psychiatry Award. In 2001 she won the S. Spafford Ackerly Award for Outstanding Performance in Psychiatry.

"I am very excited about being chosen the Area 5 representative. I am lookingforward to learning more about how the APA works for all of us. I thinkthat this is a good time to be active in the APA especially given therecent push by psychologists to get prescribing privileges to be active in the political arena because that where change is going to happen.," said Dr. Spurgeon.

Dr. Zettler Named to APA CORF
Dr. Edwina Zettler, UK resident, was named to The APA Committee of Residents and Fellows (CORF) which is one of the two standing committees of residents within the APA. CORF serves as a training ground for residents to become more active within the APA.
The term of a member is for three years without reappointment. Residents are selected as members so that all seven geographic areas of the association are represented on the committee. Dr. Zettler represents Area 5, the South, which is composed of 17 District Branches. As a committee member she will attend the spring APA Annual Meetings and the fall Components Meetings held in Washington, D.C.

CORF not only provides a mechanism for Members-In-Training to make recommendations that will ensure their full participation in APA activities, but also helps to stimulate district branches to include residents in district branch committees, task forces, and other activities. The group maintains liaisons with other organizations involved in residency training and makes recommendations concerning the education and training of residents. One of the chief goals of CORF is the recruitment of residents to become members of APA.
Presently the Committee of Residents and Fellows is laboring to revive the psychiatric resident newsletter "PRN" and to distribute a questionnaire on resident professional development to all psychiatric residency programs in the U.S. The survey will serve as a tool both to determine resident satisfaction and important elements in the development of a psychiatric resident's professional identity, and to ascertain topics or issues (both good and bad) that residents across the country wish to address.

Dr. Zettler said, "As your Area 5 CORF representative, please feel free to contact me with any questions or issues at the following E-mail address: Edwinazet@insightbb.com. I look forward to representing our area and especially the State of Kentucky"

Tina James, M.D. Wins Two Honors
Tina James, M.D., a 2003 graduate of the University of Louisville Psychiatry Residency Program was named a Laughlin Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. Dr. James is one of 15 so named. Laughlin Fellows attend the annual meeting of The College. They participate in all educational and social activities of The College and are honored at a breakfast and an awards banquet. Dr. James is beginning a two-year addiction fellowship at NYU-Bellevue. she received the “APA Substance Abuse Fellowship” for 2003-2004. All fellows are required to attend the fall component meeting (in Sept.) and the annual meeting (in May).

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