Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

12/11/2025

🗣️YOUR voice can help shape what the MAFP focuses on.

Submit a resolution — alone or with others — & help guide the work we do on behalf of members, including our advocacy efforts: mafp.org/resolutions/resolution-submission-form

Deadline to submit: Jan. 30, 2026

🔍 Explore past resolutions + writing resources: mafp.org/resolutions

12/10/2025

📣 MN family docs: Have you taken the 2025 KNOW YOUR WORTH survey yet?

Your responses help update the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Career Benchmark Dashboard — the go-to source for family physician compensation + benefits data.

It’s a valuable tool for you + your peers for informed career decisions, contract negotiations, promoting pay transparency & identifying inequities.

Survey closes Dec. 15!

12/09/2025

New Resident + Student E-News just dropped! Highlights:

✈️ Family Medicine Advocacy Summit travel funding (apply by Feb. 20).

🖋️ Resolution submissions due Jan. 30.

💻 On the blog: Supporting immigrant patients (includes links to resources).

💡 Innovation & Research Forum submissions due Jan. 18.

🍊 “Guess the Fruit” — teaching clinical reasoning (by Kyle Strate, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus).

🩺 Shape Your Path sessions + recordings & more...

Read it online: https://conta.cc/3MHRVRu

12/09/2025

Early exposure to HepB greatly increases the risk of chronic liver disease.

Despite ACIP’s recent vote to remove the universal birth dose, the Minnesota Department of Health supports giving all infants the HepB birth dose, following American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) & American Academy of Pediatrics guidance.

The MN Vaccines for Children program will continue providing birth doses.

Hepatitis B can have serious, lifelong consequences — and we can prevent it. The hepatitis B vaccine gives newborns protection right from the start. Learn more about Perinatal Hepatitis B: www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/hepatitis/b/perinatal/basics.html.

12/08/2025

The MAFP YEAR IN REVIEW is out!

This past year, we remained rooted in our 3 strategic priorities. Here are a few highlights:

🌱 Growing the Next Generation:
160+ students & residents engaged statewide.
Grants, externships & learner-led research/innovation.
Building skills in teaching, leadership & well-being.

⚖️ Reducing Health Disparities:
Interpreter access advocacy.
CME + speaker guidelines advancing health equity goals.
Partnerships bridging gaps in care & elevating community-informed practice.

📣 Strengthening Our Voice:
Advocacy at the Capitol + national representation.
Member-led resolutions shaping priorities.
Regional meetups connecting family physicians across the state.

Read the full recap: https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=854803&p=22&view=issueViewer

12/05/2025

Removing the universal recommendation for Hepatitis B vaccination could result in thousands of chronic HepB infections, leading to severe complications like liver cancer and death. The AAFP strongly supports maintaining universal HepB vaccination at birth, and we call on CDC to ensure this safety net continues to protect newborns and life-saving protection remains the standard of care.

12/05/2025

HAPPENING TOMORROW — Sat., Dec. 6!

Join family physicians from across MN — in person OR online — to collaborate on drafting resolutions for our upcoming Resolution Forum.

✅ Free to attend.
✅ Food provided for in-person attendees.
✅ Connect, collaborate + be part of the conversation.

Hope to see you there!

🚨 THIS SATURDAY: Community Conversation: Advocacy Priorities + Resolution Planning

🗓 Dec. 6, 10:30 am–12 pm
📍 St. Paul OR online — your choice!

WHY SHOW UP?

➡️ COLLABORATE WITH COLLEAGUES to draft resolutions that guide MAFP’s advocacy work.

➡️ DISCUSS REAL ISSUES impacting your practice + the future of primary care.

➡️ CONNECT WITH OTHER FAMILY DOCS who care about the same things you do.

MAFP members only. Free to attend. Food provided.

👉 Register at mafp.org/event/2025-community-conversation-advocacy-priorities-planning

12/04/2025

There’s fear + uncertainty in immigrant communities across MN.

Ways you can support patients:

➡️ Reassure them that care is available to all, regardless of immigration status.

➡️ Protect privacy by adhering to HIPAA.

➡️ Share resources that explain their rights + where to find support.

➡️ Check in proactively to ensure they can access care safely.

Find resources at mafp.org/03/supporting-immigrant-patients-in-minnesota

Family physicians supporting immigrant patients in Minnesota, protect privacy, and connect them with trusted resources.

12/03/2025

🚨 THIS SATURDAY: Community Conversation: Advocacy Priorities + Resolution Planning

🗓 Dec. 6, 10:30 am–12 pm
📍 St. Paul OR online — your choice!

WHY SHOW UP?

➡️ COLLABORATE WITH COLLEAGUES to draft resolutions that guide MAFP’s advocacy work.

➡️ DISCUSS REAL ISSUES impacting your practice + the future of primary care.

➡️ CONNECT WITH OTHER FAMILY DOCS who care about the same things you do.

MAFP members only. Free to attend. Food provided.

👉 Register at mafp.org/event/2025-community-conversation-advocacy-priorities-planning

12/02/2025

Looking to give this GIVING TUESDAY? Help us reach our goal of supporting 30 MN med students in attending the 2026 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) FUTURE conference: mafp.org/max.

12/02/2025

“Sometimes the best way to show someone what we do isn’t to tell them. It’s to hand over a black bag & ask: What do you think is inside?”

In the latest MFP magazine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus student Kyle Strate shares a creative way to teach clinical reasoning — & how analogies help students + patients make sense of medicine’s complexity.

Read + share: https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=854803&p=26&view=issueViewer

(Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP))

12/01/2025

Don’t miss TOMORROW’s Shape Your Path session on physician organizing — discover how collective action can drive meaningful change in clinics + health systems.

🗓️ Tues., Dec. 2, ⏰ 7–8 p.m. CDT, 💻 Live on Zoom

Open to all American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) members. No cost!

mafp.org/event/shape-your-path/session-5

🎁 Bonus: 1 attendee will receive a Wecare Nonprofit Foundation Wellness Box!