2022 MN Legislative Session Update: Health Care Payments, Conversion Therapy & More

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the latest health-care-related updates from the Minnesota Legislature, including support for primary care payment reform and improving how health care payment information is collected in Minnesota; movement on legislation banning conversion therapy; the introduction of legislation to lower the age pharmacists can administer vaccinations; movement on a bill prohibiting race or ethnicity from being used as factors for organ transplant decisions; and more.

Adolescent Health & Health Equity

Minnesota Academy of Family Physician member and Aquí Para Ti / Here for You medical director Maria Veronica Svetaz, MD, MPH, compiled a resource list, covering her latest published work on adolescent health and health equity, to share with Minnesota family physicians. Most of these pieces are open access.

MAFP Resident & Medical Student Statement

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians resident physician and medical student members wrote the following statement in response to the recent defacement of the George Floyd mural by a University of Minnesota medical student.

Reimagining Graduate Medical Education

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Resident Director Ramla Namisango Kasozi, MD, MPH, writes about the need to reimagine and recreate graduate medical education training to include robust antiracism curricula and address systemic racism as a social determinant of health.