Lake Superior Chapter Award Sets Students On a Path to Family Medicine

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Lake Superior Chapter Award recognizes medical students who demonstrate a strong interest in family medicine. This effort launched in 2011; since then, 14 of the 16 award recipients have chosen family medicine as their specialty.

2022 MN Legislative Session Update: Health Care Payment Data, Preceptor Tax Credit & More

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the latest health-care-related updates from the Minnesota Legislature, including movement on improving how health care payment data is collected and reported, a preceptor tax credit, rural training grants, limiting mid-year formulary disruptions and more.

Emily Onello, MD, Profiles Rural Medical Educators

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians member Emily Onello, MD, profiles prominent rural medical educators in a new book meant to serve both as a guide for the next generation of rural medical educators and a resource for rural communities and policy makers when it comes to addressing rural physician recruitment and retention.

Health Equity Impact Assessment Needed

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians encourages the use of a health equity impact assessment before hospitals, clinics and health systems make changes to where and how they deliver care, especially when they serve communities disproportionately impacted by health disparities.

House of Delegates 2019 Recap

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) held its House of Delegates on March 30, 2019, bringing together nearly 100 family physicians from across Minnesota to help guide the policies and set the direction of the Academy.