MAFP Advocacy Blog
On this blog, you’ll find legislative updates, invitations to take action on proposed legislation, advocacy tools, clinical practice resources and family medicine voices.
AAFP Federal Advocacy Update, January 2024
TOPIC: Advocacy, Legislative
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) federal advocacy team shares about a recent trip to Capitol Hill by AAFP…
Organizing & Advocating: Banding Together for Change
In fall 2023, hundreds of Minnesota physicians (many of whom are family doctors) voted to be represented by a union,…
Expanding Rural Family Medicine Training Across Minnesota
TOPIC: Education
A new medical school campus in St. Cloud—a partnership between CentraCare and the University of Minnesota Medical School—will expand the…
An Equity Lens Tool for Family Physicians
TOPIC: Leadership, Practice
The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Health Equity Committee adapted an equity decision-making tool to use in intentionally evaluating policies,…
USE OF VALVED-HOLDING CHAMBERS
TOPIC: Practice
Jill Heins-Nesvold, MS, of the American Lung Association, shares how valved-holding chambers can improve inhaled medication delivery to the lungs…
