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.
We asked Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians President Elect Roli Dwivedi, MD, to share about her work as a leader and advocate and why advocacy and leadership is so important...
On July 1, 2023, Bob Jeske, MD, became the seventy-seventh president of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP). Jeske has been a practicing family physician for more than 10...
The 2023 Minnesota Legislative Session has ended. In addition to passing a balanced budget for the next two-year period, the Minnesota Legislature passed many bills that the Minnesota Academy of...
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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians members attended the 2023 MAFP House of Delegates, where members deliberated and voted on resolutions. Election results were also announced for the Board of Directors....
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James Hougas III, MD, FAAFP, shares his thoughts on updated recommendations on colorectal cancer screening and about his experience as a family physician who performs colonoscopies in practice....