Shape Your Path (Session 2) – Partnering with Community for Change
Explore best practices for building partnerships between health care professionals and community organizations to improve health outcomes in this second session of the Shape Your Path: Empowering New Physicians series.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Explore best practices for building partnerships between health care professionals and community organizations to improve health outcomes
Develop strategies for integrating community voices into health care initiatives, addressing social drivers of health and fostering sustainable change. (Session 2 of the Shape Your Path: Empowering New Physicians series.)
Registration
Open to all AAFP members. No cost to participate.
Registration deadline is June 8, 2025. The Zoom meeting link will be provided by email the day before the session.
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Registration for Session 2: Partnering with Community for Change
Presenters
Roli Dwivedi, MD, FAAFP, DABFM
Dwivedi is an Associate Professor and the Mac Baird Vice Chair in Community Engagement and Advocacy within the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She also serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Clinical Officer at the Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC). Additionally, Dwivedi is the current President of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) and a board member of the Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers (MNACHC). Dwivedi is deeply committed to serving underserved populations, advancing global health and providing culturally-sensitive care. Her work focuses on reducing health disparities and mentoring the next generation of medical students and residents.
Rebecca Shirley, MPH
Shirley has worked in public and community health for over seven years, spanning grassroots community outreach and relationship building to engagement processes and strategic planning. She has worked for HealthPartners, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and, most recently, Navitus Health Solutions. Shirley completed her MPH concentrated in Global Health in 2023 and has continued to expand her understanding of engaging communities through active listening, uplifting and prioritizing lived experience and co-developing new and unique ways to improve health and well-being.
Objectives
- Explore strategies for effective collaboration: Identify best practices for building partnerships between health care professionals and community organizations to improve health outcomes.
- Apply community-centered approaches: Develop actionable strategies for integrating community voices into health care initiatives, addressing social determinants of health and fostering sustainable change.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Partnership Opportunities
Help family medicine residents and early career family physicians gain essential tools and insights to confidently navigate the early years of their family medicine career by supporting this informative series. Limited to three partners.