Shape Your Path (Session 5) – Strength in Numbers: Physician Organizing for Advocacy and Impact
Learn how collective action can shape the future of health care—and how you can be part of it—in this fifth session of the Shape Your Path: Empowering New Physicians series.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Learn how collective action can shape the future of health care—and how you can be part of it.
Physicians have a unique voice—and when we come together, that voice becomes a powerful force for change. This session explores the impact of physician organizing, from advocating for better patient care and safer workplaces to influencing health policy. Whether you’re new to organizing or already involved, you’ll gain practical tools and strategies for building networks, engaging colleagues and driving meaningful progress in your workplace and beyond. (Session 5 of the Shape Your Path: Empowering New Physicians series.)
Registration
Open to all AAFP members. No cost to participate.
Registration deadline is November 30, 2025. The Zoom meeting link will be provided by email the day before the session.
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Registration for Session 5: Strength in Numbers: Physician Organizing for Advocacy and Impact
Presenters
Katherine Oyster, MD
Cora Walsh, MD
Olusola Adegoke, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Staff Physician, HealthPartners
Adegoke is a family physician currently practicing as a hospitalist within the HealthPartners system. He serves as a preceptor for the Western Wisconsin Rural Family Medicine Residency and is passionate about clinician well-being, particularly through systems improvement, EMR optimization, AI integration in medicine and quality improvement initiatives. After completing his family medicine residency at the University of Minnesota’s St. Cloud campus, he earned a master’s degree in public health from the same institution. He is a graduate of the Leading Physician Well-being Program through the American Academy of Family Physicians, where he now serves as a co-facilitator, helping other physicians develop personal and systems well-being strategies for sustainable practice.
Chaun Cox, MD
Assistant Professor, Northridge Clinic Mayo Clinic Health System
Cox has been serving the Mankato area for over 20 years, clinically and within the community. As a former clinic lead and patient experience lead, his journey has been rewarding and challenging. As a Leading Physician Well-being Program graduate, he has been able to meld the challenges faced in his clinic and support his team, giving him a better perspective on his own purpose and profession.
Objectives
- Understand the power of physician organizing by exploring the benefits of collective action in health care, including advocacy, workplace improvements and policy influence.
- Develop effective organizing strategies by learning key principles and practical approaches for building physician networks, engaging colleagues and driving meaningful 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.