Want to understand how physicians influence health policy + get hands-on experience putting advocacy skills into practice?

Join us for:

Community Conversation: Advocacy Priorities + Planning

📆 Wed., Dec. 2, 2026, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

📍 Online

• Learn how the MAFP resolution process works + share your perspective on issues affecting family medicine.

• Help guide MAFP priorities around policy, advocacy + education.

Family Medicine Advocacy Day

📆 Thurs., Feb. 4, 2027, 12:00 - 6:30 pm

📍 St. Paul

Put advocacy into practice!

• Get informed about key health policy issues.

• Meet with state legislators at the Capitol.

• Build your communication + advocacy skills.

• Help shape MAFP priorities via the Resolution Forum.

See what the AAFP is working on at the federal level—from vaccine access and Medicare payment to Medicaid coverage and the primary care workforce—and find out what it means for family medicine in Minnesota.

Get advocacy updates on the MAFP blog.

The MAFP Foundation offers Innovation & Research Grants to help residents + medical students turn ideas into action.

Whether you’re pursuing primary care research, testing a clinical innovation, strengthening community partnerships or advancing advocacy, funding may be available to support your project.

• Innovation Grants for Medical Students

• Innovation + Research Grants for Residents

Application deadline: Nov. 1, 2026

Build your advocacy skills + bring your voice to Capitol Hill.

“Attending FMAS teaches us how to put our privilege [as physicians] to use, learning about various pieces of legislation and how they will impact our patients, as well as our ability to deliver care.” — Emily Grimes, MD, 2026 FMAS attendee

The MAFP Foundation will reimburse up to $1,800 for registration, lodging + travel for eight Minnesota medical students or family medicine residents to attend the 2027 Family Medicine Advocacy Summit (FMAS).

Deadline to apply: January 29, 2027

Share your research or innovation project + get valuable feedback from family medicine peers and experts.

Innovation & Research Forum

📆 Sat., Mar. 13, 2027, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

📍 Online

Submit projects in these categories:

• Innovation + original research

• Community projects + quality improvement

• Clinical case studies + literature reviews

Projects addressing health equity, health care disparities + antiracism are encouraged.

Submit by Jan. 17, 2027. No registration fee for residents + medical students.

The MAFP’s new Fall CME series covers three topics you’re likely to encounter in practice:

Kratom use disorder

📆 Wed., Nov. 4, 2026, 7:30 - 8:30 pm

📍 Online

Recognize withdrawal + explore treatment considerations and the current landscape of drugs of abuse.

Respiratory vaccines and vaccine confidence

📆 Mon., Nov. 16, 2026, 7:30 - 8:30 pm

📍 Online

Get up to date on recommendations + gain practical tools for addressing vaccine hesitancy.

GLP-1 considerations for older adults

📆 Mon., Nov. 23, 2026, 7:30 - 8:30 pm

📍 Online

Explore the evolving role of GLP-1 receptor agonists + clinical considerations for older adults.

Complimentary for residents + medical students. Attend one session or all three.

• Story: Christina Lan: How One Medical Student’s Path to Family Medicine Led Her to the Peruvian Amazon (University of Minnesota)

• Article: Differences in Educational Debt Among Family Medicine Residents (Journal: Family Medicine)

• Article: Closing the Gap Between Parental Leave Policy + Practice (Annals of Family Medicine)

• Resource: Community-Informed Health Equity Toolkit (MAFP)

• Article: Understanding Clerkships in Medical School (AAFP)

• Guidebook: Strolling Through the Match (AAFP)

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