Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

10/23/2026

Training physicians where they’re needed.

UMN Family Medicine and Community Health’s Grand Itasca Rural Family Medicine Residency welcomed its first 2 residents in June 2026, marking a milestone in expanding rural physician training in MN.

Why does it matter? About 76% of physicians trained in rural track programs ultimately live + work in rural communities. Rural training programs help prepare family physicians for the broad scope of care rural communities need.

Learn more about how MN is growing its network of rural family medicine training opportunities: https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=872077&p=6&view=issueViewer

📷: UMN Grand Itasca Resident Savannah Seeger, MD, & UMN CentraCare St. Cloud residency director Tom Satre, MD, participating in an OB simulation.

University of Minnesota Medical School, Fairview Grand Itasca

10/23/2026

New Blog Post: The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) updated its guidance on influenza, COVID-19 + RSV vaccination.

See key recommendations, practical considerations for your practice + additional resources to guide patient care: mafp.org/20/respiratory-vaccine-guidance-what-family-physicians-need-to-know

10/22/2026

Measles cases continue to rise in MN.

MAFP Board member Christine Albrecht, MD, FAAFP, shares with the Star Tribune how Lakewood Health System is screening patients + working to help prevent further spread.

🔗 Read the story:

Minnesota’s measles case count reaches 43, the third-highest annual total of the vaccine-preventable disease in decades.

10/22/2026

MN family physicians brought their voices to Nashville this week for the 2026 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Congress of Delegates, which helps shape the Academy’s work + priorities.

MN highlights:

🌟 Leadership: Past MAFP President Daron Gersch, MD, FAAFP, was elected Speaker, & past MAFP President Renée Crichlow, MD, FAAFP, was elected to the AAFP Board of Directors.

📱 Advocacy: MN introduced a resolution urging the AAFP to partner with the American Academy of Pediatrics to advocate for a ban on social media for children under age 16. The resolution was referred to the Board of Directors.

🎉 Connection: During FMX, the MN Reception, co-hosted with the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, brought MN’s family medicine community together to connect + celebrate.

We're grateful for the opportunity to gather with family physicians from across the country to learn from one another, exchange ideas + strengthen our shared commitment to family medicine.

10/21/2026

In his latest "President’s Message," Sola Adegoke, MD, MPH, FAAFP, writes about how family medicine can help shape the future of AI in primary care.

"This technology can reduce administrative work, extend clinical capacity & reveal patterns we might otherwise miss. Yet it can also reproduce inequities embedded in clinical data, compromise privacy, generate convincing but inaccurate information & weaken clinical reasoning when it replaces rather than supports judgment. The question is not whether AI will change family medicine — it already is. The question is whether family medicine will guide that change or be shaped by it."

Read the full message: https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=872077&p=5&view=issueViewer

10/21/2026

Congrats to past MAFP President Daron Gersch, MD, FAAFP, on being elected American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Speaker, this morning! 🙌

10/20/2026

The Fall issue of the MN Family Physician is online 💻 (with print copies expected to arrive in 📫 soon)!

Inside, explore how MN is expanding rural family medicine residency training, why community voices matter in quality improvement + how family physicians can make their voices heard through advocacy.

➕ See how your salary + benefits compare with national benchmarks, celebrate the MAFP’s impact over the past year + learn how MN med students are finding their future in family medicine.

www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=872077&p=1&view=issueViewer

(UMN Family Medicine and Community Health, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), Future Family Medicine - AAFP)

10/13/2026

Our latest resident + student e-news is out! Inside:

🏛️ Get hands-on advocacy experience: Dec. 2 Community Conversation + Feb. 4 Advocacy Day.

⚖️ Explore federal advocacy updates.

💰 Apply for Innovation or Research grants + funding to attend the Family Medicine Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC.

💡 Submit a project for the Innovation & Research Forum.

💻 Join us for online learning on kratom use, respiratory vaccines + GLP-1s (free to students + residents).

https://conta.cc/3VxAB6l

UMN Family Medicine and Community Health, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

10/13/2026

📣 Our Fall CME Series kicks off Nov. 4!

Join us for the first session, "The Kratom Conundrum: When “Natural” Leads to Withdrawal," on Wed., Nov. 4, 7:30–8:30 p.m. (online).

Learn to recognize signs & symptoms of kratom withdrawal, apply key concepts for initiating treatment + better understand the current landscape of drugs of abuse.

🎤 Presenter: Ben Lai, MD, FAAFP, a Mayo Clinic family physician + addiction medicine specialist who also serves on the MAFP Board of Directors.

Register at https://mafp.org/event/2026-fall-cme-kratom-conundrum

10/12/2026

Wherever you are in your family medicine journey, you don’t have to navigate it alone. 💙

From medical school & residency to practicing, established & retired physicians, the MAFP + AAFP offer resources, connections & support to help you grow at every stage.

Renew your membership by Dec. 31 to continue accessing your benefits: https://www.aafp.org/membership/join/renew

Family physicians show up for patients every day. The AAFP shows up for you.

Through every step, every role and every turn, your AAFP membership offers real support, community and tools to help you in your every day.

That’s key to membership—an always-on professional home for family physicians, just like you. Renew for 2027 and keep it switched on: aafp.org/renew