The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP), Twin Cities Medical Society, Minnesota Medical Association and Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics are co-hosting an important LIVE conversation on the use of race in medicine and medical decision making. This LIVE panel discussion builds on a race-based medicine presentation from the MAFP Virtual Refresher, “What’s Race Got to Do With It? […]
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released Wednesday a formal policy statement acknowledging and apologizing for past racism against Black pediatricians. The statement is powerful and painful and includes verbatim transcripts from early AAP Executive Board minutes, which lay bare racist attitudes and beliefs of early AAP leaders. MNAAP President Sheldon Berkowitz, MD, FAAP, encourages all members to […]
MNAAP signed on to a statement with eight other Minnesota physician organizations representing more than 5,000 physicians across the state, that declares racism a public health crisis and calls for steps we as health care leaders must take to begin to address it. It also calls on our colleagues in Minnesota’s health care systems, medical […]
The MNAAP Pediatric Mental Health work group is hosting a virtual learning collaborative to help pediatricians statewide improve clinic rates for adolescent/young adult depression screening/referral. This MOC4 has been approved by the ABP for 25 points that can be completed in four months by Dec. 15, 2020. This project is being done in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Department […]
The American Academy of Pediatrics is reporting that many Minnesota children are not seeing their pediatricians right now out of fear over COVID-19. This is putting children at risk for many other health issues – some more dangerous than COVID-19. An estimated 70 to 80 percent of Minnesota children are delaying visits to the doctor, […]
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