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MN Legislative Session 2025: MAFP Priorities in Senate Omnibus Bill

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Including metachromatic leukodystrophy in the newborn screening program. Establishing licensure for certified midwives through the Board of Nursing. The omnibus bill includes many of the MAFP’s priorities. Establishing medical practice licensure requirements for individuals who have practiced medicine outside the U.S.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Therefore, these doctors are not eligible to become board-certified in any of the specialties recognized by the AMA’s American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). For transparency purposes, I completed a Family Medicine Residency training program and became board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Jessie: Exactly.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Screening for substance use and offering connections to treatment and community-based services are important strategies that clinicians can implement in their own practice today. Building Bridges Between Evidence and Policy in Mental Health Services Research: Introducing the Policy Review Article Type. Horvitz-Lennon, M., Jorgensen, S.,

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. If I remember correctly, I think the average was, people were screening positive for depression in this study. David: Exactly.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected. Jenny 04:45 Like, the last article was, like, 10 years ago. I am not a board certified. I am not a certified music therapist. And I loved in that article on the JJ article, you start off with a story like Mr. A and Mozart.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. And then there’s also some financial benefit for the patient as well if they have to pay for room and board.