October 26, 2023
The MMA will present a virtual forum on “Counseling Against Lethal Means: Why Focusing on the HOW People Attempt Suicide Saves Lives” from noon to 1 pm on Wednesday, November 8.
The session will be led by Joshua Stein, MD, general and child adolescent psychiatrist, clinical director at the PrairieCare Brooklyn Park Partial Hospital Program. Thomas E. Kottke, MD, MSPH, medical director for wellbeing, HealthPartners and senior clinical investigator at the HealthPartners Institute will serve as moderator.
The forum objectives include:
Build immediate lifesaving skills that can be implemented into a daily practice
Walk through language around firearms that avoid politics and focuses on immediate safety
How to protect our peers - with a specific focus on the well-being of physicians and warning signs when a peer needs help
Click here to register.
Thanks to forum sponsor – COPIC.
August 20, 2026
A physician and Olympian will give an inspirational address as part of this year's Empowering Physicians event on Friday, September 25, at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
August 20, 2026
Minnesota received some disturbing news this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as data shows that for the 2025-2026 school year, vaccination rates decreased and non-medical exemptions increased.
August 20, 2026
On August 11, a federal appellate court sided with the Texas Medical Association (TMA) argument that the way the No Surprises Act’s qualifying payment amount (QPA) is calculated has historically favored payers in arbitration.