February 10, 2022
The Iowa Medical Society (IMS) is conducting a “Midwest Survey of Empathy and Wellbeing in Primary Care Physicians” through the end of February. MMA members are urged to take part.
The online survey is being offered in partnership with Des Moines University as part of an effort to better understand job-related attitudes and factors, such as work characteristics, personal attributes, and demographics, which may affect overall wellbeing and empathy of primary care physicians.
The 15-minute survey is open to all primary care physicians (both MD and DO): family medicine, general medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology, women’s health, and geriatrics.
The hope is that the survey will provide valuable information to help inform both critical research and the efforts undertaken by the IMS to support physicians.
August 28, 2025
The apparent removal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Susan Monarez, PhD, after just weeks on the job, further imperils the work of the CDC and the health of Americans. Her removal was followed by the resignations of other senior leaders at the CDC, who have accused HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of undermining scientific recommendations for vaccines.
August 26, 2025
University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham, MD, will speak at the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Learning & Connection event on Friday, September 26, from 4 to 9 pm, at the historic Hewing Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.
August 26, 2025
America's physicians are seeing a rise in misinformation and disinformation from patients these days, and it’s impacting patient care, according to a new study from the Physicians Foundation.