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Highlights

Choose from four videos (above): Why Family Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Arts & Culture, The Outdoors, and Sports & Recreation.

News

Nov. 23 was the first-ever Hippocrates Cafe event, exploring influenza in social and historical contexts through spoken word and music.

Jon Hallberg, MD, gave his clinical reaction to the new recommendations for mammogram screenings on MPR’s “All Things Considered”
on Nov. 17.

Macaran Baird, MD, MS, was quoted in the Star Tribune on
Nov. 11 about the University’s proposed conflict-of-interest policy.

Read the October edition of the Family Medicine Connection.

More news.

People

Recent family medicine residency grad Will Nicholson, MD, opted out of his employer’s health insurance, choosing to insure himself the way many of his patients are insured—through a high deductible plan.

Learn more about Nicholson’s decision.

Events

FMIG Lunch Lecture: Medical Student Summer Research Program
Date and Time: Dec. 7, 12:15-1:00 pm
Location: Moos Tower 2-650
MAFP foundation director and conference coordinator will discuss the Mersy Student Summer Research Externship Program.

More Events.

Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Central administrative office: 6-240 Phillips-Wangensteen Building, 516 Delaware Street SE
Mailing address: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 381, Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-624-2622       fmch@umn.edu