Upcoming Events
We are busily planning upcoming events on serving patients experiencing homelessness, address racism as a public health issue, and more.
Please check back.
ZVMS Offers Free Narcan/Naloxone Trainings
In partnership with the Steve Rummler HOPE Network,
ZVMS will offer two free trainings on Narcan/naloxone to help prevent overdose deaths.
The trainings will be held on:
November 11, 7-8 pm
Christ United Methodist Church
400 5th Avenue SW, Rochester, MN 55902
and on
November 12, 9-10 am
Salvation Army Corps Community Center
20 1st Ave NE, Rochester, MN 55906
Please note that masks are required at both trainings.
In the training, participants will learn:
- what naloxone/Narcan is
- how it works when administered to an individual who has overdosed
- how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose
- when to give naloxone to a person who has overdosed
Upon completion of the one-hour training,
participants will have the opportunity to receive an overdose prevention kit,
with injectable naloxone.
MMA Physician Forum:
Uncertainty in Medicine
Emerging Ideas and Understanding
(in partnership with the University of Minnesota)
April 13
Noon-1 pm
During this forum, the presenters will discuss how uncertainty affects clinicians and patients and how suboptimal responses to uncertainty can lead to errors, overutilization, and lack of trust between patients and their care teams.
Register here
MMA Physician Forum:
Cultivating Mindfulness and Resilience:
Everyday Tips and Approaches
April 27
Noon-1 pm
This presentation will focus on cultivating mindfulness as a tool for enhancing resilience. Research has demonstrated that practicing mindfulness can broaden our perspective and down regulate the stress response, allowing us to be with life’s inevitable challenges more resourcefully and compassionately. Participants will be guided through an experiential mindfulness meditation and leave the session with practical tips for practicing mindfulness and in their daily lives.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain understanding of what mindfulness is and isn’t, and the research supporting the practice of mindfulness as tool to reduce stress and enhance resilience.
- Learn how to apply “in-the-moment” practical mindfulness tips and approaches throughout one’s daily activities.
- Practice and experience a short mindfulness meditation.
Presenter: Mariann Johnson, Wellbeing and Mindfulness Instructor for the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing.
Moderator: Bryan Williams, MD
Register here
MMA Doctors’ Lounge
June 29
6-8 pm
Bitter and Pour
18 3rd St SW Ste 1
Register here
This free casual event offers physicians and physicians-in-training an opportunity to get together and network. It is also a chance to celebrate the practice of medicine, thank our members and welcome new or prospective members. Significant others and children are welcome too!
Drink tickets and appetizers will be provided.
MMA (Virtual) Annual Conference 2021
September 24
12:30 – 5:15 PM
Where Do We Go From Here?
Reflections on the Most Challenging Time in Recent History
and Where We Go Next
- Conference highlights include:
- The latest news regarding COVID-19 with infectious disease expert Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH
- Harriet Washington, a leading author on such provocative issues as medical apartheid and environmental racism
- The role medicine can play on issues relating to policing
- Microaggressions in health care
- COVID-19’s impact on the mental health of physicians
- Conference highlights include:
Session details can be found here
Physician/Physician in Training registration here
$89 for members
$139 for non-members
$25 for students/residents/fellows
Implicit Bias in Healthcare Workshop
December 7
7-9 pm
This will be a live virtual workshop where participants will examine implicit bias in healthcare settings, understand how it contributes to health disparities, and learn strategies to address it.
Register here
Street Medicine with Dr. Jim Withers
Monday
April 26
Noon-1 pm
(Central Time)
on Zoom
with:
Jim Withers, MD
Founder
Street Medicine Institute
speaking on:
“The Potential of Street Medicine to Reach
Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in Our Local Communities”
Learn about Dr. Withers in this CNN Heroes video
