Community engagement is a hallmark of the Family Medicine Residency at Mayo Clinic in Mankato, Minnesota. Residents, faculty, and medical students are actively engaged with the community in a variety of venues.

Examples include:

• St. Peter Free Clinic - free services to underserved communities
• Connections Shelter – shelter for individuals and families experiencing homelessness
• Participation in a program that integrates oral health into well-child visits - a "first of its kind" program in Minnesota
• Development and delivery of health education topics for infants, toddlers, and tweens at the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
• Food drives
• Sports Physicals Night Out - opportunity for the community to complete high school sports physicals during convenient evening hours
• Community garden focused on addressing food insecurity
• Nursing home care and home visits
• Sports medicine opportunities with students in the athletic training rooms and sporting events at Minnesota State University Mankato
• Provide medical assistance at the Mankato Marathon and host the post-run Stretch Zone
• Health education with community partners such as VINE Adult Community Center, GEM speaking engagements, Minnesota Valley Action Council, Project Community Connect, and others as they become available