PATIENT EDUCATION AS A STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY

COMARTS 318

Explore the diversity of health experiences and the ways in which health communication affects our lives, whether it is through interpersonal conversations about health issues, exposure to health information in the media, or through our personal involvement with the healthcare system.

SURGERY 919

Care for hospitalized patients on general surgery or surgical specialty services. Admit new patients, round on previously admitted patients, participate in multidisciplinary rounds, and work to transition patients to the next level of care. Evaluate and manage patient with both common inpatient conditions and medically complex patients requiring collaboration with consulting specialties. Direct supervision by house staff and attending physicians. Participate in regularly scheduled supervisor-student meetings, which involve some or all of the following: rounding on service patients, participating in scheduled operative procedures, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases. Complete independent activities including some or all of the following: reading about patient conditions and preparing for direct patient care as needed. Complete other patient care related learning activities as assigned by instructors.

MEDSC-M 940

Introduction to some of the core features of the U.S. Health Care System, as experienced by patients and the health care providers caring for them. Build your capacity for advocacy in clinical settings by exploring frameworks and strategies for addressing barriers and inequities, and communication tools to help patients and families better navigate complex systems and access community resources. Advocacy content concentrated on personal advocacy interests.

MEDSC-M 941

Introduction to advocacy for population health. Covers determinants of health and the systemic causes that specific populations experience with health and health care in the U.S. Explore a range of strategies and tools for creating productive change with, and on behalf of, groups of patients. Strengthen the ability to see connections between the experiences of individual patients and providers and the organizational, political, social, and economic structures that influence the experiences of all health care stakeholders.

MEDSC-M 770

Introduction to concepts of health and disease, which vary from patient to patient and through time. View health from a population standpoint, with an introduction to basic public health concepts as well as how physicians may positively impact both individual and population level health. Woven within that framework are introductions to key aspects of professionalism, patient-centered history- taking, and core communication skills.