How has your work prepared you to respond to disruptions related to COVID-19? How has your work prepared you to respond to disruptions related to COVID-19? Our goals are to develop, implement and disseminate an enduring and scalable model of interdisciplinary and community collaboration to train medical students in the skills needed to effectively advocate to help improve health in their practices, communities and the public at large. Development of a survey and cost-effectiveness analysis with regard to alternatives to having law enforcement in Los Angeles County clinical settings.Preparation of a policy summary on repealing a soda tax prohibition to be presented to the state assembly tax committee.Material for distribution on Black maternal mortality disparities and cultural humility.Medical students were partnered with Masters of Public Policy students to work in small groups with established and experienced leaders of community organizations to help them expedite or enhance an existing health initiative.įinal student projects in the pilot course included: We developed and piloted an eight-session health advocacy course with faculty from the medical school and school of public policy in which topics such as health disparities, health equity, cultural humility, community assets and collaborative skills were explored through asynchronous and live sessions. The project supports and informs the implementation this year of a renewed curriculum at the Keck School of Medicine which includes a new health justice and systems of care course which is core content for all students and integrated throughout the curriculum. Our Advocacy for Health Justice curriculum development project is intended to equip medical students with skills of health advocacy as a means to empower them to identify and address health inequities throughout their careers. What are your Accelerating Change in Medical Education project and goals? What are your Accelerating Change in Medical Education project and goals?
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