Description of a Research-Based Health Activism Curriculum for Medical Students
Authors: Cha, Stephen S.; Ross, Joseph S.; Lurie, Peter1; Sacajiu, Galit2
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2006 , pp. 1325-1328(4)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
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Abstract:
INTRODUCTION: Few curricula train medical students to engage in health system reform. AIM: To develop physician activists by teaching medical students the skills necessary to advocate for socially equitable health policies in the U.S. health system. SETTING: Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: We designed a 1-month curriculum in research-based health activism to develop physician activists. The annual curriculum includes a student project and 4 course sections; health policy, research methods, advocacy, and physician activists as role models; taught by core faculty and volunteers from academic institutions, government, and nongovernmental organizations. PROGRAM EVALUATION: From 2002 to 2005, 47 students from across the country have participated. Students reported improved capabilities to generate a research question, design a research proposal, and create an advocacy plan. DISCUSSION: Our curriculum demonstrates a model for training physician activists to engage in health systems reform.Keywords: medical education; professionalism; health care reform; curriculum evaluation
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00608.x
Affiliations: 1: Public Citizen's Health Research Group, Washington, DC, USA 2: Department of Internal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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