Consumer Health Advocacy and Patient Centered Care Clinical
The first- and second-year of the MD Program curriculum at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison includes an elective course titled Consumer Health Advocacy and Patient Centered Care Clinical.
Consumer Health Advocacy and Patient Centered Care Clinical 622-768
Interdisciplinary health advocacy clinical supervised by diverse professional staff. Provide broad advocacy to patients with life-threatening and serious chronic illnesses.
This is a variable credit experience - each credit corresponds to four hours (fall or spring) or five hours (summer) of advocacy work per week in the Center for Patient Partnerships.
This is a great opportunity to learn about socio-economic determinants of health and patient's experiences of the health care financing and delivery systems. Advocacy topics include:
- Medical decision-making
- Insurance
- Medical debt
- Disability issues
- Weekly discussions of patient cases and related guest lectures
Students also participate in the clinical as Shapiro Fellows. This clinical counts toward the 12-credit Consumer Health Advocacy Certificate. This course is offered in the fall, spring and summer terms.
Instructors: Meg Gaines, JD/LLM, Sarah Davis, JD/MPA, Aphra Mednick, MSW, LCS, Suzanne Lee, MD, Peter Daly, PE, Jessica Gilkison, JD.
More information is available at the Center for Patient Partnerships website or by contacting Aphra Mednick at amednick@wisc.edu or (608) 265-6267.
Registration: By permission - view application
Location: Law School
Meets: Wednesday
Time: 4:30-6pm
Instructor: Meg Gaines, JD/LLM, Sarah Davis, JD/MPA
Student Leader: Sarah Davis, sdavis2@wisc.edu