Becoming a Physician Advocate

Authors

Margaret Zhang, Women's Law Project
Julia Youssef, Women's Law Project

Document Type

Presentation

Presentation Date

3-21-2019

Comments

Presentation: 1:39:44

Abstract

Overview

Refreshers

• What is advocacy?
• How a bill becomes a law?

When to Advocate

How to Advocate

In the Clinical Setting

• Patient assistance
• Medical-legal partnerships

Policy Advocacy

• Social media
• Phone calls to legislators
• Emails and letters to legislators
• Letters to the editor and op-eds
• Events
• Meetings with legislators

Recommended Citation

Zhang, Margaret and Youssef, Julia, "Becoming a Physician Advocate" (2019). Department of Family & Community Medicine Presentations and Grand Rounds. Paper 345.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/fmlectures/345

Language

English