General Course Descriptions for Terms: From Patient to Policy

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940 - From Patient to Policy: Models of System-Level Advocacy

This seminar is designed to deepen exploration of the systemic causes of problems people experience with healthcare systems in the U.S. and strategies to affect them. Taught through a health justice lens, it is distinct from a classic health policy course in three ways: (1) it offers patients' perspective, those impacted by a policy, and/or those with lived experience - and builds skills to engage key stakeholders in the change-making process, (2) it focuses in multiple arenas where policy-making and implementation occur - including in communities, organizations and legislative bodies, and (3) it emphasizes leadership and advocacy skill-building.