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Description of a research-based health activism curriculum for medical students

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Cha, Stephen S., Ross, Joseph S., Lurie, Peter, Sacajiu, Galit·2006·Journal of General Internal Medicine
DOI 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00608.xPMC PMC1924746
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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.

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  • Efforts are underway to incorporate advocacy training into graduate and undergraduate medical school curricula.

    “efforts are underway to incorporate advocacy training into graduate and undergraduate medical school curricula [4-6]”

    From Self-reported evaluation of competencies and attitudes by physicians-in-training before and after a single day legislative advocacy experience (2012) · cites this paper as [4]

    The Program Description describes a one-month advocacy elective for medical students in their clinical years, supporting the undergraduate medical education part of the claim. It says residents from postgraduate training programs conceived the elective, but does not describe advocacy training incorporated into postgraduate curricula. Our copy provides no page numbers for these passages. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • The majority of health advocacy training initiatives are extensive longitudinal programs.

    “The majority of the initiatives are extensive longitudinal programs, 14-19 the ideal mode of health advocacy teaching.”

    From Political Action Day: A Student-Led Initiative to Increase Health Advocacy Training Among Medical Students (2010) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Discussion says prior advocacy courses often ran as weekly lectures over a semester or year, supporting the longitudinal aspect. But the Program Description identifies this paper’s own curriculum as a one-month elective, and neither section establishes that the majority of initiatives were extensive longitudinal programs. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Several successful health advocacy programs have been developed in US medical schools.

    “However, several successful programs have been developed in US medical schools. 14-19”

    From Political Action Day: A Student-Led Initiative to Increase Health Advocacy Training Among Medical Students (2010) · cites this paper as [18]

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Authors
Cha, S. S., Ross, J. S., Lurie, P., & Sacajiu, G.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • James J. Peters VA Medical Center (US)
  • Public Citizen (US)
  • Montefiore Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Cha, Stephen S.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2006-12
Volume
21
Issue
12
Pages
1325-1328
ISSN
  • 0884-8734 (ISSN-L)
  • 1525-1497
DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00608.x
PMC
PMC1924746
OpenAlex
W2080963502
Cited by
31
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 5
FWCI
0.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Education
Keywords
health activism, medical curriculum, health policy education, advocacy training, health care reform, research skills training, curriculum evaluation
MeSH terms
Curriculum, Education, Medical, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Humans, Medicine, Physicians, Students, Medical, Program Evaluation

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