Course Overview
The Health Equity Advocacy course is a 5-month multi-pronged educational intervention that will bring faculty, learners and community members from several institutions together to advocate around common health-related priorities. This innovative course goes beyond didactic instruction and includes experiential learning that will leverage collaboration and, importantly, have tangible outcomes as a result. Participants will learn while doing.
Applications for this course are currently closed.
Learning Objectives
- To train a cohort of engaged health professionals, learners, and community members in advocacy skills around issues related to vulnerable populations.
- To foster longitudinal working relationships with Institutional Government Relations Offices (Emory, Grady, and other partners), in support of an aligned advocacy mission for vulnerable populations.
- To promote experiential advocacy with legislators and policymakers around health equity-particularly during the Georgia legislative session but also for longitudinal relationship building with legislators when not in session.
- To engage in community-based advocacy and community partnerships, learning to work within communities and to be a voice for their expressed concerns.
Eligibility
All faculty in the School of Medicine are eligible to apply to this course.
Time Commitment
This course encompasses eight sessions to be held one or two times monthly. Sessions will meet on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and will include dinner. All sessions will be held in the Grady Faculty Office Building in Room 101. Faculty accepted into the program are expected to attend at least 6 of 8 sessions.
Schedule
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Session |
Topic |
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Session 1 |
Intro to Health Care Policy/Advocacy
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Session 2 |
You’re Not Alone: Finding Partners and Building Collaborations for Community & Social Advocacy |
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Session 3 |
Selecting Your Issue
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Session 4 |
Demystifying Legislative Advocacy: Understanding the Georgia Legislative Session Advocacy 101-Basics of government and advocacy, committees, branch functions, and getting to know your legislators |
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Session 5 |
Advocacy Communication Advocacy 202-Testifying, influencing a bill, elevator pitches, supporting and blocking legislation |
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Session 6 |
Institutional Advocacy: Transforming policies, structures, and practices within your workplace, advancing health equity |
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Session 7 |
Applying “Branding” to Your Selected Advocacy Issue |
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Session 8 |
Finale Event |
How to Apply
The application window is closed.
All interested candidates must submit an application form and CV. There is no limit to the number of applications from a department, but final selections will prioritize diverse representation across the School of Medicine and will be limited to 20 faculty. The application form consists of four parts:
- Candidate information
- Candidate statement (required for all nominations)
- Nominator statement (required only for applications supported by a nominator or leader)
- Candidate CV (we strongly prefer CVs in the official EUSOM template)
Nominations can be made directly by applicants or by department chairs, division chiefs or other supporting nominators or leaders.
Contact Monique Rainey with questions.
Course Director Information
Associate Dean of Professional Development, Emory at Grady
Carter Smith, Sr. Professor, Department of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Ronnye Rutledge, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
