Health Advocacy Elective

Catalog description

The Health Advocacy Elective Rotation serves as an introduction to health policy and advocacy. The learner will gain skills to understand health systems and advocate for improvements at the local, state or national level. The rotation provides dedicated time for knowledge acquisition through engagement in online curricula, and for practical advocacy engagement with local representatives, community advocacy sites, state legislatures or other determined sites under the direction of a faculty mentor (preceptor). A preceptor must be identified (with prior approval from the Course Director) to supervise the student’s activities during this rotation. Selected advocacy topics must have approval of the Course Director and the student’s preceptor.