Health Care Policy and Reform

Catalog description

The vision of the health policy elective is to educate and facilitate action about local and national health policy issues among Tulane medical students and the larger New Orleans community. We hope to spur thought, dialogue, and involvement that will improve access to and quality of health care, leading to better health outcomes. By exposing students to health policy issues now, we hope they will see the importance of getting involved in policy-making and advocacy and will continue to stay informed and engaged as practicing physicians who advocate on their patients’ behalf. We hope that this elective will serve to spur positive change in health care policy both presently and long-term. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.