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Published on: August 1, 2017
The Advocacy Journal Club
Geoffrey Talmon1, Alejandro Wolf1, Mariam Molani1
1Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
Objectives:
To describe a method of educating pathologists about health policy.
Methods:
The Advocacy Journal Club was a series of six conferences. Topics were of those in the news or affecting local practice. Participants reviewed preparatory readings, completed a six- to 10-question pretest, attended an interactive presentation stressing advocacy groups' efforts, and completed a posttest. All were invited to complete a survey after the sessions.
Results:
Faculty and residents had increased posttest scores following each presentation with a significant difference in four and three sessions, respectively. More than 80% agreed they could discuss the topics with others and understood how regulations affect practice. More than 90% agreed that they gained an understanding of how involvement in organizations' advocacy initiatives affects policy.
Conclusions:
We present a method for educating pathologists about policy and the role of professional societies that could be implemented by nearly all graduate medical education programs.
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