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You are a Leader: You are a Leader: Advocacy roles for Advocacy roles for Early-Career Early-Career Physicians Physicians Emily D. Doucette, MD MSPH Emily D. Doucette, MD MSPH Director, Public Health and Primary Care Integration Director,

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You are a Leader: Advocacy roles for Early-Career Physicians You are a Leader: Advocacy roles for Early-Career Physicians

Emily D. Doucette, MD MSPH Director, Public Health and Primary Care Integration

St. Louis County Department of Public Health

Emily D. Doucette, MD MSPH Director, Public Health and Primary Care Integration

St. Louis County Department of Public Health

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Advocacy Advocacy

To advocate = “to publicly support or recommend” For whom or what? Activities that promote health or access to health for your community or larger populations Policies that affect family physicians Other To advocate = “to publicly support or recommend” For whom or what? Activities that promote health or access to health for your community or larger populations Policies that affect family physicians Other

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Advocacy 101/Developing skills Advocacy 101/Developing skills

As a highly educated person, you have the skills to be an advocate for your profession and your patients in multiple venues. STFM Online Advocacy Course (free)

http://www.stfm.org/OnlineCourses/AdvocacyCourse

As a highly educated person, you have the skills to be an advocate for your profession and your patients in multiple venues. STFM Online Advocacy Course (free)

http://www.stfm.org/OnlineCourses/AdvocacyCourse

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Advocacy Tools Advocacy Tools

The 1-pager The elevator speech Patient/personal stories The 1-pager The elevator speech Patient/personal stories

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State State

MAFP Advocacy Day MAFP Advocacy Commission Other groups: MPCA, MSMA MAFP Advocacy Day MAFP Advocacy Commission Other groups: MPCA, MSMA

https://www.mo-afp.org/advocacy/

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Federal Federal

Family Medicine Congressional Conference Family Medicine Congressional Conference

http://www.stfm.org/Conferences/FamilyMedicineAdvocacySummit

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Local Local

Bring a health lens to local issues is health advocacy

 Medical director of school based or other programs  Board member of local organizations  Presentations at school board, county council

Bring a health lens to local issues is health advocacy

 Medical director of school based or other programs  Board member of local organizations  Presentations at school board, county council

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Relationship building Relationship building

 Leave your card  Follow up with an email  Make yourself available as a resource  Make regular visits  Plant seeds and push agendas over time  Invite elected official to your clinic for a tour  Attend an elected officials local events  Leave your card  Follow up with an email  Make yourself available as a resource  Make regular visits  Plant seeds and push agendas over time  Invite elected official to your clinic for a tour  Attend an elected officials local events

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Keeping up with policy Keeping up with policy

kkf.org http://www.graham- center.org/rgc/home.html https://www.mo- afp.org/advocacy/2016-legislation/ http://www.stfm.org/Ad vocacy/KeyIssuesandLe gislation http://www.aafp.org/a bout/policies/a-z.A.html

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Why it matters anyway? Why it matters anyway?

 MACRA – Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act  Signed into law April 2015  Fundamentally change the way physicians get paid my Medicare (value based payments)  MACRA – Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act  Signed into law April 2015  Fundamentally change the way physicians get paid my Medicare (value based payments)

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Questions/thoughts? Questions/thoughts?

edoucette@stlouisco.com edoucette@stlouisco.com

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Additional Resources Additional Resources

 STFM Advocacy Toolkit: http://www.stfm.org/Advocacy/AdvocacyToolkit  The One-Pager: A Practical Policy Advocacy Tool for Translating Community-Based Participatory Research Into Action: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921614/  University of Missouri Center for Health Policy: http://medicine2.missouri.edu/policy/home.html  STFM Advocacy Toolkit: http://www.stfm.org/Advocacy/AdvocacyToolkit  The One-Pager: A Practical Policy Advocacy Tool for Translating Community-Based Participatory Research Into Action: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921614/  University of Missouri Center for Health Policy: http://medicine2.missouri.edu/policy/home.html