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, Public Health and Primary Care Integration St. Louis County Department of Public Health St. Louis County Department of Public Health
Advocacy Advocacy To advocate = “to publicly support or To advocate = “to publicly support or recommend” recommend” For whom or what? For whom or what? Activities that promote health or access to Activities that promote health or access to health for your community or larger populations health for your community or larger populations Policies that affect family physicians Policies that affect family physicians Other Other
Advocacy 101/Developing skills Advocacy 101/Developing skills As a highly educated person, you have the skills to be As a highly educated person, you have the skills to be an advocate for your profession and your patients in an advocate for your profession and your patients in multiple venues. multiple venues. STFM Online Advocacy Course (free) STFM Online Advocacy Course (free) http://www.stfm.org/OnlineCourses/AdvocacyCourse http://www.stfm.org/OnlineCourses/AdvocacyCourse
Advocacy Tools Advocacy Tools The 1-pager The 1-pager The elevator speech The elevator speech Patient/personal stories Patient/personal stories
State State MAFP Advocacy Day MAFP Advocacy Day MAFP Advocacy MAFP Advocacy Commission Commission Other groups: MPCA, Other groups: MPCA, MSMA MSMA https://www.mo-afp.org/advocacy/
Federal Federal Family Medicine Congressional Conference Family Medicine Congressional Conference http://www.stfm.org/Conferences/FamilyMedicineAdvocacySummit
Local Local Bring a health lens to local issues is Bring a health lens to local issues is health advocacy health advocacy Medical director of school based or other Medical director of school based or other programs programs Board member of local organizations Board member of local organizations Presentations at school board, county council Presentations at school board, county council
Relationship building Relationship building Leave your card Leave your card Follow up with an email Follow up with an email Make yourself available as a resource Make yourself available as a resource Make regular visits Make regular visits Plant seeds and push agendas over time Plant seeds and push agendas over time Invite elected official to your clinic for a tour Invite elected official to your clinic for a tour Attend an elected officials local events Attend an elected officials local events
Keeping up with policy Keeping up with policy https://www.mo- afp.org/advocacy/2016-legislation/ kkf.org http://www.stfm.org/Ad http://www.graham- vocacy/KeyIssuesandLe http://www.aafp.org/a center.org/rgc/home.html gislation bout/policies/a-z.A.html
Why it matters anyway? Why it matters anyway? MACRA – Medicare Access and CHIP MACRA – Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act Reauthorization Act Signed into law April 2015 Signed into law April 2015 Fundamentally change the way physicians Fundamentally change the way physicians get paid my Medicare (value based get paid my Medicare (value based payments) payments)
Questions/thoughts? Questions/thoughts? edoucette@stlouisco.com edoucette@stlouisco.com
Additional Resources Additional Resources STFM Advocacy Toolkit: STFM Advocacy Toolkit: http://www.stfm.org/Advocacy/AdvocacyToolkit http://www.stfm.org/Advocacy/AdvocacyToolkit The One-Pager: A Practical Policy Advocacy Tool for The One-Pager: A Practical Policy Advocacy Tool for Translating Community-Based Participatory Research Into Translating Community-Based Participatory Research Into Action: Action: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921614/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921614/ University of Missouri Center for Health Policy: University of Missouri Center for Health Policy: http://medicine2.missouri.edu/policy/home.html http://medicine2.missouri.edu/policy/home.html
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