BUATP

2018-2019 Highlights:

• 5/11/19: Co-hosted Rethinking Advocacy in Medicine Conference organized by the Boston Student Health Activity Community (BSHAC), with BMC guest speakers Dr. Thea James and Dr. Megan Sandel
• 5/9/19: Advocacy Grand Rounds with guest speaker Dr. Alex Walley, Medical Director of the MDPH Opioid Overdose Prevention Program, who gave an update on the current state of the opioid epidemic and spoke about the HEALing Communities Study, BMC’s recent 89 million dollar grant from the NIH
• 3/26/19: SPA-1 final class potluck!
• 3/12/19: SPA-1 class on gun violence with guest speaker Dr. Thea James, BUSM Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, BMC Associate Chief Medical Officer, Vice President of Mission, and Director of the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP)
• 2/26/19: SPA-1 class on substance use with guest speakers from SIFMANow, including alumnus Dr. Katrina Ciraldo (MD ’16), BMC Family Medicine Resident PGY-3
• 2/19/19: SPA-1 class on reproductive justice with guest speaker Dr. Elisabeth Woodhams, BUSM Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical Director of BMC Family Planning and Contraception
• 2/5/19: SPA-1 class on immigrant and refugee health with guest speaker Dr. Lisa Fortuna, Medical Director for BMC Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• 1/29/19: SPA-1 class on disability
• 1/22/19: SPA-1 class on incarceration and medical neglect with guest speaker Jess Kant, LICSW, from Deeper Than Water coalition
• 1/15/19: SPA-1 class on housing with guest speaker Dr. Megan Sandel, BUSM Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Director of the BMC GROW Clinic, Principal Investigator with Children’s Health Watch
• 1/8/19: SPA-1 introduction class with guest speaker alumnus Dr. Andrew Hyatt (MD ’18), Cambridge Health Alliance Psychiatry Resident PGY-1
• 11/14/18: Co-host drop-in writing workshop on public comments against the Public Charge proposal with BUMC Primary Care Training Program, BMC Government Affairs, and Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
• 11/5/18: Election Day Event to educate voters on ballot items and nominees
• 10/24/18: Advocacy Throughout the Medical Career with a panel of students and physicians
• 10/3/18: Advocacy Monthly Round Table with BUSM Socially Responsible Surgery (SRS) on health disparities in the prison population with guest speaker Dr. Shannon Bell, BUSM Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
• 10/2/18: SPA-2 final class potluck!
• 9/24/18: SPA-2 class on media and persuasive writing as an advocacy tool with guest speaker Dr. Katherine White, BUSM Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Director of BMC Family Planning Fellowship
• 9/21/18: Welcome Advocacy Potluck and Discussion on physician and medical student advocacy
• 9/18/18: SPA-2 class on legislative tactics with guest speaker Dr. Kristen Goodell, BUSM Assistant Dean of Admissions, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
• 9/11/18: SPA-2 class on institutional advocacy within hospitals with guest speaker Dr. Jennifer Siegel, BMC Medical Director for Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, BUSM Assistant Professor of Medicine
• 9/4/18: SPA-2 class on elevator speeches and framing with guest speaker Dr. Michael Siegel, BUSPH Professor of Community Health Sciences
• 8/28/18: SPA-2 class on power mapping and direct action with guest speaker alumnus Dr. Katrina Ciraldo (MD ’16), BMC Family Medicine Resident PGY-3
• 8/21/18: SPA-2 class on advocacy campaigns with guest speaker alumnus Dr. Andrew Hyatt (MD ’18), Cambridge Health Alliance Psychiatry Resident PGY-1
• 8/14/18: SPA-2 introduction class with guest speakers Dr. Mardge Cohen (Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program) and Dr. Gordon Schiff (Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital)