ADVOCATING FOR PATIENTS: GETTING THE RIGHT CARE AT THE RIGHT TIME

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate understanding of advocacy and what advocates do Audience: Graduate 2. Match advocacy roles to specific situations Audience: Graduate 3. Identify value to advocacy of collaborative problem-solving, engaging diverse viewpoints Audience: Graduate 4. Identify how health care coverage is financed in the U.S., and how this influences patient experiences Audience: Graduate 5. List core reasons for high costs and current strategies to contain them Audience: Graduate 6. Examine how cost factors might influence the roles of physician advocates Audience: Graduate 7. Build communication skills that emphasize deep listening, empathy, and compassion Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate knowledge of how to recognize how to shift one’s role and relationship to build patients’ and families’ capacity to strengthen capacity for self-advocacy Audience: Graduate 9. Develop “touchpoints” to reinforce your learning and commitment to full presence with patients Audience: Graduate 10. Demonstrate understanding of the causes and effects of physician burnout Audience: Graduate 11. Develop self-care and lifelong learning strategies Audience: Graduate 12. Describe strategies for incorporating advocacy into a busy practice Audience: Graduate 13. Identify your potential role as change agent within an organization Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate understanding of advocacy and what advocates do Audience: Graduate 2. Match advocacy roles to specific situations Audience: Graduate 3. Identify value to advocacy of collaborative problem-solving, engaging diverse viewpoints Audience: Graduate 4. Identify how health care coverage is financed in the U.S., and how this influences patient experiences Audience: Graduate 5. List core reasons for high costs and current strategies to contain them Audience: Graduate 6. Examine how cost factors might influence the roles of physician advocates Audience: Graduate 7. Build communication skills that emphasize deep listening, empathy, and compassion Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate knowledge of how to recognize how to shift one’s role and relationship to build patients’ and families’ capacity to strengthen capacity for self-advocacy Audience: Graduate 9. Develop “touchpoints” to reinforce your learning and commitment to full presence with patients Audience: Graduate 10. Demonstrate understanding of the causes and effects of physician burnout Audience: Graduate 11. Develop self-care and lifelong learning strategies Audience: Graduate 12. Describe strategies for incorporating advocacy into a busy practice Audience: Graduate 13. Identify your potential role as change agent within an organization Audience: Graduate