Health Policy Curriculum

As a medical provider, my main focus is about providing the best medical care for patient. At the same time, understanding the greater context in which patient decisions interplay with history, race,  socioeconomic determinants and structural inequalities,  helps me realize the complexity of providing good and equal healthcare and empathy at an individual and population level. 

In my residency, I wanted to create a health policy curriculum. At UCSF, I am afforded the opportunity to meet some of the top policy and health system movers and shakers. I have started a resident-led lecture series on a variety of different topics that affect emergency medicine and our patient population.  Some of the topics that we have talked about include the Affordable Care Act and health reform, Cost and Waste in Medicine, Gun Violence and Homelessness in San Francisco. 

We hope to continue integrating more health policy talks into our curriculum and create discussion for how we can be better doctors and nudge change for better healthcare for all.