2020 Curriculum Topics and Schedule
| Session date/time | Session | Focus | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, January 30th 8:45 a.m.–6:30 p.m. | Session 1 | Introduction to health policy and the Affordable Care Act; welcome dinner | The history of health insurance and the Affordable Care Act; health care costs; health insurance coverage in Michigan. |
| Friday, February 7th 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Session 2 | Overview of Effective Advocacy and Value Based Insurance Design | Overview of what makes for effective advocacy and the use of value based insurance design to translate research into policy. |
| Friday, February 21st 8:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Session 3 | Orientation to Research and Policymaking and Lessons in Effective Advocacy | Orientation to the opportunities and constraints affecting fellows in the research and policymaking disciplines, and overview and case studies of effective advocacy. |
| Friday, February 28th 8:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Session 4 | Hospital and Health Systems Operations: Academic Medical Center and Veterans Affairs Health System; Social Determinants of Health | Description and first-hand view of academic and government health systems and a didactic session on provider challenges working in both academic and community medicine. |
| Friday, March 6th 8:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Session 5 | Funding Health: Medicaid, Private Insurance and Other Funding Strategies | Medicaid in Michigan, provider and health plan efforts to maximize quality and minimize cost, opportunities and challenges of philanthropy and grant funding. |
| Friday, March 20th 8:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Session 6 | How to Engage the Media | Writing and effective op-ed, working with the media, media panel. |
| Tuesday, March 24th 8:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Session 7 | Lansing Day: Working with the State | Meet with key state legislators and organizations, visit the Michigan House floor and attend a hearing of the House Health Policy Committee. |
| Tuesday, April 14th - Thursday, April 16th | Session 8 | Washington D.C. Trip: Federal Health Policy | Meetings with key congressional staff, introduction to lobbying, advocacy organizations and national media experts, visit to House chamber. |
| Friday, May 1st 8:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Session 9 | Detroit Day: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health | A trip to Detroit profiling major projects of local foundations and the communities impacted, a visit to the Detroit Health Department. |
| Friday, May 8th 8:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Session 10 | Statewide policy issues and initiatives | Small and large business perspectives; cutting-edge clinical issues |
| Friday, May 15th 8:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Final Session and Graduation | International healthcare; Final presentations | International healthcare, final presentations and award ceremony. |