Interdisciplinary Solidarity: Advancing Medical Student Education in Healthcare Advocacy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is increasingly important to create longitudinal advocacy education opportunities starting as early as medical school to train physicians capable of handling the complexities of the social determinants of health that they will encounter in their communities. This is a brief overview of the journey of medical students in developing an interdisciplinary, longitudinal advocacy curriculum at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNM SOM).

Methods

The Healthcare Advocacy Initiative of New Mexico (HAINM) has disseminated information on the significance and structure of health policy in New Mexico through various educational opportunities by communicating with state representatives, community advocates, law students, professors, and professional advocacy or

SUBMITTER: Dark N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12657764 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature