Physician Advocacy Pathway

This Pathway develops citizen-physicians who view their work through a lens of social justice.

Core features

• Enrollment in the Minnesota Advocacy Project (MAP) Workshop series to build the concrete skills needed for effective advocacy, including understanding complex systems, communicating with the media, and writing op-eds.
• Priority given for the Health Equity and Human Rights rotation (HEQHR), a one-month elective pairing self-directed learning on topics of health equity and social movements with community engagement activities.
• Clinical service, learning, and volunteer opportunities with a variety of organizations and communities, including the Mobile Health Initiative, the Youth & AIDS project (YAP), the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in Rosebud, SD, and the Cheyenne River Sioux in Eagle Butte, SD (Pediatrics only).
• A community of interdisciplinary colleagues focused on the intersection of social justice and health.
• A Capstone project based on the residents interests.