The SRS Advocacy and Community Engagement Team works to strengthen the ability of surgeons to engage in political and social platforms to improve the care of surgical patients. 

Recent Event: Dr. Thomas Duncan on Surgical advocacy and Family justice centers

ADVOCACY ELECTIVE

The SRS Advocacy Elective was started to instruct medical students on health policy, activism, and civic engagement to make change for patients at a local, state, national level. The curriculum is composed of instruction on the civic process and is complemented by speakers involved in the process themselves. Across their four years of medical school, students will choose a topic of interest and complete a Capstone project.

MONTHLY ADVOCACY ROUNDTABLE

SRS hosts monthly advocacy roundtables to cover timely issues in healthcare in our community, such as gun violence, affordable housing, immigration status, and to offer members of the community an introduction to the issue and a clear way to get involved in advocacy for that issue.  These roundtables are facilitated by community organizations or those with personal experience with the issues, and focuses on teaching students and residents their role in the local, state, and national political system and how they can influence policies that can address the barriers their patients face.