Advocacy Council

Our mission is to support and foster a sustainable network of resident and fellow advocacy initiatives by connecting, nurturing, inspiring, and empowering house staff.

• Advocacy Elective
• Medical Abortion Training for Internal Medicine Residents
  • Very little training or education is given to internal medicine residents on how to perform medical abortions or counsel patients on the medications used in a medical abortion. We often shift these patient issues off to other specialties, when in fact they can be addressed in the primary care setting in early pregnancy. Having training in this area would allow our patients to have increased access to abortion and lead to an increase of potential abortion providers and providing locations.
  • Contact information: Sudipta "Nila" Devanath - sudipta.devanath@yale.edu

• Refugee Health Literacy Program
  • In coordination with IRIS (Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services), courses are offered on a range of topics for newly-arrived immigrants. All specialties and levels of training welcome to participate.
  • Contact information: Frances Cheng - Frances.Cheng@yale.edu

• Common Ground Mentorship Program
  • Mentorship program with High School Students

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• CT State Medical Society Resident-Fellow Section
  • Upcoming Meetings
  • Contact information
    

• CT State Medical Society
  • Yale New Haven Hospital Intern/Resident/Fellow Physician Application
  • Upcoming Meetings

• American College of Physician’s Leadership Day in DC
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Legislative Conference:
• Stay tuned for events in our nation’s capitol
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• Immigration Health 101
• Federal Policy Affecting Immigrant Patients