PNHP's 2011 Leadership Training Institute will take place Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 in Washington, D.C. To register for the Leadership Training Institute, please click here. For an agenda, please see below.
Gallaudet University Kellogg Conference Hotel
800 Florida Ave NE, Washington, DC
(202) 651-6000
Double $169, reserve by 10/21/11, Overnight parking is $18
Please note: The program starts at 1:00 p.m. Lunch is on your own before the training starts!
Note: All leadership training participants also attend the PNHP Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 29, 2011
General Session: Auditorium
1:00 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions
- Dr. Garrett Adams, PNHP President
1:15 p.m.
An Evidence-Based Grand Rounds on PPACA and Single Payer National Health Insurance (Followed by Q & A/discussion period)
-Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, co-founder, PNHP
-Dr. David Himmelstein, co-founder, PNHP
2:45 p.m. - Break
3:00 p.m. Workshops 1, 2, 3 and 4 (all repeated at 4:15 p.m)
All workshops start with roundtable introductions to facilitate networking
1) Big Pharma (Room 6ABC)
- Dr. Gordon Schiff, Board PNHP, author of PNHP’s Proposal on Quality
2) The movement for single payer in the states: challenges and opportunities (Auditorium)
- Dr. Oliver Fein, PNHP Past President
3) Getting started as an Activist (1BC)
- Dr. Rob Stone, Director, PNHP, Chair, Hoosiers for a Common Sense Health Plan
- Dr. Garrett Adams, PNHP President
4) Health care in Canada and other industrialized nations (4ABC)
- Karen Palmer, former PNHP Board Member and Board member, Canadian Doctors for Medicare
4:00 p.m. - Break
4:15 p.m. - Workshops repeated
5:15 p.m. - Break
6:00 p.m. - Dinner (Ballroom AB)
Giving an Effective Talk on Single Payer and Answering the Hard Questions from Physicians about Reform
- Drs. Claudia Fegan and Andy Coates
(spouses/Board members coming to Annual Meeting also invited to attend dinner)
The PNHP Leadership Training Institute is an intensive "crash course" in health policy and the case for national health insurance for physicians. The program is designed to give physician activists the expertise they need to become effective advocates for single-payer and leaders in the movement for national health insurance.
The faculty of nationally known researchers, teachers and leaders present data making the case for national health insurance and answer the "tough questions" of opponents. Small group and plenary sessions provide the opportunity for in-depth discussion of the material and extensive personal attention.
Most participants are physicians; a select few non-physician allied health professionals and students also participate. Program topics include "Debating Conservatives on Health Policy," "Health Care Quality and Malpractice," and "Myths and Realities about the Canadian Health System."
Objectives:
At the end of this course participants will be able to
1. Use the PNHP slide show in a Grand Rounds or other medical conference with confidence.
2. Answer the "tough questions" on reform -- what about rationing, government bureaucracy, and technology? - using the latest medical and health services research.
3. Describe how other countries provide universal coverage and why single-payer is the best option for reform based on decades of international experience and the unique features of the US health system.
4. Write an effective op-ed or other mass media article for publication.
5. Identify strategies to advance the health care debate in your community using available resources.
6. Overcome inertia and find your "niche" in the health care debate -- the place to use your interests and talents most effectively.
7. Identify experts on various aspects of reform (quality, pharmaceuticals, costs, etc) who are resources to the movement.
8. Describe the powerful groups leading opposition to reform and the relationship between congress, the insurance and drug companies, and the "government-industry revolving door."
9. Place the current push for reform -- and opposition to it - in historical context since 1904.
10. Respond to the "myths" about reform with the "facts."
11. Start (or re-vitalize) a chapter of PNHP.
12. Work effectively with grassroots advocates for reform.
And much, much more!
Note: All participants are requested to submit a CV or bio and photograph (head shot only) for us to keep on file for our speakers' bureau. Please send these separately to PNHP, 29 E. Madison, Suite 602, Chicago, IL 60602. matt@pnhp.org.