Building knowledge about single-payer inside and outside of your med school curriculum

Constance Fontanet (she/her), MS4, Infrastructure Committee Chair

Michael Massey (he/him), MS4, At-Large Executive Committee Member

Introductions!

Constance Fontanet (she/her), MS4, Infrastructure Committee Chair

constance.p.fontanet.med@dartmouth.edu

347-610-1291

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Michael Massey (he/him), MS4, At-Large Executive Committee Member

mmassey@neomed.edu

440-856-9453

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Community Agreements

• All of you belong here
• Speak your truth in ways that respect the truth of others
• Assume positive intent
• Conflict with civility
• Suspend assumptions and turn to wonder
• Make space/Take space

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This is a space for SNaHP members, PNHP members are welcome to observe but don’t take space from SNaHP members

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Learning Objectives

• Understand why SNaHP has made education one of its foci
• Understand the importance of annual educational events and retaining institutional knowledge
• Curate a calendar of educational events for your classmates
• Start the process of incorporating single-payer content in your medical school curriculum

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Why does it matter?

• Strive to make healthcare access the #1 discussed issue at your school, spur recruitment!

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• Many medical students have limited knowledge about healthcare policy and financing, and it is not taught in medical school.

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• People won’t engage in advocacy about a topic they don’t feel knowledgeable about.
• More (regularly-scheduled) events = increased member retainment

Polling Questions

• Have you ever had an educational event at your school? (raise your hand!)
• What topics have you presented on? How did it go?
• What would you want to present on?
• What are your worries and doubts about presenting?

You don’t even need guest speakers!

Why don’t you read about it tonight and present on rounds tomorrow?

Our own experience!

Dartmouth 2022-23 SNaHP Events:

• DCEs (throwback!)
• Basic health insurance vocab
• Benefits of single-payer
• Recent healthcare bills (ex: No Surprises Act)

NEOMED 2022-23 SNaHP Events:

August

M1 Recruitment & Donut Fundraiser

SNaHP Week!: 3-Day Lunch Lecture Series

SNaHP Week!: Friday Festival

September

Involvement Fair

Zoom Informational & Recruitment Meeting

Began lobbying Kent City Council

October

SNaHP Panel: Experiences without insurance

Passed Kent resolution + began state med. soc. res.

November & December

SNaHP Summit & lobbying Akron City Council (Nov-Mar)

January

Healthcare Reform Debate (PNHP vs. OSMA vs. BRI)

February

M2 Advocacy Skills Training class & E-Board applications

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SNaHP Educational Events Ideas - Select topic ideas!

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Single-payer focused

Issues in our current system

Breaking down the Medicare for All bill

Addressing common talking points against M4A

Single-payer vs other systems

Medicare Advantage

Medical debt

Healthcare Reform Debate

Panel discussion on healthcare inaccess

Uninsurance as a Public Health Issue

Other educational events

Advocacy skills training & Panel

Reproductive justice

History of healthcare advocacy or policy

Voter information guide (before an election)

Op-Ed training

Issues with private equity in healthcare

Book club

Resolutions training

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Worksheet:

Pick topics you would like to present on before June 2025

No one format fits all!

• student lecture
• you master the material, you do the work
• guest speaker lecture
• networking and unique view, don’t retain much
• debate
• likely higher attendance/entertaining, not always educational or have the “right side win”
• panel
• networking and unique view, different perspectives build stronger narrative, difficult to schedule and balance time, don’t retain much
• advocacy 101 (from your school’s gov’t relations team)
• NETWORKING from faculty to their networks
• gameshow
• Fun, engaging, only works with limited topics (Medical Terminology as an example)
• book club
• collaborative learning, only works for literate medical students
• workshops (resolution writing, Op-Ed training)
• working meetings as teams, need motivated members

Worksheet:

Pick a format to use for each of these educational topics

Scheduling Tips

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Tips:

• Always have food
• Schedule a lunch lecture after a required class
• Pick a high foot traffic area
• Start recruitment/invites 2-4+ weeks out from event!
• Provide zoom option (situational)
• Send out calendar invites!
• Avoid exam weeks
• Don’t be afraid to spam your friends - half of the work is recruitment!!!

Worksheet:

Access your class and other classes’ calendars to find times that work for you and your classmates

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*At home: Reserve rooms, order food, advertise

Who is responsible?

Tips:

• One person should not be doing everything
• Elevate your team members, celebrate them as the event leaders
• Spread out the work across class years
• Every leader should run at least 1 event/campaign per year

Worksheet:

Select who within your chapter will be responsible for each event.

Retaining institutional memory

Tips:

• Save your PPTs and record the sessions!
• Make sure to share resources from year to year
• Maintain a chapter Google Drive and SHARE IT with all members
• Could create YT channel for your chapter and store recordings on it
• Have multiple meetings with new leadership team
• It is good to repeat educational sessions year after year for new students

Worksheet Time!

Please take 5-10 minutes to finish filling out the worksheet and share with your neighbor what you are planning :)

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Any questions?

Educational Curriculum

Polling question:

• How much does your school talk about health policy in the classroom?

Educational Curriculum - Why does it matter?

It’s becoming increasingly salient to clinical practice.

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In 2010, 94% of medical school deans reported providing some health policy material in their curriculum, with the average amount of instruction of only 14 hours over the 4 years. 4 This is not solely an issue in the US.

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Source: Crosson et al. Health Policy Education for Medical Students: Time to Rethink? (2023)

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Educational Curriculum - Why does it matter?

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• It reaches the entire class, don’t need to worry about recruitment
• Show your faculty that this topic matters to you!
• It’s a good exercise in understanding power structures and institutional change

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Educational Curriculum

Our own experience :)

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Polling questions:

• Has a student ever taught a class? Has your school made a change based on student feedback?
• What are gaps?

How to articulate your ask to your school?

• What are the gaps?
• You can reference LCME Standards (see Standard 7: Curriculum)

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• Who do I talk to? / How do I figure out who to talk to?
• Medical schools want their students to get involved with the curriculum and thrive in leadership and education! (They want you to be excellent match candidates!)

Worksheet Time!

Please take 5-10 minutes to finish filling out the worksheet and share with your neighbor what you are planning :)

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Any questions?

Learning Objectives

• Understand why SNaHP has made education one of its foci
• Understand the importance of annual educational events and retaining institutional knowledge
• Curate a calendar of educational events for your classmates
• Start the process of incorporating single-payer content in your medical school curriculum

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Thank you!

Now a couple reminders about available resources :)

SNaHP Drive 101

Use it and then upload your own!

Easy videos to share