MUSM Clinical Faculty Development Series

Identify how patients can convert personal hardships to improve their outcomes and help to minimize these hardships for other patients. Identify potential pitfalls in insurance coverage for pediatric healthcare that can be improved through legislative leadership. Identify how patients can use their experience with existing pitfalls in insurance coverage to facilitate crafting and legislation for healthcare reform. Become familiar with development of the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA) based on patient-initiated advocacy.