THE CENTER FOR PATIENT PARTNERSHIPS Law 854 (Summer 2006) -- Patient Advocacy & Patient Centered Care Clinical In a collaborative hands-on environment, future health care providers, and other professional and graduate students will learn skills to advocate more effectively for patients. The Center’s interdisciplinary team approach enhances problem-solving capabilities and access to a wide range of resources. Students of the Center will: - Staff individual patient cases and experience firsthand the role of advocacy in the health care system; - Work with patients with life-threatening and serious chronic diseases; - Explore concepts of patient-centered care in a "service-learning" environment; - Learn core advocacy skills relevant to many disciplines – case monitoring, confidentiality, communication, fact finding, and ethics; - Attend weekly staffing sessions including case review with colleagues and instructors and presentations by guest speakers on relevant topics (e.g. researching a medical issue; employment law related to disability/healthcare issues, administrative agency processes, insurance coverage); and - Learn in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment. Consent of instructor is required for enrollment, as space is limited. If you are interested, please contact the Center's Associate Director Sarah Davis at 265-6267 or sdavis2@wisc.edu. Students may take 3-7 credits, each credit equaling 4 service hours. The clinical will begin with an extensive orientation (possibly scheduled during evenings) and requires attendance at a weekly staffing which meets Wednesdays from 4-5:15. Admissions are rolling – apply by April 18th.

Submitted by UW Law School Newsletter Admin on March 28, 2006

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