Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: sdavis2@wisc.edu
Telephone: (608)265-0906
Office: Room 4311, Law School
Education:
J.D. 2002, University of Wisconsin Law School
M.P.A. 2002, La Follette School of Public Affairs
B.A. 1994, Wesleyan University
Teaching Areas:
Consumer Law
Health Law
Health Law: Patient Advocacy
Recently Taught Courses
768 Consumer Health Advocacy & Patient Centered Care Clinical
769 Consumer Issues in Health Care
854 Clinical Program: Center for Patient Partnerships
Biography
Sarah Davis is the Associate Director of the Center for Patient Partnerships at the University of Wisconsin. The interdisciplinary Center of the Schools of Law, Medicine and Public Health, Nursing and Pharmacy, offers experiential patient advocacy education to students from those disciplines and others, including genetic counseling, industrial engineering, and public affairs. The curriculum focuses on patient advocacy, patient-centered care, and health systems change, offering a 12-credit certificate in Consumer Health Advocacy. The Center engages in community outreach, education and service, and infuses patients' voices into health systems improvement and reform, offering a critical link to health consumers' experiences.
Ms. Davis co-teaches Health Advocacy & Patient-Centered Care Clinical, Consumer Issues in Health Care, and in integrative cases at the School of Medicine and Public Health. Ms. Davis served as the chair of UW's Interprofessional Health Committee from 2008-10. Publications include: "Educating for Health Advocacy in Settings of Higher Education" in Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. and "Ten Strategies to Build Partnerships With Patients," Wisconsin Medical Journal.
Sarah graduated cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Concurrently, she obtained a master's degree from the La Follette School of Public Affairs, during which she staffed the Dane County/Madison Joint Public Health Advisory Committee, working towards the unification of the county and city public health departments. Prior to joining the clinical faculty, she was in private practice in Madison.
