Advocacy Training in Residency and Addressing Needs in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A 30-Year Review

In its Declaration of Professional Responsibility, the American Medical Association (AMA) states that all physicians must “advocate for the social, economic, educational, and political changes that ameliorate suffering and contribute to human well-being.”1 Increasingly, medical schools and graduate medical education (GME) programs are “adopting advocacy and service-learning curricula that include community resour ce identification and referral, screening for social determinants of health (SDH), [and] effective use of medical-legal partnerships and political engagement,” aimed at improving the outcomes of physician-driven advocacy efforts.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Best of Connect Source Type: research