Mel Kuntemeier is a caregiver and current volunteer at the Smith Alzheimer’s Center’s Beyond the Medical Center programs. If you would like to submit a question for the next column, please email care@siumed.edu.
Health Advocacy Scholar Pathway may also be obtained by the completion of coursework in the following areas: 4th Year Electives Correctional Medicine Medical Spanish Language Health in Minoritized Communities Health Disparities Antiracism in Healthcare Psychological Safety and Socialization of Medical Training Individual Designed Elective (with approval) Medical Humanities Gender Identity Ethics LGBTQIA Ethics and Medicine Feminist Ethics Ethics Family and Community Medicine Minority Health Care Facilitation in Vulnerable Populations Patient Education Population Science and Policy Advancing
The structure of the Health Advocacy Scholar Pathway consists of professional learning in several identified program areas. These program areas include the following: Formal learning such as lectures, workshops, and guided book studies Attending cultural or arts events that provide social connections to issues of equity or diversity OR providing clinical service work at Health D.E.P.O.T. Literary research in anti-oppressive medical practices Independent research that is not linked to other work or course requirements (or a creation of a course that culminates from such research) Planning a
