INTERCLERKSHIP ON HEALTH POLICY AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

Tuesday, January 3, 2006

AMPHITHEATRE I

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8:15-8:30 AM Registration, coffee and muffins Amphitheatre I
8:30-8:40 AM WELCOME, overview of the day and materials Robert Baldor, MD
8:40-9:45 AM

Introduction:
Key health policy issues affecting the practice of medicine

Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH
Director
UMass Center for Health Policy and Research
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9:45-11:30 AM

Plenary Session:

I. Healthcare policy; a national perspective

II. Access to health care; a state perspective

Amphitheatre I

Plenary Session I-
David Calkins, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Plenary Session II-
John McDonough, Dr. P.H.
Executive Director
Health Care for All
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11:30-11:45 PM Morning wrap-up and case review

Robert Baldor, MD

11:45-12:30 PM

LUNCH

Medical School Lobby

12:30-2:15 PM Small Groups (see Room Assignments)
2:15-2:30 PM BREAK  
2:30-4:00 PM

Panel Discussion:

How the changing practice of medicine will affect you: the perspective of physician leaders

Amphitheatre I

MODERATOR: Jerry Gurwitz, MD

Craig Samitt, MD, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Fallon Clinic

Andrew Sussman, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President, UMMHC

Ann Errichhetti, MD, MBA, President and CEO, Day Kimball Hospital 

4:00-4:30 PM Synthesis of day Robert Baldor, MD
4:30-4:45 PM Evaluation