UMass Medical School

HEALTH POLICY AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
Interclerkship

8:30-9:00 AM	Registration, coffee and muffins	Amphitheatre II
9:00-9:10 AM	WELCOME, overview of the day and materials	Robert Baldor, MD
9:10-10:10 AM	Introduction: Key health care policy issues affecting the practice of medicine Health Policy and the Practice of Medicine	Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH Director, UMass Center for Health Policy and Research
10:15-11:15 AM	Plenary Session: I. *Access to health care; a state perspective* The Road to Health Reform	Amphitheatre II Plenary Session I- John McDonough, Dr. P.H. Executive Director Health Care for All
11:15-11:30 PM	Morning wrap-up and case review	Robert Baldor, MD
11:30-12:15 PM	LUNCH	Amphitheatre II
12:15-2:00 PM	Small Group Case studies - Case Instructions - Cases Case article 1- *"Do High-Deductible Health Plans Threaten Quality of Care?"* NEJM, 353;12 Case article 2- *"Pay-for-Performance and Accountability: Related Themes in Improving Health Care"* Annuals of Internal Medicine 145;9 Case article 3- *"Primary Care- Will it Survive?"* NEJM 355;9	(see Room Assignments)
2:00-2:15 PM	BREAK
2:15-3:45 PM	Panel Discussion: *Health Policy 2007: Where does Primary Care fit in?*	Amphitheatre II MODERATOR: Jerry Gurwitz, MD Beverly Woo, MD Daniel Lasser, MD, MPH Chris Stille, MD, MPH
3:45-4:15 PM	Synthesis of day/ Wrap-up/ Evaluation	Robert Baldor, MD

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