BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//ACC//Meetings//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nWebinar Overview\nLearn how health care legislation affec ts cardiovascular care and discover opportunities for medical students to get involved in ACC Advocacy and the ACC Legislative Conference.\nMedical students interested in cardiology often receive extensive education about the clinical management of cardiovascular disease but may have limited exp osure to the legislative and public health policies that affect cardiovasc ular care and patient outcomes. Issues such as increasing prevention effor ts\, strengthening rural health care access\, addressing medical student l oan debt and expanding health equity play a role in improving heart health for all and strengthening the cardiovascular clinician workforce.\nThis w ebinar\, hosted by ACC's Fellows in Training Member Section's Medical Stud ents Work Group\, will introduce medical students and trainees to advocacy . Participants will learn how clinicians and medical students can get invo lved in advocacy and policy discussions at the ACC. The webinar will highl ight opportunities to participate in ACC Advocacy initiatives and the ACC Legislative Conference\, taking place Oct. 4-6\, in Washington\, DC. Addit ionally\, hear from and connect with ACC Advocacy staff and members who re present the ACC at the American Medical Association House of Delegates.\nK ey Objectives/Learning Outcomes:\n\nDescribe how health care legislation a nd public health policy affect cardiovascular care and patient outcomes.\n Identify major policy issues related to prevention efforts\, strengthening rural health care access\, addressing medical student loan debt and expan ding health equity.\nExplain the role clinicians and medical students can play in health care advocacy and policy discussions.\nRecognize opportunit ies to become involved in ACC Advocacy\, legislative education and public health initiatives.\nDiscuss the ACC Legislative Conference and identify w ays medical students can participate in future advocacy activities.\n\nWeb inar Recording\n\n\n-->\n\nWebinar Participants\nSarah Jiang\n\nCredit Inf ormation\nNo credit is being offered for this webinar.\n\n\n\n\n\n .vid eoWrapper {\n position: relative\;\n padding-bottom: 56.25%\; /* 16: 9 */\n padding-top: 25px\;\n height: 0\;\n }\n .videoWrapper i frame {\n position: absolute\;\n top: 0\;\n left: 0\;\n width: 100%\;\n height: 100%\;\n }\n DTEND;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20260924T181500 DTSTAMP:20260826T082634Z DTSTART;TZID=Eastern Standard Time:20260924T180000 LOCATION:Online - Eastern Time (ET) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:An Introduction to ACC Advocacy For Trainees UID:d6b5e357-fc7e-4bd4-99c1-0073b2373289@acc.org X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Webinar Overvi ew

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Learn how health care legislation affec ts cardiovascular care and discover opportunities for medical students to get involved in ACC Advocacy and the ACC Legislative Conference.

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Medical students interested in cardiology often receive exte nsive education about the clinical management of cardiovascular disease bu t may have limited exposure to the legislative and public health policies that affect cardiovascular care and patient outcomes. Issues such as incre asing prevention efforts\, strengthening rural health care access\, addres sing medical student loan debt and expanding health equity play a role in improving heart health for all and strengthening the cardiovascular clinic ian workforce.

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This webinar\, hosted by ACC's Fello ws in Training Member Section's Medical Students Work Group\, will introdu ce medical students and trainees to advocacy. Participants will learn how clinicians and medical students can get involved in advocacy and policy di scussions at the ACC. The webinar will highlight opportunities to particip ate in ACC Advocacy initiatives and the ACC Legislative Conference\, taking place Oct. 4-6\, in Washington\, DC. Additionally\, hear from and connect with ACC Advocacy staff and members who represent the ACC at the American Medical Association House of Delegates.

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Key Objectives/Learning Outcomes:

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  1. Desc ribe how health care legislation and public health policy affect cardiovas cular care and patient outcomes.
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  2. Identify major policy issues re lated to prevention efforts\, strengthening rural health care access\, add ressing medical student loan debt and expanding health equity.
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  3. E xplain the role clinicians and medical students can play in health care ad vocacy and policy discussions.
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  4. Recognize opportunities to become involved in ACC Advocacy\, legislative education and public health initia tives.
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  5. Discuss the ACC Legislative Conference and identify ways medical students can participate in future advocacy activities.
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Webinar Participants

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Sarah Jian g

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Credit Information

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No credit is being offered for this webinar.

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