All trainees in the New Hampshire-Maine LEND program complete a Leadership and Policy Experience during the Spring semester. This includes active participation in the following activities:
* Before traveling to Washington for the conference, there is a significant amount of practice and coordinated preparation for presenting the policy brief to Members of Congress and staffers during Capitol Hill visits (every trainee is expected to speak at least once). They participate in mock visits during the AUCD Trainee Policy Summit and debrief the entire experience in subsequent Friday sessions.
** A sample policy brief on Medicaid from 2017 is included as an attachment to this strategy. A poster from the 2017 AUCD Conference that outlines the Leadership and Policy Experience in more detail is also attached.
This series of activities requires commitment on the part of faculty to keep up with relevant policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels. The program formed a Policy Team that initially developed learning objectives and activities for the Leadership and Policy Experience; they continue to meet by phone each December to consider the current policy landscape and potential issues to focus on for that year. We've also learned that it can be challenging to engage trainees that fall along a spectrum of awareness and/or interest in policy issues, but the key to doing it well is building a foundation for engagement early in the training year.
Resource Topic(s): | Curriculum Development and Delivery, Leadership, Policy Education, Resources for LEND/DBP Trainees, Trainee Engagement |
Resource Target Audience(s): |
LEND/DBP Faculty or Staff, LEND/DBP Leadership, LEND/DBP Trainees |
Resource Format(s): | Curriculum/Educational Material |
Resource Published: | 01/01/2018 |
2017 Medicaid Policy Brief [download]
Engaging LEND Trainees in a Leadership and Policy Experience [download]