Student Leadership Committee

2015 Annual Report

 

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Introduction 2015 SLC Members 2015 Snapshot SLC Scholarship 2015: By the Numbers Organization of SLC a. Organizational Restructuring b. SLC Timeline Change Vision and Structure Leadership Training a. Leadership Training b. Primary Care Progress Summit c. Mentorship and Feedback Medical Education Subcommittee a. Integration and Review Sessions b. Family Medicine Phone Banking c. Curriculum Redesign Committees d. Teaching in Primary Care Elective e. Survey of Recently Matched Fourth Year Students Community Health & Advocacy Subcommittee a. Theme One: Homelessness and Substance Abuse b. Theme Two: Immigrant and Refugee Health c. Theme Three: Mass Incarceration and Health d. Health Equity Leadership Conference Innovations in Health Subcommittee a. Changing the Landscape: Careers in Healthcare Innovation b. Innovations Conference Breakout Session c. Qualitative Study of Shared Care Plans d. Implementation of Text Message Appointment Reminder at CCC Clinics e. Innovator Spotlight Blog Series Primary Care Pipeline Subcommittee a. Student Kick-Off Gala b. Rebranding Primary Care at HMS c. HMS Revisit d. Primary Care Advising and Support System Community Events Supported by SLC a. Legislative Advocacy for Patients with Autism b. Health Writing for Mainstream Media c. Volunteer Opportunities in Health Care Fair Budget 2016 SLC Members

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Introduction Dear Readers, In this Annual Report, we proudly present the work of the Harvard Medical School 2015 Student Leadership Committee (SLC) and its contributions to the field of primary care, with gratitude to the Center for Primary Care for its continued support and guidance. Our group is motivated by the belief that as students, we can lead meaningful changes in our community. Although early in our training, we bring unique skills, passions, and energy to the primary care movement. We are guided by the following shared purpose: “To empower and train Harvard students to become leaders in primary care.” We set out to achieve this mission through mentoring teams in project development and management, facilitating training in leadership skills, encouraging faculty and peer mentorship, and improving the primary care pipeline at Harvard through fostering enthusiasm and providing resources for career development in primary care. Since the SLC’s creation four years ago, the group has grown dramatically in size and scope. The dedication of the 21 medical and dental student members this year serve as a testament to the increasing interest and excitement in primary care amongst the student body. In this spirit, we have also expanded the breadth and depth of our involvement in the primary care movement. This year, we deepened our commitment to addressing the health of our community through direct advocacy for homelessness, substance use, immigrant and refugee rights, and mass incarceration. We strengthened our involvement in curriculum reform by recruiting family physicians as clinical instructors, participating as active members in curriculum redesign, and implementing a grant-winning elective in primary care teaching. We increased our scholarship by studying the implementation of shared care plans and technology-based quality improvement in the Boston area. In addition to creating a mentorship program in primary care, we fostered enthusiasm for primary care among students at Harvard. To increase the capacity of our students to accomplish these goals, we developed a robust skills-based leadership curriculum and have built this curriculum into the institutional memory of future SLCs. We are extremely proud of the work we have accomplished and the community we have created in this space. We look forward to the bright futures our students have as leaders and advocates in primary care.

Sincerely, Diana Wohler and Dana Im, SLC Co-leaders & the 2015 Student Leadership Committee

 

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2015 SLC Members

Back row (left to right): Sina Hedayatnia, Stephanie Choi, Smitha Ganeshan, Ashley Shaw, Alison Holliday, Daisy Ji, Galina Gheihman, Nora Abo-Sido, Laura Nicholson, Helen Jack, Marissa Palmor, Anand Habib Front row (left to right): Kate Majzoub, Lydia Flier-Frederick, Diana Wohler*, Dana Im*, Lisa Rotenstein Not pictured: Anna Pancheshnikov, Idalid (Ivy) Franco, Colleen Farrell, Bradford Diephuis, Anjali Thakkar *SLC 2015 Co-leaders

 

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2015 Snapshot • •

Leadership

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Medical Education

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SLC membership of 21 members represented all classes at HMS and two classes at HSDM Re-structured organization and timeline of SLC successfully to allow for changing HMS curriculum and increased interprofessional participation Created new position devoted to leadership training and developed robust monthly leadership training series Developed and maintained interdisciplinary partnerships with local medical and health professions schools Connected with primary care groups around the country at the annual Primary Care progress Leadership Summit   Continued successful Integration & Review Series Organized student representation on 2015-6 HMS Curricular Redesign Committees Recruited 7 family physicians to serve as faculty preceptors for new introduction to clinical medicine course Conducted survey of fourth-year medical students on important factors in career selection to improve primary care career mentoring Co-created new elective in Teaching in Primary Care to enable near-peer teaching in primary care clinics for new introduction to clinical medicine course   Hosted panel of generalists with non-traditional career paths Organized breakout session on innovations in patient engagement at 2015 Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference Completed and presented qualitative study of landscape of shared care plans in Northeast primary care clinics Co-implemented text message appointment reminder initiative at CCC IMA and CCC Chelsea clinics Launched Innovator Spotlight series on Center for Primary Care website Hosted four social justice book clubs, engaging students and professionals from the greater Boston metro area Organized a call-in day to the Mayor’s office regarding the Long Island Bridge closure Hosted a skills-based training with physician advocate from Boston Health Care for the Homeless Organized Immigrant and Refugee Health and Advocacy panel discussion Participated in the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition call-in day Hosted naloxone training, which attracted more than 100 medical students, medical practitioners and community members Hosted three primary care events during Revisit Weekend Organized 2015 Primary Care Student Kick-Off Gala Represented SLC at the Annual HMS Activities Fair Represented the Center for Primary Care at Harvard College’s annual “Volunteer Opportunities in Health Care” Started Primary Care Advising and Support System (PASS), a mentorship program in primary care

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SLC Scholarship Posters, presentations, and publications in red were completed by the 2015 SLC. Publications 1. Majzoub Perez K, Flier L, D’Couto H, Rudder M, Thakker A, Weems J, Wibecan L, Song Z, Bitton A, Erb J, Pollack S, Silbersweig D, Sullivan L, Frolkis J. Behavioral health integration in primary care at Brigham and Women’s Advanced Primary Care Associates, South Huntington. Healthcare 3 (2015) 169-74. Posters 1. “Integration and Review: A Pilot Educational Series for Preclinical Medical Students.” Harvard Primary Care Innovation Conference, October 7, 2014, Boston, MA 2.

“A Crowd-sourced Perspective: How innovation is changing the way medical students view primary care.” Harvard Primary Care Innovation Conference. October 7, 2014, Boston, MA.

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"Making the Case for Family Medicine". HMS Medical Education Day, October 28, 2014, Boston, MA.

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“The Landscape of Longitudinal Patient Experiences in US Medical Schools”. HMS Medical Education Day, October 28, 2014, Boston, MA.

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“Longitudinal Patient Experiences in US Medical Schools: An Overview.” Massachusetts Medical Society Conference, December 5, 2014, Waltham, MA.

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“Implementation of Shared Care Plans in Northeast Primary Care Clinics: A Qualitative Study”. Society of General Internal Medicine New England Regional Meeting. March 11, 2016. New Haven, CT.

Oral Presentation and Workshops 1. "Student perspectives on multidisciplinary primary care innovation.” Panel Discussion. Harvard Primary Care Innovation Conference. October 7, 2014, Boston, MA. 2.

"Drawing the Map: Navigating the Challenges of Establishing a New Family Medicine Clerkship". STFM Spring Conference, April 25-29, 2015, Orlando, FL

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“Growing the Student Advocacy Community” Special Networking Session. Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, March 19-20, 2015, Boston, MA.

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“The Medical Symposium on Mass Incarceration: Building an Interprofessional Community of Advocates.” Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, March 19-20, 2015, Boston, MA.

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“Shared Care Plans and Text Message Appointment Reminders.” Breakout Session. Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference. October 6, 2015. Boston, MA.

Carolina Chiou and SLC member Smitha Ganeshan present their findings on the implementation of text-message appointment reminders at CCC clinics.

 

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2015: By The Numbers 1 New primary care elective implemented 1 Publication in a peer-reviewed journal on SLC work 1 Conference organized 2 Surveys conducted on student needs in HMS primary care 2 CCC clinics with text message appointment reminders 2 Presentations of SLC work at academic conferences 3 Leaders in primary care innovation hosted 3 Advocacy trainings hosted 3 National and local medical student surveys conducted 4th Annual Primary Care Kick-off Gala hosted 4 Social Justice Book Club events 4 Recruitment events hosted 5 Students attended the Primary Care Progress Leadership Summit 6 Qualitative interviews of best practices in shared care plans conducted 10 Leadership skills workshops organized  

Helen Jack, Laura Nicholson, Smitha Ganeshan, Anand Habib, and Lydia FlierFrederick (left to right) develop their personal narratives during a leadership training workshop.

 

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Organization of SLC     Organizational Restructuring The SLC was restructured in order to formalize previous successful organizational aspects of the SLC and to streamline the process of laying groundwork each year. This reorganization consisted of two major changes, outlined in the diagram on pages 8-9: 1) Creating formal roles in functional positions such as Treasurer and Institutional Memory Coordinator in order to expand capacity of co-leaders and lend additional training in organizational leadership skills to general SLC members, as well as a dedicated Leadership Training Coordinator in order to organize our monthly leadership skills training series. 2) Assigning experienced and motivated general SLC leaders as subcommittee leaders, in order to create more accountability for subcommittee projects and to provide additional leadership experience for motivated general SLC members This restructuring allowed SLC members to more immediately focus on studentselected, hands-on leadership projects and was generally well-received by SLC members, and has largely been carried over as the organizational model for the next iteration of the SLC.

SLC Timeline Change In order to better accommodate the new HMS/HSDM curriculum and to allow for more robust inclusion of interprofessional and interdisciplinary students, the term for serving on the SLC was shifted from a January-December term to one that better matches the school-year schedule (October-September). Over the course of the year, the 2015 and new 2015-2016 co-leaders recruited the largest and most diverse applicants to date, and navigated the SLC through a three-month overlap process that allowed for parallel project development as well as robust transition planning.

 

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Vision and Structure

                                 

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Vision and Structure Co-­‐leaders  :  Dana  Im  &   Diana  Wohler  

Medical  Education   subcommittee  leaders:   Lydia  Flier  &  Colleen   Farrell  

Medical  Education   subcommittee  members  

       

Treasurer:  Sina   Hedayatnia  

Reports  Manager:  Daisy  Ji  

Institutional  Memory:   Marissa  Palmor  

Leadership  Training:  Kate   Majzoub  

Community  &  Advocacy   subcommittee  leaders:   Idalid  Franco  &  Anand   Habib  

Innovation  subcommittee   leaders:  Brad  Diephuis  &   Lisa  Rotenstein  

Community  &    Advocacy   subcommittee  members  

Innovation  subcommittee   members  

Primary  Care  Pipeline   subcommittee  leaders:   Alison  Holliday  &  Daisy  Ji  

Primary  Care  Pipeline   subcommittee  members  

  Central  Committee-­‐  responsible  for  attending  all  monthly  meetings,  planning   leadership  trainings,  and  ensuring  that  work  is  completed   • Subcommittee  leaders:  Carry  ultimate  responsibility  for  organizing  and   carrying  out  events  and  initiatives  within  their  subcommittee.   • Treasurer,  Reports  Manager,  Institutional  Memory,  Leadership  Training:   Carry  out  role-­‐specific  tasks.    Are  not  expected  to  be  subcommittee  leaders.     Within  subcommittees,  are  expected  to  act  as  a  general  subcommittee   member.   General  subcommittee  members-­‐  responsible  for  attending  9/12  of  monthly   meetings,  assisting  subcommittee  leaders  in  completing  necessary  tasks  for   events/initiatives,  and  assisting  in  leadership  trainings.  

 

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Leadership Training Shared Purpose: The SLC seeks to promote leadership skills among primary care trainees grounded in the following primary care values and responsibilities: (a) Social justice and health equity, (b) Coordination and advocacy for vulnerable patients, (c) Evidence-based, patient-centered care, (d) Responsible stewardship of healthcare resources, and (e) Partnership and teamwork with allied health professionals. Student Leader: Kate Majzoub

Leadership Training In order to address the overall SLC goal of training leaders in primary care, the 2015 SLC built upon and formalized our leadership training program. With the addition of a dedicated Leadership Training Coordinator, we organized monthly skills training workshops for SLC members, taught by the Leadership Training Coordinator, general SLC members, and outside experts. Additionally, core leadership skills were taught and coached by co-leaders and subcommittee leaders in skills such as vision setting, strategy development, meeting organization, teamwork, and group problem-solving. Primary Care Progress Leadership Summit We continued to serve as a local chapter of Primary Care Progress (PCP), the national advocacy-based interprofessional organization for increasing the primary care pipeline. Five SLC students attended PCP’s national weekend leadership workshop, gaining valuable skills and developing connections with primary care trainees from around the country.

Colleen Farrell poses with her team’s structure from the team-building exercise, The Marshmallow Challenge

 

Mentorship and Feedback Faculty from the Center for Primary Care were recruited to serve as mentors for projects of mutual interest. Feedback and iterative improvement was promoted as a major value of our SLC via “Plusses and Deltas” at the end of every meeting. Mid-way check-ins provided feedback for co-leaders and subcommittee leaders, as well as helped general SLC members reflect on prior work and set goals for self-development.

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Helen Jack (far left) leads a skills session on legislative advocacy; SLC members Dana Im, Diana Wohler, Galina Gheihman, Anna Pancheshnikov, and Ashley Shaw (left to right) listen and participate.

SLC members Idalid (Ivy) Franco, Kate Majzoub, Ali Holliday, Daisy Ji, and Dana Im (left to right) representing SLC at Primary Care Progress Leadership Summit.

 

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Medical Education Subcommittee Vision Statement: To provide meaningful education and mentorship in primary care for all students at HMS through involvement in curricular reform and direct educational activities. Subcommittee Leaders: Lydia Flier-Frederick and Colleen Farrell Subcommittee Members: Stephanie Choi, Smitha Ganeshan, Marissa Palmor, Ashley Shaw Integration and Review Session Following its successful and popular launch in 2013-2014, the Integration and Review series continued with case-based primary care integration lectures for pre-clinical medical and dental students. This interactive lecture series integrates material across disciplines and organ systems to promote clinical reasoning through the eyes of the generalist. This year, Dr. Bevin Kenney led an effective Integration and Review Session on “Dizziness”. This session was attended by over 35 engaged preclinical students.

Family Medicine Phone Banking In order to increase exposure to family medicine as an important aspect of primary care, students of the Medical Education Subcommittee called and emailed dozens of Harvard-affiliated family physicians to recruit them as potential preceptors for the new Foundational Continuity Clinic course. Seven family physicians were successfully recruited as a part of these efforts. HMS faculty Dr. Kathe Miller, (far left)and Dr. Barbara Ogur (far right) are working with SLC students to pilot a longitudinal course at Windsor Street. Dr. Kirsten Meisinger, middle, precepts students at the HMS CCC CHA clinic.

Curriculum Redesign Committees Medical Education students organized   student representation and served on multiple curricular redesign committees at the medical school, including the new longitudinal Practice of Medicine course and the Foundations and Mind, Brain and Behavior pre-clinical courses.

 

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Teaching in Primary Care Elective Subcommittee members partnered with Center for Primary Care faculty Kristen Goodell, Barbara Ogur, Sara Fazio, and Barbara Gottlieb to pilot a primary care preceptorship course for senior medical students. A formal elective offered through the Registrar was created, and the project to design and research the impact of this course was awarded a $15,000 grant from the Harvard Institute for Learning and Teaching. Eight fourth year students are enrolled in this pilot course. Each senior student serves as a preceptor, alongside the faculty preceptor, to first year students in their Foundational Continuity Clinic (FCC) site. Additionally, students will each give a Primary Care Grand Rounds lecture and develop a concept video on a primary care topic for first year students. The faculty created a series of didactic sessions to prepare senior students for these various teaching roles. At the end of the course, the senior students' teaching skills will be evaluated with an Observed Structured Teaching Exam (OSTE), which is analogous to the Observed Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE). Our SLC team members contributed to this joint effort between students and faculty by recruiting senior students for the course, holding an information session for interested students, and generating surveys to assess the course.

Medical Education subcommittee leader Lydia Flier-Frederick in action at the 2015 Kickoff Gala.

Survey of Recently Matched Fourth Year Students The Medical Education team designed and administered a survey to fourth year students to determine factors that influenced residency choice and which electives were particularly useful for students interested in primary care. The results of this survey can be used to enhance the preparation and mentorship of students interested in primary care fields. Sixty-two responses (one-third of the graduating medical class) responded to the survey. These results were presented to the Center for Primary Care faculty and will be sharing the results with the HMS Society Advisory Deans. This survey will continue to be administered by the Center for Primary Care in order to continue iterative improvement of primary care career advising and mentorship.

 

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Community Health & Advocacy Subcommittee Vision Statement: To create a community of healthcare students and professionals who are informed and empowered to be advocates with communities both locally and globally. Subcommittee Leaders: Anand Habib and Idalid (Ivy) Franco Subcommittee Members: Anna Pancheshnikov, Helen Jack, Nora Abdo-Sido, Laura Nicholson, Kate Majzoub Community Health and Advocacy Subcommittee developed a novel, “3x3 Model for Advocacy,” which allowed them to focus on three themes for the year: (1) homelessness and substance use, (2) immigrant and refugee health, and (3) mass incarceration and health. For each theme, a triad of events was organized, including one of two book club gatherings, a skills-based training workshop, and advocacy in action event. Theme One: Homelessness and Substance Abuse: 1. Subcommittee members organized a social book club event, featuring Righteous Dopefiend by Philippe Bourgois. This event was directed at medical students as well as medical practitioners and community members, and created awareness about homelessness and health. This event was also tied in to the advocacy that the subcommittee built around the Long Island Bridge closure and loss of treatment beds. The author of the book joined the discussion via video chat, creating a unique opportunity for trainees and community members to interact directly with a leader in the field. 2. Subcommittee members organized a skills-based training with Dr. David Munson from Boston Healthcare for the Homeless on empathetic interviewing and caring for the homeless. Approximately 50 trainees attended this event. 3. A call-in day to the Mayor’s office regarding the Long Island Bridge closure was organized. In addition, subcommittee members started a petition with hundreds of signatures, directed to the Mayor’s office for a prompt response to the Long Island Bridge closure.

Interdisciplinary students meet to discuss “Righteous Dopefiend” at a Social Justice Book Club event, joined by the author, Philippe Bourgois.

Theme Two: Immigrant and Refugee Health 1. The Social Justice Book Club featuring Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario created awareness about immigrant and refugee health. This Interdisciplinary gathering created a safe, collegial space for local physicians, medical students, dental students, and social work students in attendance to discuss their experiences advocating for immigrant and refugee patients. The second part of the immigrant and refugee Social Justice Book Club series featured Seth M. Holmes’ Fresh Fruits, Broken Bodies and continued the conversation of the immigrant and refugee politics that have been addressed in the recent presidential debates. 2. Subcommittee members hosted “Immigrant and Refugee Health: Law, Advocacy and Longitudinal Opportunities,” a 2.5-hour long skills-based session. Over 70 medical students, residents, attending physicians, and community advocates attended this event, including presentations from clinicians and lawyers as well as interactive breakout sessions on immigrant health, law, and advocacy. Speakers included: • Barbara Gottlieb, MD; Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Primary Internist at Brookside Community Health center • Sural Shah, MD, MPH; Physician in Medicine and Pediatrics at East Cambridge Health Center • Sabrineh Ardalan, JD; Assistant Director and Lecturer on Law at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program • Kuong Ly, JD; Public Interest Law Fellow at Health Law Advocates • Amy Grunder, JD; Director of Legislative Affairs at the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Coalition (MIRA) 3. In collaboration with MIRA, subcommittee members organized a call-in day to support legislation on immigrant right issues.

Left Photo: Dr. Bobby Gottlieb, Dr. Sural Shah, Kuong Ly, Sabrineh Ardalan and Amy Grunder (left to right) speak on a panel about immigration health, law, and advocacy. SLC member Anna Pancheshnikov (back) moderates the discussion. Right Photo: Kuong Ly leads a breakout session on rights of undocumented immigrants to health care in the U.S.

 

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Theme Three: Mass Incarceration and Health 1. Subcommittee members collaborated with the Boston University School of Medicine to host Naloxone Training, which consisted of an introduction to the opioid epidemic using clinical scenarios by Dr. Alexander Walley (Director of the Opioid Treatment Program, Boston Public Health Commission). This was followed by overdose recognition and naloxone administration training by Amy Delaney of the Boston Public Health Commission. This event was directed at medical students, medical practitioners, and community members in light of the opioid epidemic to start a discussion on substance abuse and harm reduction. More than 100 attendees from HMS, Tufts, and BU learned a very practical skill that they can now share with their patients in primary care settings. 2. Subcommittee’s final Social Justice Book Club of the year discussed In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate. This event continued the conversation of substance abuse in medical education and the importance of incarceration and health. 3. Helen Jack (SLC Member, 2015) and Andreas Mitchell (SLC member, 2014), along with other students representing MA medical schools met with Governor Baker and Secretary Sudder of Masschusetts to discuss their experiences and perspectives on medical education and training in the prevention and management of prescription drug misuse.

Dr. Alexander Walley, Director of the Opioid Treatment Program at the Boston Public Health Commission, introduces students to the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts.

Health Equity Leadership Conference The subcommittee partnered with the Harvard School of Public Health to co-host the 3rd Annual Health Equity and Leadership conference (HEAL) in February 2015. The conference aimed to generate discourse and action amongst students, faculty, and community members to target health inequities in Boston and Cambridge. This year’s theme “Challenging Racial Injustice Through Community Health” addressed the impact of institutional racism on health and the potential of community health approaches to diminish these inequities.

 

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Innovations in Health Subcommittee Vision Statement: We aim to 1) explore innovation processes and the need for innovation, 2) actively innovate, and 3) support innovation in order to foster a community centered around innovation that accelerates transformation in primary care. Subcommittee Leaders: Bradford Diephuis, Lisa Rotenstein Subcommittee Members: Stephanie Choi, Galina Gheihman, Smitha Ganeshan, Marissa Palmor

Changing the Landscape: Careers in Healthcare Innovation This event was directed at current HMS/HSDM students to understand how local generalists had succeeded in non-traditional career paths, including Dr. Soma Stout, (Lead of Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100 Million Healthier Lives Campaign), Dr. Andrew Schutzbank (Medical Director of Iora Health), and Dr. Gaurav Singal, (Director of Innovation at Foundation Medicine). Each speaker gave a short talk on their path to over 45 student attendees, and afterwards the Innovation team facilitated breakout discussions with each speaker.

SLC member Smitha Ganeshan introduces speakers at the “Changing the Landscape: Careers in Healthcare Innovation” panel and breakout event.

Innovations Conference Breakout Session Patient engagement is one of the most difficult and most important opportunities for improving health of populations. At the 2014 Harvard Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference, the Innovations team summarized their work and findings on shared care plans and text messaging-based patient communication. The breakout session attracted over 30 attendees including many faculty members of the Academic Innovations Collaborative.

Qualitative Study of Shared Care Plans The Innovations subcommittee, in collaboration with the Academic Innovation Collaborative’s initiative on shared care plans, conducted semistructured interviews of 6 clinics in the Northeast to explore use and best practices for shared care plans. The team then coded and produced a qualitative analysis of overarching themes and lessons learned from the data. This data was presented to the staff and clinic leaders of the Academic Innovation Collaborative and will be presented at Society of General Internal Medicine’s New England Meeting in March 2016.

Dr. Gaurav Singal (far left) describes his path to his role as Director of Innovation at Foundation Medicine to a full room of students.

Implementation of Text Message Appointment Reminder at CCC Clinics The Innovations team had a longitudinal initiative in collaboration with the Crimson Care Collaborative to implement text message appointment reminders for patients at their clinics, in order to decrease no-show rates and increase patient engagement. Innovations team members worked with leaders at the Chelsea and MGH IMA sites to implement, roll out, and maintain the systems. The CCC Chelsea and CCC IMA teams both published abstracts at the Harvard Center for Primary Care Innovations Conference on this work. Innovator Spotlight Blog Series In order to celebrate the work of primary care innovators and help foster a community of innovation in primary care, Innovation team members Marissa Palmor and Galina Gheihman launched a blog series called the “Innovator Spotlight.” Their inaugural post, a twopart interview with Iora Health founder Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, was a thought-provoking piece- it was one of the most popular and most-read pages on the Center for Primary Care’s website in 2015. This series will continue to highlight students, faculty, and community members who are changing the healthcare landscape through innovative practices.

Snapshot of the inaugural post of “Innovator Spotlight,” an interview with Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle.

   

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Primary Care Pipeline Subcommittee Vision Statement: To foster enthusiasm and to gain and spread knowledge about primary care within and outside of HMS. Subcommittee Leaders: Ali Holliday and Daisy Ji Subcommittee Members: Laura Nicholson, Ashley Shaw

Student Kick-Off Gala Subcommittee hosted the 4rd Annual Primary Care Student Kick-Off Gala on August 27th, 2015. The community event drew more than 200 students from all HMS classes, as well as local nursing students, residents from local primary care programs and primary care faculty. Keynote speaker, Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle MD MPP, CoFounder and CEO of Iora Health, gave an inspiring story of how Iora Health was started as an innovative physician network, aiming the change the delivery of primary care. Understanding the value of patientphysician relationship in primary care, subcommittee members invited a patient speaker, Charli, who has been a primary care patient at Cambridge Health Alliance for more than ten years. She shared her inspiring story about the role that primary care has played in her life. The event was a wonderful opportunity for to celebrate the Harvard’s recent primary care Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle gives the keynote address at the 2015 Kickoff Gala. accomplishments and introduce new students to the thriving primary care community.

Rebranding Primary Care at HMS Subcommittee members served as ambassadors on HMS/HSDM campus to introduce students to primary care as a career field. To raise awareness about the work of the Center for Primary Care and the SLC, subcommittee members made fleeces and buttons proudly worn by SLC members throughout the year.

 

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HMS Revisit Medical school applicants increasingly view Harvard as a leading institution to train in primary care, in part due to SLC and Center for Primary Care efforts to raise awareness about available opportunities. At the annual Revisit Event for accepted students, the SLC worked to showcase Harvard’s vibrant primary care community through four well-attended events: • A primary care open house • A table at the Activities Fair • A skills-based workshop hosted by 4th and 5th year SLC members These efforts have anecdotally increased interest in and matriculation at HMS/HSDM by students who are interested in primary care.

Pipeline subcommittee leaders Daisy Ji (left) and Ali Holliday (right) show their Center for Primary Care pride!

Primary Care Advising and Support System (PASS) A group of SLC students conducted a survey of 29 HMS students to assess the gaps in primary care mentorship at HMS. Incorporating their findings into their collaboration with the Education Team at the Center for Primary Care, they are now working on launching a mentorship program, “Primary Care Advising and Support System (PASS).” This program aims to connect students to peer mentors and faculty mentors and to foster meaningful, lasting relationships.

Gala planners Ashley Shaw (left) and Ali Holliday (right) celebrate a successful kickoff to the year.

 

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  Community Events Supported by SLC         The Student Leadership Committee supported several events in the Harvard community that promoted advocacy and leadership in various aspects of primary care. Legislative Advocacy for Patients with Autism The SLC and Pediatrics Interest Group co-sponsored an informational lunch session by Amy Weinstock, Director of the Autism Insurance Resource Center at UMass Medical School. As Chair of the Insurance Committee of Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts, she played a key role in passing autism insurance legislation in Massachusetts, also known as ARICA. About 15 HMS students attended this session, and they gained information on the intricacies of legislative advocacy through the case study of the successful passing of ARICA. Ms. Weinstock shared with the students her story of having raised a child with autism, and the training she received to be an advocate for patients with autism. She focused her presentation on how, as future physicians, the students could best help families who were raising a patient with autism meet medical as well as social needs. Health Writing for Mainstream Media The SLC co-sponsored an event hosting Dr. James Hamblin, editor of the Health section of The Atlantic. Dr. Hamblin has reached an audience of thousands through his columns for the monthly magazine, online writing, and his video series “If Our Bodies Could Talk”. Dr. Hamblin is a model of how physicians can engage the public in balanced and fruitful dialogue around important health issues. From healthcare disparities and reform to nutrition and lifestyle health, Dr. Hamblin has steadily built his capacity to take on meaningful and controversial topics. The dinner talk was well attended and well-received by HMS medical students. Volunteer Opportunities in Health Care Fair Student Leadership Committee co-leader Dana Im represented the Center for Primary Care at Harvard College’s annual “Volunteer Opportunities in Health Care” fair, sponsored by the Office of Career Services. The Center for Primary Care booth was the most popular at the health fair, and Harvard college students were lining up to hear about volunteering in primary care. The SLC was proud to reach out to preprofessional students and continue to build the pipeline to robust primary care.  

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SLC co-leader Dana Im (left) and Innovation Fellow Program intern Meredith Steuer (right) represent the Center for Primary Care at Harvard College’s “Volunteer Opportunities in Health Care” Fair.

Budget 2015 Expenditures Community Health and Advocacy Social justice book club - food

$994

Social justice book club - books

$65

Advocacy training workshops

$1,079

Symposium funding

$100

Total

$2,238

Innovations Changing the Landscape event- food

$280

Team building dinner- food

$85

Total

$365

Medical Education Integration and Review Sessions - food

$327

Integration and Review Session - honorarium

$100

Continuity Clinic info session - food

$210

Total

$637

Pipeline LIFE Event - food

$335

Buttons

$79

Open House - food

$469

Fleeces

$3,658

2015 Annual Gala

$11,000

Total

$15,541

SLC Monthly Meetings Food

$2,498

Total

$2,498

One-Time Initiatives Event Support

$150

Honoraria

$700

Total

$850

Grand total

$22,129.91

 

 

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2016 Student Leadership Committee      

  Congratulations to the following students selected for the 2016 Student Leadership Committee! We look forward to their many exciting accomplishments in the coming year.

  SLC Co-leaders Leadership consultant Advocacy

Innovations

Medical Education

Interprofessional

Community and Outreach

 

 

Lisa Rotenstein* Kate Majzoub* Ivy Franco* Samantha Sanders Siva Sundaram John Weems* Margaret Hayden Maggie Ivanova Micah Johnson Sanjay Kishore Mubeen Shakir Sammie Truong Stephanie Choi* Laura Clote Jonathan Fried Mark Herzog Rahul Nayak Matt Posluszny Lydia Flier-Frederick* Ashley Shaw* Colleen Farrell* Stephen Richmond Emily Unger Diana Wohler* Lily Liu* Marissa Palmor* Leo Eisenstein Galina Gheihman* Tory Hill Helen D'Couto* Meghan Rudder* Anna Pancheshnikov* Jenny Shih Lucy Sun Katie Yates Biqi Zhang *Returning SLC Members  

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HMS/HBS 5 HMS/4 HMS/6 HMS/1 HMS/1 HMS/4 HMS/1 HMS/1 HMS/1 HMS/1 HMS/1 HMS/1 HMS/2 HSPH/2 HMS/1 HMS/1 HMS/1 HBS/1 HMS/4 HMS/2 HMS/5 HSPH/1 - MS4 (UCLA) HMS/2 HMS/4 HSDM/4 HMS/2 HMS/1 HMS/2 MGH IHP/2 HMS/5 HMS/4 HMS/4 HMS/1 HSPH/1 HMS/1 HMS/2