Healthcare Policy for Health Professionals

The UTHealth Houston Quality Enhancement Plan, Healthcare Policy for Health Professionals (HP²), is co-directed by Sandy McKay, MD, FAAP, and Angela Gomez, EdD, MBA, MS.

HP² is led by a team of faculty representing UTHealth Houston’s schools:

HP² is further enriched by collaborators across campus who contribute to educational activities and dissemination. These members include Rachel Jantea, MD, MS (McGovern Medical School); Robert Coghlan, III, PhD, RN, MA, MSN, CNS, FNP (Cizik School of Nursing); and Christina Fok, MD, JD (McGovern Medical School).

There are 5 Core Educational Initiatives that reach UTHealth Houston students and engage them in developing their knowledge about health policy, gaining skills in policy analyses and policy-making, and becoming better prepared for their respective health professions.

Broadly, HP² will:

• Provide the CWHEP faculty and others engaged in this topic with the necessary tools and training to successfully implement this QEP;
• Identify, develop, and obtain the appropriate assessment tools necessary for evaluating our existing curricula and measuring and assessing the learning outcomes for our proposed planned activities;
• Strengthen our current health policy curricula as well as our assessment of existing courses;
• Ensure that all students have a fundamental understanding of how policy is made at the local, state, and federal levels;
• Provide students will an opportunity to design and evaluate health policies;
• Plan and assess school-specific Health Policy Forums; and
• Expand and assess our advocacy curriculum.

For information about HP², please contact Sandy McKay and Angela Gomez.

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