Apply Now"The LEAHP program for me has provided a foundation for learning about health policy and an avenue towards pursuing advocacy on a larger scale. Additionally, it has given me the opportunity to network with physicians across the country who possess a wide range of skills and interests, with a common goal of improving our healthcare system."
- Lamar K. Johnson, MD, 2020 LEAHP Scholar
SGIM's Leadership in Health Policy Program (LEAHP) aims to accomplish the following:
- To develop SGIM members who are effective and active health policy advocates and local health policy experts, leaders, and teachers;
- To offer health policy career development resources and opportunities to all SGIM members; and
- To develop an expanding, national cadre of Health Policy Committee (HPC) members and broaden engagement in the Society’s health policy efforts.
The LEAHP program is one of the first national health policy career development programs of its kind. As part of a larger effort to expand career development opportunities for SGIM members, LEAHP 2021 is a year-long program (April 2021 - May 2022) focused on federal health policy knowledge and advocacy skills aligned with SGIM’s core missions.
This year, LEAHP will be run as a hybrid program. The majority of the work will be completed virtually and will include virtual attendance at the SGIM 2021 annual meeting (April 2021), monthly webinars/journal clubs, monthly meetings with individual mentors, two capstone projects, virtual or in-person local advocacy work, and a physical meeting at the SGIM 2022 annual meeting in Orlando, FL (April 2022). The application period for Spring 2021 has now closed.
LEAHP's learning objectives include:
- Knowing the key structures and functions of the US health care system;
- Understanding the key players and processes in the federal health policy-making;
- Ability to critically evaluate healthcare delivery and economic models and to propose needed changes and/or additions;
- Ability to explain the impact of health care reform on the practice of medicine, education, and research; and
- Ability to advocate effectively advocacy with policy-makers.i
View Past LEAHP Capstone Projects
Contact Francine Jetton, Director of Communications & Publications, at jettonf@sgim.org