Medical-Legal Issues in Children’s Health
Description
This service-learning seminar is open to law and medical students interested in exploring the link between poverty and children's health, and how the professions can work together to improve health outcomes for low-income children. The course consists of four components: (1) weekly class meetings in which we will discuss a series of medical-legal issues (e.g., asthma, immigration, health insurance, etc.) with guest lecturers from the medical and legal fields, selected for their expertise on each topic; (2) case advocacy work with patient families from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital or the Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto, and Prenatal Clinics at San Mateo Medical Center and an analysis of their medical-legal issues; (3) a group project focused on a local or state-level medical-legal policy issue (e.g., obesity prevention); and (4) a final paper.
The course is linked to the Peninsula Family Advocacy Program. You can learn more about it at www.peninsulafap.org.
CONSENT INSTRUCTIONS Students must apply to be admitted to the course by emailing the instructors with a description of your relevant background, your motivation for participating in this course, including career plans, and your commitment to participating fully in all components of the course (weekly class meetings for 10 weeks and an additional 5 hours per week, on average, of service-learning work).
The course is linked to the Peninsula Family Advocacy Program. You can learn more about it at www.peninsulafap.org.
CONSENT INSTRUCTIONS Students must apply to be admitted to the course by emailing the instructors with a description of your relevant background, your motivation for participating in this course, including career plans, and your commitment to participating fully in all components of the course (weekly class meetings for 10 weeks and an additional 8 hours per week, on average, of service-learning work).
- Number of Units: 3
- Course Number: 643
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