CAHPSA Second Annual Southern California Healthcare Conference
Was Sunday, September 20, 2009 and evening Social Event, Saturday, September
19, 2009
Act Local. Think Universal"
100 Participants learned how health professional students can be
part of the solution:
How to Advocate for Healthcare Reform and Universal Health Care for
California and US!
Watch Four Videos of Our Fantastic Speakers at the So Cal Health Care Conference!
These four videos are posted at the University of Southern California's media pages.
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http://keckmedia.usc.edu/Keck4/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=be25e6af-fd02-4dc9-a652-fd6d3508c14d
- Health
Reform
Presenter: Ms. Lauren Hughes, President of American Medical Student Association (AMSA) - Introduction
to SB810
Presenter: Sara Rogers - Being
a Health Professional Leader
Presenter(s): Dr. Richard Jackson - Introduction
to Health Care Reform
Presenter(s): Mr. JB Fenix
Sponsored by CAHPSA,
the California Health Professional Student Alliance
in collaboration with CSPHR, CaPA, AMSA, ASPR *
(See Sponsor Host Organizations)
www.CAHPSA.org
For information only. This event occurred in the past on September 20, 2009.
Hosted at the University of Southern California Health Sciences Campus
$10 registration fee included lunch and all conference events on Sunday, September 20, 2009.
Registration was only $10 for the day!Over 100 health professional students Joined us for the 2nd Annual "CAHPSA SoCal Health Care Conference," at the University of Southern California (USC) Medical campus*
HOUSING REQUESTS: DEADLINE WAS MIDNIGHT, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH.
Relevance to Your Healthcare Career: This timely event brought together over 100 health professional students from California to become involved in current healthcare reform and advocate for the coverage of all Californians. The conference allows for collaboration between health professional student leaders, physicians, public officials and health policy experts to work towards a future of an effective and just health delivery system.
We enjoyed this exciting conference to learn about Single Payer Healthcare and the California Universal Healthcare Act, CA Senate Bill 810 (SB 810).
We also educated each other about current national reform bills, and how SB 810 is relevant within those frameworks. More details to come from our confirmed speakers.
See and discuss what SB 810 will do for our future patients and how it will improve the health and financial health for all Californians and us as future healthcare providers.
Goals of the Day: This will prepare you for active participation and leadership of a legislative visit team at our annual Lobby Day in Sacramento in January 10-11, 2010.
Participants said they emerged from this CAHPSA SoCal HC Conference as an advocates who are able to do outreach and head advocacy in their communities to promote support for Single Payer Healthcare among colleagues in their health professional or pre-health professional academic institution, on campus in general, and in their networks and community.
Why Attend? It is vital that we, as the future leaders of healthcare in California, are the recognized spokespersons now to create Single Payer Plan healthcare for the good of our future patients. We must be prepared to present the facts in the face of organized political opposition to meaningful healthcare reform.
Exciting guest speakers and activities
- A physician advocate's skills and tips on how to advocate for healthcare reform.
- A political speaker who will discuss SB 810, CA Universal Health Care Act.
- Workshops / Breakout Sessions:
- How to answer the most common questions about healthcare reform and SB 810
- How to plan an event and lobby.
- How to answer the most common questions about healthcare reform and SB 810
Conference Programming
8:30 - 9:00: Registration and coffee (included in Registration Fee)
9:00 - 10:00: CaPA Medical Student Fellow JB Fenix: Introduction and background to healthcare reform and Lobby Day.
10:00 - 11:00: Dr. Richard Jackson on being a physician leader. Learn how to lobby from a practicing physician
11:00 - 12:00: Breakout session: Practice Effective Lobby Skills
12:00 - 1:00: Lunch outside in the USC Quad(Included in Registration Fee)
1:00 - 2:30: CA legislative expert Sara Rogers,
- Legislative Aide to Senator Mark Leno (and formerly to Sen. Sheila
Kuehl):
To discuss single-payer bill SB810 in CA
2:30 - 3:00: National AMSA President Lauren Hughes: Discuss national healthcare reform.
Refreshments and Lunch are provided on Sunday, September 20th with registration fee:
- Morning coffee
- Lunch
Registration
Fee: All this for the low registration fee of only $10.
Registration was handled through Eventbrite.
Registration is open to all Healthcare Professional Students of all disciplines and degree programs, including pre-Health Professional Students, graduates, friends and supporters of CAHPSA and Single Payer Plan HealthCare Reform.
Location
McKibben Hall - Room 249
USC Health Science Campus
1300 San Pablo Street (opposite Henry Thomas Hazard Park)
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Parking at Biggy Street Parking Structure on campus.
Follow Temporary signs and guides who will be in parking
structure, to the Quad and McKibben Building.
Street Parking: Biggy Street: Free meters Sunday -- San Pablo Street:
Free meters Sunday
USC Health Science Campus
Address of Campus: 1975 Zonal Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Download NEW Map with Directions (In Microsoft Word 97-2003).
Map: See Google map on the right
Travel Arrangements- The closest airports are Burbank and LAX.
- Sharing a Super Shuttle runs ~$20/person, and a taxi is ~$45.
- For carpoolers there will be reduced parking on the USC campus.
Some shared student housing was available. In the event you joined us Saturday evening, we arranged for USC and UCLA medical students to host conference participants on a first-come, first-serve basis on Saturday night. USC and UCLA medical students will be sponsoring attendees to stay at their homes — if you registered early you had the chance to hang out with another medical student or other health professional student, rather than have to get a hotel.
Please note, potential "Hosts" stated on their Registration: (here) if they could provide sleeping space in theirr LA area apartment for registered students, or if potential "Guests" needed such accommodations Saturday night.
HotelsLow cost accommodations could also be found in nearby Chinatown.
Additional Events: Saturday, September 19, 2009 (Optional, not included in
Registration Fee)
Please note the CA Medical Association (CMA) held its Medical Student Leadership Conference at USC on Saturday, September 19. This was a great opportunity to spend the weekend in Los Angeles with health professional students from the entire state and learn about all the sides of the healthcare reform story!
CMA conference: www.cmanet.org/studentleadership
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, Evening: We'll be having a Night On the
Town in LA, including dinner (NOT included in registration
price), drinks, and socializing with other health professional students!
Please join us in the evening
of Saturday, September 19. Optional,
at your own expense. Transportation details to follow.
Questions? Contact the planning team for this conference:
- USC CSPHR: Kristen Gregory KristenG@usc.edu or
- CAHPSA / CaPA Fellow: JB Fenix, CaPA Fellow CaPA.Fellow@gmail.com
- CAHPSA: Registration Technical Problems: CaHPSA@gmail.com
- Contact the Host: See link on right column.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN THE PAST.