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    Child Health Advocacy and Public Policy (CHAPP) Pathway Overview

     

     

    What is the CHAPP Pathway?

    The CHAPP Pathway consists of a variety of optional activities aimed at building residents skill and understanding around public policy and advocacy, helping residents achieve goals and objectives specific to public policy and advocacy.

     

    Who should consider the CHAPP Pathway?

    Rising PL 2 & PL 3 residents should consider the CHAPP Pathway if you are interested in gaining skills related to child health advocacy and public policy. Physicians of all specialties and in all practice types can integrate the principles of advocacy and public policy into their careers. The levels of participation are certificate recipient, and certificate with honors recipient. Residents in any track can participate in a pathway! Residents in the Community Health Track will complete some rotations that can be counted towards the CHAPP Pathway as a part of their CHT requirements; however, other supplemental educational experiences are available.

     

    What does the CHAPP Pathway have to offer?

    The CHAPP Pathway has 3 main benefits.

     

     

    Individualized Curriculum

     

    Mentorship

     

    Community Partnership Building

     

     

    Includes options for learning objectives specific to child health advocacy and public policy and suggests a variety of methods to achieve them including rotations and other non-clinical activities. You select activities based on your self-identified learning needs.

     

     

    Pathway members will be paired with a CHAPP Pathway faculty member to guide them in the selection of their learning activities and help them to integrate concepts learned into their future careers.

     

     

    Participation in the CHAPP Pathway will help the resident develop relationships with external advocates and policy experts, and give them the skills to develop additional relationships with individuals and organizations in the future.

     

    How can I participate?

    Email Pathway Director Danielle Dooley at dgdooley@childrensnational.org and Co-director Alex Sims at amsims@childrensnational.org  

    How can you participate in the pathway?

    Pathway Certificate

    •       Email CHAPP Pathway Directors declaring intention to join Pathway  

    •       Submit Activity Log to Pathway directors at the completion of Pathway prior to graduation

    •       Complete 4.0 educational units from Pathway

    •       CHAPP mentor required – 2 meetings per year

    Pathway Certificate with Honors –most appropriate for those who are interested in incorporating advocacy or public policy into their careers

    •       Email CHAPP Pathway Directors declaring intention to join Pathway 

    •       Submit Activity Log to Pathway directors at the completion of Pathway prior to graduation

    •       Complete 1 product for dissemination (OpEd, blog post, article, poster etc) by the end of Pathway prior to graduation

    •       Complete 6.0 educational units from Pathway, 2.0 of which relate to legislative advocacy

    •       CHAPP mentor required – 2 meetings per year



    Learn More about the Pathway Learning Objectives, Rotations, and Opportunities in the next section!