title: Laying the foundation: a residency curriculum that supports informed advocacy by family physicians.
abstract: This is one of six short papers that describe additional innovations to help integrate public health into medical education; these were featured in the "Patients and Populations: Public Health in Medical Education" conference. They represent relatively new endeavors or curricular components that had not been explored in prior publications. Although evaluation data are lacking, it was felt that sharing a description of a longitudinal curriculum focused on the development of basic advocacy skills through practical activities in community assessment and engagement combined with legislative advocacy at the University of New Mexico would be of value to medical educators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, USA. sbachofer@salud.unm.edu
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bachofer
authors.forename: Lily
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Velarde
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clithero
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009516:New Mexico; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000193:education*; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*