title: Increasing Awareness on Health Care Access in Florida: A Community-Based Medical-Legal Practicum Project.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Service learning and experiential coursework has become a requirement for medical students and law students. Advocacy for the underinsured and uninsured is of ethical importance to both the practice of law and medicine, however engaging professional students in meaningful advocacy work with community partners can be challenging.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The article describes a partnership between medical and law students in a community-based service learning project to promote health care access.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Law and medical students at Florida International University partnered with community members and Florida Legal Services to collect patient narratives, disseminate information on Medicaid expansion to community members, and present patient stories to state lawmakers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The medical and law students learned about each other's professional roles and gained skills in interviewing, and legislative and policy advocacy through this service learning project by providing legislative testimony to key stakeholders and community education on Medicaid expansion.
authors.forename: Iveris L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Castellanos
authors.forename: Casey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Plescia
authors.forename: Andres L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Sairah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thommi
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weithorn
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zaremski
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maisel
authors.forename: Alan L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D003254:Consumer Advocacy / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D005431:Florida; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D000067408:Legal Services / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D008484:Medicaid; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013334:Students; D013337:Students, Medical; D014481:United States