Breaking into Health: Tapping into Skills and Experience

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CT Health Intern Academy 2012 Breaking into Health: Tapping into Skills and Experience When: July 24, 2012, 10 am to 4 pm Where: Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT (directions) Why: To learn valuable skills from health professionals working in the real world of health care and policy Featured Panels: CT Healthcare: Why It's Broken and How to Fix it Advocacy 101: You May Not Need A Bill, After All Health and the Media Networks: Collaborating With Others To register, go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cthealthintern (registration is limited) Agenda 10 am to 10:30 am Welcome 10:30 am to 11 am CT's Health Care System : Why it's Broken and How it Can Be Fixed 11 am to 12 noon Panel: Where are we Going? What are the Trends? 12 noon to 1 pm Lunch – tables with current health professionals available for questions/networking 1 pm to 1:40 pm Advocacy 101 - How a bill becomes a law, really, and why laws are not as important as you think 1:45 pm to 2:30 pm Advocacy Panel 2:30 pm to 2:45 pm Concurrent Sessions: Networks – Working in coalitions, Media panel – Health care reporting and communications 3:45 pm to 4 pm Wrap up Speakers confirmed as of July 2, 2012 Kevin Lembo, CT State Comptroller Pat Baker, President, CT Health Foundation Vickie Veltri, CT State Health Care Advocate Kevin Galvin, Small Business for Healthy CT Lynne Ide, Universal Health Care Foundation of CT Rev. Bonita Grubs, Christian Community Action Margaret Flinter, Community Health Center, Inc. Patty McQueen, Communications Strategies Hillary Waldman, St. Francis Hospital, formerly Hartford Courant health reporter John Clark, Director of Budget and Fiscal Analysis, CT Office of the State Comptroller Ellen Andrews, CT Health Policy Project Lunch is free, locally sourced and provided by Atticus Bookstore Café Free parking available to all guests Sponsored by: CT Health Policy Project and Dwight Hall at Yale