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Physician Advocacy: Five Strategies for Taking Action to Impact Patient Care - On Demand 2026
Bedside decisions can ripple into policy and equity. In this session, physicians learn five concrete advocacy moves, then design messages, evaluate stakeholders, and synthesize stories into persuasive asks. You will apply tools, critique tactics, and imagine scalable steps to impact access, experience, and outcomes—so you leave ready to advocate with clarity and create change where it counts.
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Availability
On-Demand
Expires on Apr 05, 2029
Credit Offered
0.75 CME Credit
0.75 ABIM-MOC Point
0.75 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. Compare/contrast the five strategies of physician advocacy: Direct Service, Direct Action, Policy and Legislature, Research, and intra-institutional.
  2. Describe power mapping as relates to physician advocacy.
  3. Practice power mapping as relates to physician advocacy for a given patient scenario by applying tactics from one strategy.
Faculty
  • Yalda Shahram, MD, MSc
Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.
CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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