Advocacy Track for Children’s Mercy Residents

There are additional educational opportunities available for residents who are passionate about improving the systems that impact child health and well-being and would like to take leadership roles throughout their careers.

• The MOCARE Track offers a unique educational experience in that it is a statewide collaborative of the 4 pediatric residency programs in Missouri. Participants will have ample opportunities to share ideas, working together to create broad system changes in their individual communities and across the state. Selected residents will attend a state-wide conference to learn key skills and strategies, such as leading a group effectively, identifying meaningful issues within a community, collaborating with community partners, building coalitions, writing grants, and influencing public policy. They will each complete a longitudinal project under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
• The Public Policy Track is for residents who want to learn more about how laws at the local, state, and federal level impact child health. Experiential learning will be provided in topic areas such as communicating with legislators, providing legislative testimony, and building coalitions.