Welcome to STAHR
STAHR's Upcoming Events
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Aug. 31: STAHR Meeting
Join us for STAHR's first meeting of the year. Have a great idea for an event or know someone great to come in to speak? Bring your ideas, we'd love to hear them! Want to get involved in health care reform advocacy or want to volunteer to help with an event? We'd love to get you involved. We will also discuss the events and projects planned for the upcoming year as well as leadership opportunities in STAHR. We will be raffling off Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards for iPod during the meeting!
Date: August 31st, 2010
Time: 5-6pm
Location: Small Group rooms 502/503
Dinner will be provided.
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Sept. 28: Quality Improvement Talk
Join us for a lunch talk by Dr. Tania Lyon, the Director of Organizational Performance Improvement at local St. Clair hospital. We will be discussing the Toyota model of business and its application to quality improvement in health care. Included will be the success story of the St. Clair hospital ED, which has utilized this model to become rated one of the highest in patient satisfaction.
Check out an article in the Pittsburgh Business Times for more information!
Date: September 28th, 2010
Time: 12PM - 1PM
Location: Scaife Hall, LR3
Lunch will be served.
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Oct. 11-16: Primary Care Week
This year, for the first time, we will collaborate with the Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) and the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) to bring Primary Care Week to Pitt! More detail to follow!
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Oct. 25-29: PharmFree Week at Pitt!
This year we will collaborate with AMSA for a "Pharma and Healthcare Reform" lunch talk. We are also working on bringing more speakers to this event!
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Nov. 5-6: Annual Meeting of Physicians for a National Health Plan
This year the conference will be held in Denver! Usually we can fund 2-3 first year students. E-mail one of the coordinators if you are interested in attending this conference:
li.simiao@medstudent.pitt.edu
klimenko.maria@medstudent.pitt.edu
garcia.michelle@medstudent.pitt.edu
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April: Cover the Uninsured Week
Look forward to engaging speakers and yummy food! More information coming soon!
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Policy and Pint Journal Club
We are continuing our “Policy and Pint” series throughout the year. For more information contact Michelle Garcia at garcia.michelle@medstudent.edu.
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PA Lobby Day
We are collaborating with AMSA to organize students for Lobby Day in Harrisburgh, PA.
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In the Works
We also have other ideas brewing for this year and we are always open to suggestions. Contact one of the cooridnators if you would like to get more involved with STAHR.
