Leading health care experts offer new information and insights about some of the most important health policy issues facing our society. Attendees will learn about the impact of the possible privatization of Social Security and Medicare, hospital quality report cards, threats to the delivery of emergency care, the challenges and successes of interventions to prevent illness caused by tobacco products, efforts to improve health care of children, and emerging ideas about the relationship between work and health.
Course Chair: Jonathan Showstack, PhD, MPH, professor of medicine and health policy; associate director, UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies.
February 8
Latest News from the Tobacco Wars
Steven Schroeder, MD, distinguished professor of health and health care
February 15
The Future of Social Security and Medicare: The Impact of Privatization
Carroll Estes, PhD, professor of sociology, department of social & behavioral sciences, School of Nursing ; founder, Institute of Health & Aging
February 22
Shopping for Care: Can We Develop Hospital Quality Report Cards?
Arlyss Anderson Rothman, PhD, RN, assistant professor of nursing, and Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine and health policy
March 1
Doctor on Duty: The Crisis in Emergency Care
Ellen Weber, MD, professor of clinical medicine; clinical director, UCSF Emergency Department
March 8
Improving the Health and Health Care of Children
Paul Newacheck, DrPH, professor of health policy and pediatrics, and Dana Hughes, DrPH, associate professor of family and community medicine and health policy
March 15
How Work Affects Your Health
Edward Yelin, PhD, professor of medicine and health policy
