Congress-Health and Medical Presentation

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Testimonies before Congress
Video Presentations – Please post your Legislative Testimonial Video on
the Discussion Board for Lesson 14
Student assignment: You are knowledgeable and passionate about a particular health
policy related issue. You receive a phone call from a health legislative aide from your U.S.
Senator’s office and he/she asks you to prepare and deliver a video recorded testimony at
an upcoming Congressional health committee hearing on a topic related to this issue.
Your Tasks:
Each student will chose a congresssional testimony panel on ONE of the below policy
issues:
• 1. Congressional Panel – COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Access
2. Congressional Panel – Health Insurance Coverage, the Uninsured and
Uncompensated Care
3. Congressional Panel – Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
4. Congressional Panel – Medicaid and CHIP
5. Congressional Panel – Health Disparities and Vulnerable
Populations (Racial/ethnic minorities, rural/inner city residents, people with
disabilities, immigrants, other)
6. Congressional Panel – COVID-19 and Mental Health/Substance Abuse
7. Congressional Panel – Mental Health/Substance Abuse
8. Congressional Panel – Health Information Technology and Privacy (Data
security, electronic health records, decision support systems, telehealth, mobile
health technologies)
9. Congressional Panel – Health Workforce
10. Congressional Panel – Pharmaceutical Access and Costs
Each student will research their assigned health policy issue, and decide what
timely subtopic to address in their testimony.
Prepare and video record a 5-minute testimony (maximum time per student)
to a (pretend) Congressional committee with health jurisdiction interested in
your policy issue and considering legislation to address the issue. Be creative
on how you approach your topic. For example, you may be proposing a new
piece of legislation, arguing a new policy angle to existing policy,
etc. Students should post their testimony on the designed discussion board
forum. Students have three choices for the Congressional Testimony: 1. voice
over PPT, 2. split screen with both the student speaking and the PPT, or 3.
video of the student presenting. Number 1 can be recorded on Kaltura Media
on Blackboard or on PPT. Number 2 can be recorded using Zoom, and
Number 3 can be recorded on Zoom or Kaltura Media.
Each student will develop their own presentation to upload on the discussion
board for Lesson 14, which will be organized by congressional panel topic.
Students should also submit the testimony presentation on the Assignment
submission tab.
Each student’s testimony on the panel should include: 1) brief background/facts on the
issue, and 2) your proposal and arguments (pro and con). AT LEAST ONE-HALF OF
YOUR TESTIMONY TIME MUST BE SPENT ON THE SUBSTANCE OF YOUR
POLICY PROPOSAL. PRACTICE YOUR PRESENTATION. DO NOT SIMPLY READ
YOUR NOTES.
Preparation Materials View the following short video that provides effective tips
for testifying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMp3NTIyjQ Format should
resemble actual short Congressional testimonies, which can be found on
Congressional Committee websites. Go to http://help.senate.gov/, then click on
“Hearings”, then the year you want to view (i.e., 2016), then the month (i.e.,
November), then the topic of interest (i.e., Ensuring Drug Safety: Where Do
We Go From Here?), then view the individual testimonies to get a feel of
format, content, etc.
ADDITIONAL INFO IF NEEDED:
What Health Policy Issue are You Concerned About?
5-Minute Video Presentations – to be posted on the discussion board
Role of Presenters: You are knowledgeable and passionate about a
specific health policy related issue. You receive a phone call from a health
legislative aide from your U.S. Senator’s office asking you to prepare and
deliver a video-recorded testimony at an upcoming Congressional health
committee hearing on a topic related to this issue.
Each student will testify on a topic related to ONE of the below policy
issues:
•
Health Insurance Coverage, the Uninsured and Uncompensated
Care
•
Aging and Chronic Care
•
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
•
Quality Improvement and Evidence-based Medicine
•
Health Professions Education and Supply
•
Medicaid and CHIP
•
Long-Term Care
•
Health Disparities and Vulnerable Populations (racial/ethnic
minorities,
rural/inner city residents, people with disabilities, immigrants,
other)
•
Healthcare Spending and Cost Containment
•
Viability of the Healthcare ‘Safety Net’ Delivery System
•
Public Health
•
Patient Safety, Medical Injury and Malpractice
•
Medicare
•
COVID-19 Vaccinations and/or Care and Treatment
•
•
•
•
•
COVID-19 and Health Disparities
Child and Adolescent Health
Health Information Technology and Privacy
Mental Health/Substance Abuse
Telehealth
Each student will develop, and video record a 5-minute testimony to a
(pretend) Congressional committee with health jurisdiction interested in
your policy issue and considering legislation to address the issue. Be
creative in how you approach your topic. For example, you may be
proposing a new piece of legislation, arguing a new policy angle to existing
policy, etc. Students should submit their testimony as an assignment.
Each student’s testimony should include: 1) brief background/facts on the
issue, and 2) your proposal and arguments (pro and con). AT LEAST
ONE-HALF OF YOUR TESTIMONY TIME MUST BE SPENT ON THE
SUBSTANCE OF YOUR POLICY PROPOSAL. PRACTICE YOUR
PRESENTATION. DO NOT SIMPLY READ YOUR NOTES.
View the following short video that provides effective tips for testifying:

The format should resemble actual short Congressional testimonies, which
can be found on Congressional Committee websites. Go to
http://help.senate.gov/, then click on “Hearings”, then the year you want to
view (i.e., 2016), then the month (i.e., November), then the topic of interest
(i.e., Ensuring Drug Safety: Where Do We Go From Here?), then view the
individual testimonies to get a feel of format, content, etc.