Lobby Day
What is Lobby Day?
Lobby Day is an excellent opportunity to increase your awareness of legislative issues affecting medicine, to foster relationships with legislators through political involvement, and to gain real-life education in the practical aspects of physician advocacy. Lobby Day activities, which span two days, include interactive educational sessions on effective advocacy and lobbying techniques, briefings on legislative issues currently before Congress, and a full afternoon on Capitol Hill meeting with legislators and their staffs.
2010 Lobby Day
Lobby Day 2010 will be held Feb. 28 - March 1, 2010, at the Holiday Inn Capitol in Washington, D.C. Please subscribe to the AMA-MSS Announcements listserv to be notified when more details, including information about registration and hotel accommodations, become available.
2009 Lobby Day Highlights
More than 300 medical students, residents, and fellows attended 2009 Lobby Day, March 8-9, 2009, at L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. Attendees met with the offices of nearly 250 members of Congress to make heard the voice of physicians in training on a number of important issues.
Highlights of Lobby Day 2009 included:
- Keynote address by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who spoke about the importance of health system reform.
- Sunday-evening educational sessions on student debt and other pertinent issues facing medical students and residents.
- Educational sessions on shaping policy, lobbying techniques, and the role of grassroots advocacy.
- Interactive "mock" Congressional visit sessions in which participants practiced effective lobbying techniques.
See the full 2009 Lobby Day agenda