MAOPS will be co-hosting an advocacy training workshop with the Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA) on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 9 AM-2 PM. A candidate fundraising event will follow in the evening. The MAOPS Young Physicians Network will host a social in between the workshop and fundraising event. This will be a great time to not only learn some tricks to become an effective physician advocate, but to network with other physicians and medical students from around the state from both MSMA and MAOPS. Lobbyists for MAOPS and MSMA will be present, as well as guest speakers, including some legislators and their staff.

Agenda

Courtyard by Marriott

610 Bolivar St.

Jefferson City

9:30-10 AM

Registration

10 AM-10:15 AM

Welcome & Introductions

10:15-10:30 AM

Q: What is Advocacy and Who Can Advocate?

A: YOU! You Are an Expert! Your Story Matters!

Rachel Bauer and Jacob Scott, MSMA Staff

10:30-11:30 AM

Crafting Your Message – Issue Update: Scope Creep

Kim Horvath, American Medical Association

11:30-11:45 AM

Break

11:45 AM-12:30 PM

Lunch: The Receiving End of Advocacy – A Decision Maker’s Point of View

Rep. Bill Hardwick, District 121

12:30-1:30 PM

Micro-Advocacy Simulator: Practice Your New Advocacy Skills

Rep. Bill Hardwick, District 121

Dan Kleinsorge, Executive Director – Missouri Limestone Producers Association

Karlee Seek, Legislative Director to Senate District 7

1:30-2:00 PM

Political Advocacy: Giving of Your Time, Talent & Money

Rachel Kyllo, MD

Group Photo upon adjournment

3-5 PM

MAOPS YPN Social at Last Flight Brewery

6:30 PM

Candidate Reception and Dinner with Speaker of the House John Patterson, MD

Advocacy Training Scholarship

To encourage attendance, the MAOPS Young Physicians Network and William L. Wetzel Osteopathic Education Foundation are offering a limited number of scholarships for eligible members to attend the event. Successful applicants will receive:

• Free registration to the workshop, including meal functions, the social, and fundraiser
• Hotel accommodations for one or two nights
• A MAOPS YPN T-Shirt

Applicants must be MAOPS members under the age of 40. Student members* must be active members of their campus MAOPS chapter.

*Student chapter members willing to share rooms with fellow students will receive priority consideration.