Tucson Family Advocacy Program

Article in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education describes innovative, residency based medical-legal partnership educational experiences in pediatrics, internal medicine, and family medicine at three different sites. It addresses how these programs have been designed to meet the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s 6 competencies, along with suggested methods for evaluating the effectiveness of these programs.

"Teresa Camacho was hollowed-out and terrified when she learned in July that her husband of 25 years had mere months to live as cancer took over his liver, head and spine. She also realized she was ill-equipped to deal with the fallout..."

"Anne M. Ryan, director of the Tucson Family Advocacy Program for the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been named Citizen of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers, Arizona Branch..."

"Edward Paul was appointed assistant national medical director of the national medical advisory board at the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children..."

"Emma McKenzie was 'getting nowhere' trying to get government help for herself and the daughter she's raising on her own. She was in constant pain and unable to work after a car accident. But through a unique program in which people help people maneuver through the maze of bureaucracy, McKenzie received free legal help that literally put food on her table..."