The MHA Graduate Medical Education (GME) Capitol Day welcomed more than 40 physician residents from a dozen member hospitals to the MHA Capitol Advocacy Center offices May 21 for a day of meetings with members of the Michigan Legislature and their staffs. Each group of residents met with a combination of lawmakers and legislative staff throughout the day, with conversations focusing on the importance of graduate medical education, physician residents in the healthcare continuum and Michigan’s future physician healthcare workforce talent pipeline. Residents also urged legislators to support bipartisan bills that protects healthcare workers from violence, to accompany Public Acts 271 and 272 of 2023.
Meetings were held in the Michigan Capitol, the Anderson House Office Building and the Senate Binsfeld Office Building.
Participating lawmaker offices included:
- Senator Kevin Hertel (D-St. Clair Shores), Chair, Health Policy Committee
- Representative Rachelle Smit (R-Martin), Speaker Pro Tempore
- Senator Sam Singh (D-East Lansing), Senate Majority Floor Leader
- Representative Joe Aragona (R-Clinton Twp.), Chair, Regulatory Reform Committee
Residents used and shared with lawmakers an infographic that provides facts regarding GME.
Members with questions on GME and state legislation related to the healthcare workforce may contact Elizabeth Kutter at the MHA.