As we welcome the opportunities 2023 brings, your Public Policy Committee invites all NAP members to participate in our Virtual Hill Day on February 8th.  Your immediate registration is needed to have ample time to schedule virtual visits with your legislative offices in Washington DC (Please register here).  Interprofessional teams will be provided with NAP Resources and Talking Points as well as a virtual platform tutorial session. Please register today and kickoff 2023 by joining us for this very special opportunity!! 

Building on the NAP history and founding mission to advance healthcare, it is a privilege to continuously work with NAP Public Policy Committee members to establish an annual public policy agenda, to increase reference and advocacy materials and to refresh resources in support of public policy efforts on behalf of the National Academies of Practice. Once you complete the annual survey to determine the public policy agenda for the year, members of the Public Policy Committee work diligently to provide NAP members with the most accurate and current information related to the designated public policy topics for the year.  These materials are retained and periodically reviewed to assure they remain current and accurate. Presently, we have several documents and position papers that include the topics of interprofessional collaboration, telehealth, the opioid crisis, and the state of the science of interprofessional health care (Advocacy Resources can be found here). These will soon be joined by additional resources culminating almost two years of diligent efforts to assure high quality and accurate information. There are also brief webinars for members to use and to educate others regarding the process of advocacy. These were created by NAP Public Policy colleagues who have extensive experience communicating and collaborating with legislators and their staff members.  All of these are available for you to use at your discretion for education, advocacy, and to advance interprofessional healthcare.  As examples of the recognized value of these tools, kudos to Tony Breitbach who integrated NAP advocacy efforts into his course requirements by rewarding students who were able to question a legislative staff member guest speaker regarding current health care issues and actions. Another professional is using the Advocacy Education webinars in a graduate course to educate students regarding professional issues and ethics.