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OFFICE OF CLINICAL
LEADERSHIP
Tennessee
Interdisciplinary Health Policy Program (TIHPP)
General Information
For Program Overview, click here.
Along with the University of Tennessee, OCL sponsors
TIHPP or student rotations within state government. Law, medical and
pharmacy students from accredited state programs who have a special
interest in an interdisciplinary team approach to improving the public
arena of Tennessee healthcare are qualified to participate in this
program. Student rotations are available through the Department of
Health, Board of Licensure; the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy; the Tennessee
Bureau of Investigation (Medicaid/TennCare Fraud Control Unit and
the Drug Investigation Unit); the Department of Children Services
(with an emphasis on the Juvenile Justice System); and the Department
of Correction.
Goals for the students participating in TIHPP include:
- Understanding the importance and effectiveness of an interdisciplinary
approach (law, medicine and pharmacy) in resolving issues in a dynamic
healthcare system;
- Acquiring knowledge and skills to understand the basics of a managed
care system, including its formation, structure, regulation, function,
strengths and weaknesses;
- Acquiring knowledge about the structure, daily functions and regulatory
activities of the various professional boards;
- Understanding the legal aspects of public healthcare from both
the prosecution and defense perspectives;
- Understanding healthcare policy and regulations as they exist interdependently
and collaboratively between and among state agencies;
- Designing and complete a research project using the information
gained during the rotation in connection with research and statistical
data available in state databanks and from academic education.
For Program Overview, click here. |
