April 15, 2011

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*PREMEDS: Dr. Sprinkle, MD/PhD on YOUR Future as a Doctor!***

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*WHEN*: Tuesday, 4/19, 7pm

*WHERE*: Jimenez Room, STAMP

Are you interested in how your future as a doctor could be impacted by the
Affordable Care Act (health care law)? Come see Dr. Robert Sprinkle, MD,
PhD, who has worked in health policy throughout his career and can provide
you with information regarding changes you will see in the health care
system over the next few decades.  Knowing as much as you can about the
monumental piece of health care legislation that passed last year is in your
best interest, whether you are an aspiring physician or a future patient!

Dr. Sprinkle has worked at the intersection of politics and the life
sciences throughout his career.  He is the author or coauthor of papers and
chapters in clinical medicine, bioethics, health policy, bioengineering,
environmental policy, political theory, and biosecurity and is the author of
one book, *Profession of Conscience: The Making and Meaning of Life-Sciences
Liberalism*, an intellectual history of political-ethical thought in the
life sciences.  From 2001 to 2008 he was Editor-in-Chief of *Politics and
the Life Sciences*. His insights will be invaluable to your future career,
as a patient or a doctor!

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*UMD** **AMSA*

The American Medical Student Association

at The University of Maryland, College Park

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