Show Your Colleagues Why You Care About Advocacy

As part of this year’s Mid-Year Forum festivities, YO Info editorial board member Andrea Tooley, MD, has kicked off the MYF Video Challenge, tagging YOs to answer the question, “Why do you care about advocacy?”

Several YO leaders have picked up the gauntlet and posted their own video with the hashtag #MYF2018. Now it’s your turn. This social media challenge is open to all and continues after the Mid-Year Forum.

So post your own video, challenge your colleagues and show us why you are engaged and excited about advocacy.

The @aao_ophth Mid Year Forum is in 2 weeks! I advocate for my patients and my profession. Take the social media challenge and tell us why you advocate. I challenge @pspatelEyeMD @macularstar @eyesteve #myf2018 #aaoyo pic.twitter.com/rMOv6lToFc

— Andrea Tooley (@DrAndreaTooley) April 4, 2018

I accept @DrAndreaTooley’s challenge to share “Why I advocate?” Now it’s @DrRobMelendez @RaviDGoel @MentorMeMd turn #MYF2018 @aao_ophth pic.twitter.com/PRlK6k65Fh

— Purnima S. Patel, MD (@pspatelEyeMD) April 5, 2018

Thanks for the social media challenge! As physicians we advocate every day! Get ready for the @aao_ophth #MYF2018 meeting to learn how you can be a leader using #advocacy to #protectsight & #empowerlives. I challenge @RaviDGoel @RonaldMilam @JeffPettey pic.twitter.com/RskmMnKveC

— Janice Law (@macularstar) April 5, 2018

“Why I Advocate” - in anticipation of next week’s visit to #WashDC for #MYF2018.

1. I advocate to educate. Lawmakers must understand how proposed bills will change medicine
2. I advocate for patient safety

I challenge @AaronRicca and @Spenser_Morton pic.twitter.com/vZCdLSCeGE

— EyeSteve MD (@eyesteve) April 9, 2018