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Priya's Thursday, two ways

8 lessons · 26 prompts

A day in the life of a Policy Analyst: what changes with these prompts.

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Priya, a policy analyst at a state health agency.

Priya starts Thursday with a new assignment: a telehealth bill moving through committee and a request for a briefing by Monday. She opens ChatGPT and asks it to compare how three nearby states cover audio-only visits in Medicaid, then checks the links it gives her against the state websites.

Next she uses Claude to turn the bill into plain English. She asks for a table of changes to reimbursement rules and spots a line about rural clinics that could affect two counties in her region. She marks it for follow-up with the legislative liaison.

After lunch she has notes from four clinic managers. She uses Gemini to pull out themes about broadband gaps, billing confusion, and patient no-shows. Then she asks ChatGPT to shape those themes into a two-page brief for the committee, with a short summary and three options.

By 4:30 she has a draft she can review tomorrow with fresh eyes. She leaves on time, walks her dog, and cooks dinner without rushing. The saved hours go to the careful parts: checking the numbers, calling a stakeholder back, and thinking through who might be left out.

Before

  • Long documents pile up before lunch
  • Stakeholder notes sit unread for days
  • Briefs take evenings and weekends
  • Questions from officials feel rushed

After this course

  • First drafts ready before the afternoon
  • Interview themes clear in one sitting
  • Briefs finished during work hours
  • Evenings free for family and rest

What you'll learn

  • Scan issues: Use AI to get up to speed on an unfamiliar policy topic and compare how other places handle it.
  • Read legislation: Turn bills and regulations into plain English and spot the differences that matter.
  • Plan interviews: Design stakeholder interview guides and turn transcripts into themes, concerns, and quotes.
  • Draft briefs: Draft and refine policy briefs for officials, advocates, and the public.
  • Check programs: Design evaluations, interpret program data, and set up simple monitoring frameworks.
  • Test costs: Structure a cost-benefit analysis and check your assumptions before you share it.
  • Present findings: Prepare clear presentations and anticipate tough questions from officials.
  • Handle admin: Use AI for routine communication and project admin so you can focus on analysis.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from understanding policy issues to admin and stakeholder communication.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.