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PC Session
This is the second session during which students will practice communicating with Standardized Patients.
PC Session
In this session and the second one later in MF3, students will explore the last three essential tasks/skills in reasonable depth and gradually refine them with increasing complexity as they move through the Program.
PC Session
During this session, students will demonstrate the ability to apply the final three elements of the Kalamazoo Guidelines for Effective Communication. Elements include: Sharing information, reaching agreement, providing closure.
PC Session
This session explores various aspects of culture. We begin with a large group session that examines the ideas behind the notion of "cultural competence", using a social science perspective. The focus then turns to cross-cultural communication skills, and t ...
PC Session
The developmental disabilities session is designed to generate more capable (comfortable, confident and competent) physicians and partners in person and family - centred care to people with developmental disabilities.
PC Session
This session will introduce the concept of epistemology (the study of knowledge and justified belief). Epistemology asks questions such as how do we know what we know? Where does knowledge come from? What are the sufficient conditions of knowledge? What ar ...
PC Session
In this session you will do two things: 1) discuss codes of medical ethics and the theory that informs them; and 2) become familiar with the Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) Ethics Framework as a tool for analysis of ethical issues and case studies in medica ...
PC Session
Probably some of the most discussed issues in health ethics are raised in the context of end-of-life care. Questions around when to provide or stop treatment and how best to respect individuals' wishes have been debated publicly and personally for generat ...
PC Session
Probably the most sensitive area of health care ethics, human reproduction raises a number of difficult issues. Central of course are challenges raised by the abortion debate. No topic has been more polarized, with so-called pro-choice and pro-life propone ...
PC Session
Medical students are as responsible for maintaining patient confidentiality as fully licensed professionals are. This session will help you prepare to apply privacy rules and legislation.
