Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Identify the ways in which health systems (federal, provincial, municipal, private, non-governmental) can address structural barriers to reduce inequities in health status between population groups.
• Describe the professional responsibility of the physician as Health Advocate in advancing the health and well-being of individuals, communities and populations.
• Define and discuss concepts of health, wellness, illness, disease, and sickness (including WHO and Health Canada definitions, Lalond Report, Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion).
• Know how to access and collect health information to describe the health status of a population.
• Describe the types of data and common components (both quantitative and qualitative) used in creating a community needs assessment.
• Describe the role that physicians can play in promoting health and preventing diseases at the individual and population level.

Assessments

• End of Integration Foundation (IF)

• End of MF 4

• Integration Foundation (IF)

Tags

Health Advocate Health Advocate Identify the determinants of health of the populations that they serve; Promote the health of individual patients, communities and populations. Part 4 Professional Competencies 4 Week 10 Part 4 Week 10 Concepts of Health and Its Determinants Health and the Climate Crisis Population Health, Health Equity and Determinants of Health 5.6 Demonstrate a critical understanding of personal, professional and institutional power and privilege and utilize anti-oppressive practice to create patient experiences where marginalization and oppression are minimized. 6.4 Apply concepts of global health and social medicine to the health of individual patients and populations using the ecology, economy, equity framework Global Health [H02.403.371] Global Health [N01.400.337] Primary Prevention [N06.850.780.680] Yes