Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Identify the diverse factors (ie. sociocultural, psychological, institutional, economic, occupational, environmental, technological, legal, political and spiritual) that contribute to the systemic marginalization of vulnerable populations and impact health and health care delivery.
• Analyze the influence of gender on health concerns and health care provision.
• Identify and describe the risks of intimate partner violence, and the obligations of the healthcare team in assessment and management of a family at risk.
• Identify some of the main risks for child maltreatment and explain when to involve child protection professionals.
• Analyze and critically reflect on how the impact of physician power and privilege may contribute to disparities through biased care.
• Recommend responses to key social and cultural factors that lead to poor health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities.
• Plan socially-just courses of action in order to respond to the diverse factors that intersect and overlap to influence the health of the individuals, families and communities.

Assessments

• End of Integration Foundation (IF)

• Integration Foundation (IF)

Tags

9. Communicate in difficult situations Communicator Health Advocate Scholar Part 5 Professional Competencies IF Week 7 IF Week 7 Adult Abuse / Intimate Partner Abuse Concepts of Health and Its Determinants Providing anti-oppressive health care Social, Cultural and Humanistic Dimensions of Health 1.7 Counsel and educate patients and their families to empower them to participate in their care and enable shared decision-making 1.8 Provide appropriate referral of patients including ensuring continuity of care throughout transitions between providers or settings, and following up on patient progress and outcomes 2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care. 4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds 4.2 Participate in the education of patients, families, students, trainees, peers and other health professionals 4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics 4.4 Demonstrate insight and understanding about emotions and human responses to emotions that allow one to develop and manage interpersonal interactions, including the ability to manage one’s own interpersonal responses 5.2 Demonstrate compassion, integrity, and respect for others 5.4 Demonstrate respect for patient confidentiality, privacy and autonomy 5.5 Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to a diverse patient population, including all dimensions of diversity such as those that are included in human rights legislation and federal and provincial law. 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. 5.7 Demonstrate the application of ethical principles to commonly encountered ethical issues such as the provision or withholding of care, confidentiality, informed consent, and including compliance with relevant laws, policies, and regulations 6.2 Identify aspects of the healthcare system that serve as barriers and enablers of providing healthcare to and optimizing the health of patients and the population 6.3 Advocate for quality patient care and optimal patient care systems that support patient- and population-centred care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable 7.2 Use the knowledge of one’s own role and the roles of other health professionals to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of the patients and populations served 7.3 Communicate with other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports the maintenance of health and the provision of healthcare in individual patients and populations 7.4 Demonstrate the ability to consult with and to other health professionals 7.6 Participate in different team roles and appropriately apply leadership skills to establish, develop, and continuously enhance team function. Domestic Violence [I01.880.735.900.350] Healthcare Disparities [N05.300.493] Rape [I01.198.240.748.640] Sex Offenses [I01.198.240.748] Social Determinants of Health [N01.400.675] Violence [I01.880.735.900] Yes