Epistemology
Activity
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 are its limitations? How do we make knowledge?

Curriculum Block

Part 2 / Professional Competencies 2 / Week 2
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Objectives

General Objectives

Assessments

PC Interim Student Assessment
PC Reflective Physician Portfolio

Tags

Curriculum Block
Part 2 Professional Competencies 2 Week 2
Curriculum Week
Part 2 Week 2
Discipline
Indigenous Health
Longitudinal Discipline
Black or African American Indigenous Health Priority Groups
MCC Presentations
Indigenous Health
McMaster Professional Competency
Medical Decision Making
McMaster Program Competencies
2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of what knowledge is, the strengths and limitations of different ways of knowing, and how knowledge is created in historical, cultural and social contexts. 2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations 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. 8.4 Demonstrate awareness and acceptance of different points of view 8.5 Recognize that ambiguity is part of clinical health care and respond by utilizing appropriate resources in dealing with uncertainty
MeSH
Black or African American [M01.686.477.625.594.594] Evidence-Based Medicine [H02.249.750] Humanities [K01] Indigenous Canadians [M01.270.968.500.600.375] Indigenous Canadians [M01.270.968.500.600.375] Knowledge [K01.468] Medicine [H02.403] Social Sciences [I01]

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