Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Illustrate how diverse factors (sociocultural, psychological, economic, occupational, environmental, legal, political, spiritual, and technological) interact to influence the health of an individual and the population.
• Plan and advocate for an appropriate course of action at both the individual- and population-level that responds to the diverse factors influencing their health.
• 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.
• Describe the role that physicians can play in promoting health and preventing diseases at the individual and population level.
• Understand how public policy can influence community-wide patterns of behaviour and affect the health of a population.

Assessments

• End of Integration Foundation (IF)

Tags

Transition to Clerkship Week 1 Transition to Clerkship Week 1 Concepts of Health and Its Determinants Health and the Climate Crisis Population Health, Health Equity and Determinants of Health 1.9 Provide health care services to patients, families, and communities aimed at preventing health problems or maintaining health 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 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 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 6.4 Apply concepts of global health and social medicine to the health of individual patients and populations using the ecology, economy, equity framework 6.8 Participate in identifying system-level gaps and errors and, where appropriate, identify, implement or participate in potential system-level solutions Climate Change [G16.500.175.374] Environment and Public Health [N06] Environmental Pollutants [D27.888.284] Environmental Pollution [N06.850.460] Extreme Heat [N06.230.300.100.725.232.500] Extreme Weather [N06.230.300.100.725.193] Global Health [H02.403.371] Global Health [N01.400.337] Population Health [N01.400.548]