Anti-Indigenous Racism Module Orthopedic Clerkship
Activity
e-Learning Module
e-Learning Module
Identify systemic barriers to orthopedic care for Indigenous populations.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Orthopedic Surgery Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Activity Objectives
- Identify systemic barriers to orthopedic care for Indigenous populations.
- Acknowledge the ongoing impacts of colonization and systemic racism on Indigenous musculoskeletal health and health-seeking behaviors.
- Describe common orthopedic conditions and trauma patterns disproportionately affecting Indigenous populations in Canada (e.g., higher incidence of trauma, osteoarthritis, delayed presentation).
- Recognize the impact of geographic remoteness on timely access to orthopedic care and rehabilitation services for Indigenous patients.
- Identify unique considerations in post-operative care and follow-up planning for Indigenous patients from rural or remote communities.
Tags
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Orthopedic Surgery Rotation
Discipline
Indigenous Health
Orthopedics
Longitudinal Discipline
Indigenous Health
Priority Groups
MCC Presentations
Indigenous Health
McMaster Program Competencies
1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment
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.
3.4 Identify and perform learning activities that address one’s gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes
3.8 Obtain and use information about individual patients and their caregivers, populations of patients, or communities with which patients identify to improve care
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.
MeSH
Rehabilitation [E02.831]
Rehabilitation [N02.421.784]
Indigenous Canadians [M01.270.968.500.600.375]
Indigenous Canadians [M01.270.968.500.600.375]
Indigenous Peoples [M01.270.968]
Osteoarthritis [C05.550.114.606]
Postoperative Care [E04.604.500]
Racism [F01.145.813.629.625]
Rural Population [N01.600.725]
