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Upon completion of the Undergraduate Medical Program, the medical student will be able to competently:

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Social, Cultural and Humanistic Dimensions of Health

Child Objectives

Justify how knowledge from the social sciences and humanities contributes to medical practice.
Develop the attitude and skills for responding to patients with cultural humility.
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.
Discuss the historical and contemporary events and the systemic factors influencing current practices and issues regarding Indigenous Health and anti-Indigenous racism, all of which impact current and future practitioners, individuals, and communities.
Demonstrate an awareness of key health challenges faced by immigrants and refugees.
Summarize different “ways of knowing” about the body and how these ways affect the clinical encounter.
Illustrate the difference between disease and illness, and plan an approach to understanding the patient’s illness experience.
Demonstrate skills for critical intersectional analysis.
Analyze and critically reflect on how the impact of physician power and privilege may contribute to disparities through biased care.
Identify opportunities to educate and reflect on events of Indigenous self-determination, cultural preservation and growth to foster allyship in Indigenous Healthcare and community settings.
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.

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