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Class of 2023
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Session Title:
Determinants of Health
Teaching Hours:
Teaching and Learning MethodsTotal Scheduled Hours = 2
Discussion, Large Group (>12) = 1
Lecture = 1

Description:
Aim: To ensure that students appreciate issues related to population health and understand the determinants of health. It will include a discussion of the population health approach to individual and community health and its relevance to medical practice.
Keywords:
Teaching and Learning Methods
Discussion, Large Group (>12) 1 hour(s)
Lecture 1 hour(s)

Learning Objectives
Blueprint ID Learning Objectives
10756 Identify and describe the determinants of health.
10757 Describe the population health approach and discuss its impact on community health indicators
10758 Apply an intersectional paradigm to review of population and social determinants of health
10759 Describe the health of Canadians with a focus on Newfoundland and Labrador and Indigenous health using the social determinants of health as a model

Linked Course Goal(s) to Session
Blueprint ID Course Goals
7048 Identify social determinants of health, risk factors for illness and the interaction between behavioural, socioeconomic, environmental and cultural factors influencing the health of the community
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal:
ha-1
7049 With community and health care workers, identify the top three areas for focused advocacy
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal:
ha-1 ha-2 ha-3
Linked Program Competencies To Course Goal(s)
ha-1 Health Advocate
Identify the important determinants of health, risk factors for illness, interaction between the population and their physical, biological and social environment, and personal attributes.
ha-2 Health Advocate
Identify public policies and trends that affect health locally, nationally, and globally, and barriers to access for populations, including persons with disabilities, the underserved and the marginalized.
ha-3 Health Advocate
Assess and respond to issues in the Canadian health care system and advocate for patients at all levels.

Linked MCC Medical Expert Objectives
(078-1) CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND ITS DETERMINANTS
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(127) PROVIDING ANTI-OPPRESSIVE HEALTH CARE
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