Accepted Type
Oral
Code
OG3-2-1
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Student
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
Little 'a' advocacy: A novel workshop experience to teach skills in health advocacy
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
Background:
Health advocacy is a core physician, resident, and student competency as per the CanMEDS framework. However, it remains a nebulous concept in competence-by-design (CBD) medical education, from action at the patient level to structural barriers. Learners and educators alike may struggle to teach and learn health advocacy using traditional pedagogical methods.
Purpose: To teach undergraduate medical students an approach to health advocacy at the patient and societal level, using applied case-based learning (CBL).
Summary of the Innovation
Summary of Innovation: Using a socio-ecological model to define health advocacy from the interpersonal (little 'a') to the structural (big 'A') level, a 90-minute workshop was created. Following a brief lecture, students worked through realistic cases in small groups, followed by large-group debriefing. All students completed a pre- and post-questionnaire exploring their own definitions of advocacy, perceived importance of health advocacy, and their own skill level in being a health advocate.
Results:
81 medical students participated in this workshop. Nearly all believed it was important for them to be a health advocate, while only 59% believed they had the necessary skills. After participating, 89% reported they had the skills to be a health advocate (p<0.05). Students rated the workshop extremely favourably (3.67/4), with some even stating it should be a mandatory component of medical curriculum.
Conclusion
Conclusions:
We demonstrate a novel, interesting, and effective way to teach skills in health advocacy at the interpersonal level using case-based learning. This may represent a reproducible method of teaching skills in advocacy at other faculties.
Keyword 1
health advocacy
Keyword 2
case-based learning
Keyword 3
undergraduate medical education
Level of Training
Undergraduate
Abstract Themes
Teaching and learning
Teaching and Learning
- Experiential Learning
- Small Group
Additional Theme (First choice)
Undergraduate
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Kimberly Young
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
