Submission ID 77323
| Code | OD-3-6 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Student |
| Title | Exploring How A Systems-Level Pre-Clerkship Elective on Accidental Drug Poisoning Influences Medical Learner Attitudes and Advocacy Toward Inner City Populations. |
| Background/Purpose | The array of complex social problems that physicians work within requires a mindset rooted in advocacy and social accountability. Two students in the MD program at the University of Alberta used a human library style approach to create an elective that generates systems-level thinking around a model topic - the accidental drug poisoning crisis - to build awareness and expertise on approaching complex social issues. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the impact of this elective on advocacy self-efficacy and attitudes toward inner city populations in pre-clerkship medical learners. |
| Methods | This will be a prospective cohort study, with eligible participants recruited from the pre-clerkship MD program at the University of Alberta. Based on a priori power analysis, we aim to recruit 64 participants, who will be invited to complete questionnaires pre- and post-elective. Attendance throughout the elective will be used to determine engagement. Data will be collected via online surveys that measure advocacy self-efficacy (SIAS-2) and attitudes (ICAAT). The analysis will be done using a within-person approach to determine statistically significant differences in attitudes pre- and post-elective. |
| Results | We hypothesize that SIAS-2 and ICAAT scores will increase significantly after participation in the elective. |
| Discussion | This study will evaluate whether participating in an elective that provides a systems-level approach to complex health problems may influence essential attitudes and confidence in advocacy. It may provide evidence for alternative approaches to advocacy training during preclinical years, amidst a larger paradigm shift in medical school advocacy and social accountability education. |
| Keyword 1 | Social accountability |
| Keyword 2 | Advocacy |
| Keyword 3 | Undergraduate medical education |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Social Accountability |
| Authors | Daniel Major Daniel McClement Daniel Major Katherine Smith Kathryn Dong Ethan Candler Jaspreet Khangura |
