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| Health Advocate | |
|---|---|
| 1 Respond to an individual patient’s health needs by advocating with the patient within and beyond the clinical environment | |
| 1.1 Work with patients to address determinants of health that affect them and their access to needed health services or resources | |
| Entry to Residency | Describe the role of physicians and other health care professionals in patient advocacy Define determinants of health and explain their implications Describe the health care system, identifying obstacles patients and families face in obtaining health care resources |
| Transition to Discipline | Analyze a given patient’s needs for health services or resources related to the scope of their discipline |
| Foundations of Discipline | Demonstrate an approach to working with patients to advocate for health services or resources |
| Core of Discipline | Facilitate timely patient access to health services and resources |
| Transition to Practice | Work with patients to address the determinants of health that affect them and their access to needed health services or resources |
| Advanced Expertise | Advocate to administrative or governing bodies on behalf of patients Champion the development, implementation, and promotion of health advocacy teaching |
| 1.2 Work with patients and their families to increase opportunities to adopt healthy behaviours | |
| Entry to Residency | Describe the value and limitations of promoting healthy behaviours Describe the principles of behaviour change |
| Transition to Discipline | Identify resources or agencies that address the health needs of patients |
| Foundations of Discipline | Select patient education resources related to their discipline Educate the patient and family about information and communication technologies to improve health |
| Core of Discipline | Apply the principles of behaviour change during conversations with patients about adopting healthy behaviours |
| Transition to Practice | Work with the patient and family to increase opportunities to adopt healthy behaviours |
| Advanced Expertise | Create health promotion and education resources |
| 1.3 Incorporate disease prevention, health promotion, and health surveillance into interactions with individual patients | |
| Entry to Residency | Describe the processes of disease prevention, health promotion, and health surveillance |
| Transition to Discipline | |
| Foundations of Discipline | Work with the patient and family to identify opportunities for disease prevention, health promotion, and health protection |
| Core of Discipline | Evaluate with the patient the potential benefits and harms of health screening |
| Transition to Practice | Incorporate disease prevention, health promotion, and health surveillance activities into interactions with individual patients |
| Advanced Expertise | Champion education programs for disease prevention, health promotion, and health surveillance |
| 2 Respond to the needs of the communities or populations they serve by advocating with them for system-level change in a socially accountable manner | |
| 2.1 Work with a community or population to identify the determinants of health that affect them | |
| Entry to Residency | Describe the health care system, identifying communities or populations facing health inequities |
| Transition to Discipline | |
| Foundations of Discipline | Identify communities or populations they serve who are experiencing health inequities |
| Core of Discipline | Analyze current policy or policy developments that affect the communities or populations they serve |
| Transition to Practice | Work with a community or population to identify the determinants of health that affect them |
| Advanced Expertise | Contribute to policy discussions relevant to the determinants of health Engage the communities or populations they serve about ways to improve health |
| 2.2 Improve clinical practice by applying a process of continuous quality improvement to disease prevention, health promotion, and health surveillance activities | |
| Entry to Residency | |
| Transition to Discipline | Participate in health promotion and disease prevention programs relevant to their practice |
| Foundations of Discipline | Identify patients or populations that are not being optimally served in their clinical practice |
| Core of Discipline | Report epidemics or clusters of unusual cases seen in practice, balancing patient confidentiality with duty to protect the public's health |
| Transition to Practice | Improve clinical practice by applying a process of continuous quality improvement to disease prevention, health promotion, and health surveillance activities |
| Advanced Expertise | Collaborate with organizations and surveillance programs to identify populations in need |
| 2.3 Contribute to a process to improve health in the community or population they serve | |
| Entry to Residency | |
| Transition to Discipline | |
| Foundations of Discipline | Partner with others to identify the health needs of a community or population they serve |
| Core of Discipline | Appraise available resources to support the health needs of communities or populations they serve Distinguish between the potentially competing health interests of the individuals, communities, and populations they serve |
| Transition to Practice | Contribute to a process to improve health in the communities or populations they serve |
| Advanced Expertise | Partner with others to support, plan, or lead the implementation of a program to improve the health of the communities or populations they serve |
