Educator’s Summary of AFMC Public Health Learning Tools

Tools are alpha listed by awards won in the AFMC Public Health Learning Tools Challenge. Links provided to tools, relevant Medical Council of Canada (MCC) objectives and chapters in the AFMC Primer on Population Health. All tools are freely available under a Creative Commons license; some restrictions may apply. Feedback:

Tool / Description / Learning Objectives / Tools With Similar Topics / Relevant Primer Chapters
Health of the Homeless
-1st Prize winner
In English
-tutor guide
- Individual or group exercise.
-MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-7
-Languages:
English
En français
-guide de tuteur
-Authors: Golden Gao, Alyssa Kim, Alisha Zacharias, Faculty of Medicine Students, University of British Columbia.
Author contact: / - Web-based chapters consisting of reading material, videos, and discussion questions on the health of the homeless population.
- Includes a tutor guide.
- Estimated time of completion: 30 minutes per chapter. / - To become familiar with issues pertinent to marginalized populations, including the homeless.
- To appreciate the complexity of health problems among the homeless population.
- To broaden one’s understanding of the different formats of patient advocacy.
Chapter 1
- To be familiar with the epidemiology of homelessness in Metro Vancouver.
Chapter 2
- To understand the health status of the homeless population in Metro Vancouver.
- To understand the social determinants of health among marginalized populations, and the relationship between homelessness and health.
Chapter 3
- To identify factors influencing the access and provision of health care among marginalized populations.
- To appreciate the roles individuals and collaboration play in the provision of care to marginalized populations.
- To describe the impact of community-level interventions on health promotion, disease prevention, and harm reduction. / Health & Homelessness Reference Guide for Healthcare Providers
The health of children living in disadvantaged areas
Digital Story Telling / Chapters 2, 3, 7, 8,
Case Competitions for Public Health Learning
-2nd Prize winner
-Student guide
-tutor guide
-Individual or group exercise. More appropriate for group.
-MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-3,
78-4, 78-7
-Languages:
English
En français
-guide de tuteur
-Authors: Ryhana Dawood, Shreya Roy, Tinya Lin, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Students, Western University.
Author contacts:


/ - Series of public health cases where the participant is asked to summarize and present the case with respect to its key problem, determinants of health, policies and stakeholders, and plan of action for policy change.
- Tutor guide and marking scheme included.
- Comments from one of the authors on estimated time of completion: Educators can use their discretion, but 2 months is an ideal amount of time to give students. When we designed the tool we were thinking of introducing the assignment during the first week and giving students 3-4 weeks to do the first problem summary assignment which would be returned to them with corrections to be made and resubmitted within 1-2 weeks. The case presentations would ideally take place soon after the second submission. / - To appreciate the impact of determinants of health
- To understand the roles of different governments on the provision of health services
- To critically appraise policies on population health outcomes
- To identify and plan for supports and barriers when advocating for health service changes
- To identify health service stakeholders and their influence on the assessment and provision of services / Making the Government Work for You: A Case Study in Physician Advocacy / Chapters 2, 3, 8, 14
Income and Social Status - Using TED Talks to Teach the Social Determinants of health
-2nd Prize winner
-Individual or group. More appropriate for group.
-MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-3, 78-6,
78-7
Languages:
English.
-Authors: Dr. Pierre-Marc Robichaud (Family Medicine Resident, University of Ottawa); Dr. Emmanuelle Britton, Dr. Praseedha Janakiram, Dr. Eileen Nicolle (Faculty Supervisors, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto).
Author contact:
/ - Series of online presentations and videos regarding social determinants of health in the context of primary care.
- Includes embedded TED talks relevant to each determinant of health.
- Estimated time of completion: An hour and a half would probably allow for completion of the presentation and discussion. That being said, presenters should take things where they want to - meaning if the talk generates good discussion, there is no reason they have to go through the whole presentation. / - To understand determinants of health, apply these determinants of health into local and global contexts, and be able to relate these determinants into primary care practice. / Videos of Public Health Cases
Virtual Patient Case – Voice of the North
Hypertension Management & Advocacy / Chapters 2, 3, 8,
Virtual Patient Case – Voice of the North
-3rd Prize Winner
-Exercise for groups (2-3 people) or individuals.
-MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-3, 78-7
-Languages:
English
-Authors: Dr. Meghan Ho, Dr. Calvin Ke, Dr. Terence Yung, Internal Medicine Residents, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. / - Online virtual case regarding social determinants of health, provision of culturally appropriate care, population-level health promotion policies, and interprofessional collaboration in a rural/remote setting.
- Estimated time of completion: 90-120 minutes. / - To identify relevant social determinants of health when assessing patients.
- To provide culturally safe and sensitive care to patients in the context of metabolic syndrome.
- To identify and initiate strategies to improve policies relating to population-level health promotion for rural and newly immigrant patients.
- To collaborate with interprofessional team members to improve the health of patients. / Hypertension Management & Advocacy / Chapters 2, 3, 8
Digital Story Telling: thinking differently. Develop a reflection on the social determinants of health through videos.
-Honorable mention award
-Individual or group exercise.
MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-7
Languages:
French
-Authors: Mélina Janelle, Laurence Matteau-Pelletier, Faculty of Medicine Students, Université Laval.
Author contact: / - Website that provides a framework on how to create digital story telling (DST).
- Provides examples of completed digital story telling.
-Recommends how students can use DST to learn about social determinants by expressing their views through short videos.
- Estimated time of completion will depend on the assignment and students’ ability to create videos. / - To develop reflection skills.
- To understand the determinants of health among marginalized populations. / Health of the Homeless
Health &
Homelessness Reference Guide for Healthcare Providers
The health of children living in disadvantaged areas / Chapters 2
Health & Homelessness Reference Guide for Healthcare Providers
-Honorable mention award
-Individual or group exercise.
-MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-7
-Languages:
English
Authors: Dr. Ariella Zbar, Public Health & Preventive Medicine Resident, Queen’s University; Dr. Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek, Public Health & Preventive Medicine Resident, University of Toronto; Dr. Kaitlin Hayman, Emergency Medicine Resident, Western University.
Contact Authors / - Two-part online module, with the first part providing information regarding homelessness as a social determinant of health in Canada, and the second part applying the concepts learned in part one through three cases.
- Case 1: Lower extremity cellulitis.
- Case 2: Tuberculosis.
- Case 3: Myocardial infarction & risk factor management.
- Estimated time of completion: Two hours if completed by the individual learner, without group discussion. If in a group setting, or the educator decides to have students prep beforehand by reading the background information, then the time to completion for both prep and discussion is up to four hours. / - To understand the connection between health, housing and poverty and the health risk associated with homelessness.
- To understand social determinants of health in the context of the homeless population.
- To understand different aspects of providing care to the homeless and under-housed including the different service providers, culturally appropriate care, challenges in provision of care, and resources available to health service providers. / Health of the Homeless
Digital Story Telling
The health of children living in disadvantaged areas / Chapter 2
Hypertension Management & Advocacy
-Honorable mention award
-Small group exercise.
-MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-3
-Languages:
English
Author: Dr Tej K. Khalsa, Internal Medicine, University of Calgary.
Author contact: / - Module including group discussion, jeopardy game, and videos (website in development) exploring concepts of social determinants of health, health equity, advocacy, and public health policy in the context of hypertension.
- Estimated time for completion: 1.5 hours / - To understand concepts of social determinants of health, health equity, advocacy, and public health policy in the context of hypertension. / Virtual Patient Case – Voice of the North / Chapters 2, 8, 14
Making the Government Work for You: A Case Study in Physician Advocacy
-Honorable mention award
-Individual or group exercise.
-MCC Objectives:
78-3
-Languages:
English
Author: Jake Yorke, Faculty of Medicine Student, Dalhousie University.
Author contact:
/ - Online video that uses three real examples from Kentville, Nova Scotia to illustrate how physicians act as health advocates and can collaborate with the government to implement public health strategies.
- Video duration = 4:48 minutes. / - To describe three real examples of how physicians became health advocates in their communities.
- To understand collaboration opportunities with local government to initiate public health strategies. / Case Competitions for Public Health Learning / Chapter 8
Montreal Crossing – The Hazards of Intersections
-Instructor’s manual
-Introduction
-Montréal intersections
-Debrief
-Honorable mention award
- Exercise for groups.
-MCC Objectives:
78-3
-Languages:
English
Authors: Xing Jian Liu, Faculty of Medicine Student, McGill University; Dr. David Jeremy Kaiser, Public Health & Preventive Medicine Resident, McGill University.
Author contact:
/ - Combination of didactic material and a field exercise illustrating concepts of data sources, epidemiological calculations, and prevention in the context of traffic-related injuries.
- Includes detailed instructor manual and presentation slides.
- Estimated time of completion: The introduction slides take about 30 min, the field exercise is roughly 3 hours (with the lunch period included) and the debrief 1 hour and 30 minutes. / - To describe the epidemiology of traffic-related injuries and appreciate their public health significance.
- To become familiar with current traffic-related injury data sources and their strengths and limitations.
- To understand the concept of risk factor.
- To describe and calculate incidence and prevalence.
- To understand the stages of prevention, the advantages and disadvantages of difference prevention strategies, and be able to apply them in the context of reducing traffic-related injuries.
- To understand health protection and injury prevention. / Prevention and health promotion / Chapters 2, 4, 5, 6, 10,
Prevention and Health Promotion
En français
In English
-Honorable mention award.
-Individual or group exercise for clerkship students.
-MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-3
Authors: Dr. Geneviève Bustros-Lussier, Dr. David-Martin Milot, Dr. Andréanne Roy, Public Health & Preventive Medicine Residents, Université de Sherbrooke.
Author contact: / - Powerpoint presentation consisting of vignettes and quizzes to illustrate concepts of health promotion and disease prevention.
Estimated time of completion:
- Intro & quiz – 20 min.
- Vignette #1 – 90 min.
- Vignette #2 – 60 min.
- Conclusion – 10 min. / - To illustrate the concepts of disease prevention and health promotion.
- To explain the role of public health and preventive medicine physicians with respect to disease prevention and health promotion.
- To identify individual and population-based strategies for disease prevention and health promotion.
- To identify clinical preventive practice including a review of current guidelines. / Montreal Crossing – The Hazards of Intersections
Virtual Patient Case – Voice of the North
Hypertension Management & Advocacy / Chapters 2, 4, 8, 9
The health of children living in disadvantaged areas
-Honorable mention award.
-Tutor Guide
-Individual exercise, then group discussion.
Languages:
French
-MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-7
Author: Frédérique Brouillard, Faculty of Medicine Student, Université de Montréal.
Author contact: / - Online self-learning module in a question and answer format on child poverty. Module ends with a scenario that can be discussed in a group setting.
- Estimated time to complete: 30-45 minutes
- Includes tutor guide / - To learn the epidemiology of child poverty in Quebec and Canada
- To appreciate the impact of poverty on children’s health
- To name examples of public health and health care initiatives to improve the health of children living in poverty / Health of the Homeless
Health & Homelessness Reference Guide for Healthcare Providers
Digital Story Telling / Chapter 2, 8
Transcare
-Honorable mention award.
-Individual or group exercise.
-MCC Objectives:
78-7
-Languages:
English.
Authors: Tehmina Ahmad, Han Yan, Keegan Guidolin, Paul Foster, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.
Author contact:
/ - Online educational video on how healthcare professionals can improve their provision of care to transgendered individuals.
- Video duration: 7:35 minutes. / - To provide healthcare professionals with an opportunity to better understand and reflect upon the needs of the transgender community.
- To define transgender and transcare.
- To identify ways to overcome barriers to healthcare experienced by transgendered individuals. / Videos of Public Health Cases
Virtual Patient Case – Voice of the North
Hypertension Management & Advocacy / Chapter 3
Videos of Public Health Cases
-Honorable mention award.
-Tutor Guide
-Individuals or group exercise.
-MCC Objectives:
78-1, 78-5, 78-6
-Languages: English
Authors: Yoshith Dayan Perera, Umme Salma Jahan Meena, Masters of Public Health Students, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.
Contact Author:
/ - Online video featuring three cases on infectious diseases, social determinants of health, and environment and health.
- Video duration: 9:52, excluding pauses between cases for discussion.
- Tutor guide with additional resources and discussion questions available. / - To define key terms in infectious diseases including epidemiological triad, outbreak, endemic, epidemic, pandemic, and surveillance.
- To outline steps in the management of an infectious outbreak.
- To understand socio-cultural determinants of health.
- To appreciate factors that influences the health of marginalized populations.
- To appreciate the importance of collaboration and communication in the provision of public health services.
- To understand the role of environmental factors, such as global warming, on health. / Income and Social Status / Chapter 11

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