The new framework advises medical school instructors to develop a global health curriculum that emphasizes cross-cultural competencies and a patient-centred approach.
‘Midwives have a lot to offer,’ says the program’s director, ‘and they’re underutilized in Canada compared to in other countries.’
But many are also seeing an influx of applications, and renewed interest from provincial governments to expand programs.
Many of the programs being pursued that teach more applied skills are ones that universities could provide but choose not to.
Additional country-wide lab infrastructure and training capacity will allow researchers to be ‘ready to go.’
Intimate partner violence, families with young children, people with disabilities and Indigenous mental health are among the many areas under investigation.
Public health communicators, they say, need to show humility, admit what they don’t know, and most importantly foster a two-way dialogue.
They’ll alert you if you’ve been in close contact with an infected individual, explains U of T’s Emily Seto, but there remain many challenges to their widespread adoption.
Universities across the country are tweaking their admissions processes to attract students from less-privileged backgrounds.
The ban on Black students studying medicine was in effect for decades, then forgotten, and wasn’t officially repealed until just two years ago.
A Q&A with University of Toronto public health expert Ross Upshur.
