LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Overall objective
to understand the origins,
economics, politics, and challenges of Canada's Health Care System
MONDAY
History of Canada's Healthcare System: The Beginnings
Dr. J. Duffin
Students
will understand the historical development of the following:
- The Saskatchewan initiatives agrarian socialism,
and leaders T.C. Douglas, and Henry Sigerist
- Doctors' strikes
- Royal Commission on Health Care Emmett Hall
1964
- Implementing Canadian Medicare, 1966-1977: A National
System or Political Nightmare?
- Health Politics: Cost containment, the Canada Health
Act and Medicare in "Crisis", 1980-2000
- Competing definitions of health
- Health Promotion: From Lalonde (1974) to Epp (1986)
and beyond
Family Medicine and Sexual
Health Dr. Susan Phillips
By the
end of this session students will:
- be able to offer several examples of primary care
- know where family physicians fit in the Canadian
Health Care System
- be able to debate the merits of increasing the ratio
of primary care providers to specialists health care system
- know what one factor is most likely to determine
whether people are healthy or not
TUESDAY
Health and Public Policy
in Canada Prof. John Dorland
Students
will understand:
·
The political/economic
foundation of the Canadian health system
·
economic aspects
of decision making with no markets (superficial look at cost-benefit,
cost-effectiveness, QALYs and more);
·
current issues
and directions
Costs and Consequences
Prof. John Dorland
Students will
understand
·
costs of the Canadian
system, in comparison to other national systems;
·
distributional
effects of the Canadian system, with respect to economic burden
and benefits.
The
Community Health Centre Model of Primary Care Delivery in Canada
Laurie French
This session will provide students with a brief overview of the Community Health Care sector to understand:
αΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ the structure of Community Care Access Centres in the context of Ontario, and contrasted with other provincial models
αΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ the system partnerships and organizations that exist to support clients who may receive in-home professional and personal supports to live independently; Information and Referral services; access to Long-term Care Home placement and waitlist management; and School Health Support Services
αΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ how community care plays a critical role along the health care system continuum of services.
WEDNESDAY
Bioethics in Canada
Prof. Cheryl Cline
By the end of the session the student
will
- Understand how Canadian
ethics and law treat issues such as stem cell research, abortion,
assisted suicide and euthanasia, surrogacy
- Be become acquainted with some landmark Canadian ethical and legal cases and thereasoning involved in their resolution
Palliative Care in Canada - Prof Josh Shadd
During this session we willΙ
- Explore how the unique history, philosophy and clinical realities of palliative care create challenges for policymakers.
- Contrast the systems & resources to support patients at the end of life in three disparate Canadian communities.
THURSDAY
Mental Health Issues in
Canada -- Dr. Leslie Flynn et al
This session
will provide an overview of intellectual disability within the mental health system in Canada. At the close
of the session, participants will be able to explain:
- the place of intellectual disability in Canadian public policy
- the place of intellectual disability in Ontario's heath system
- what happens locally at Ongwanada.
- what is an intellectual disability
FRIDAY
Aboriginal Health Dr. Michael Green
- a greater understanding of issues
relating to Aboriginal health
Population Health
Dr. Ian Gemmill
By the end of this session,
students will have a greater understanding of:
- how Public Health
has evolved nationally and some of the people, papers and
policies that have influenced Public Health practice in the new
millennium
- the local picture of
Public Health: the structure, the mandate, the issues, and the
vision
- why Public Health
is an important part of the health care system, in preventing
disease and promoting health.
Wrap up
- Post
quiz
- Course
evaluation