Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series
Implication Statement Advocacy curricula in Canadian medical schools vary significantly. Expert-led, interactive workshops can effectively teach students how to address social determinants of health and advocate for patients. The Longitudinal Advocacy Training Series (LATS) is a free-of-charge, v...
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Canadian Medical Education Journal
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author | Courtney Hardy Mary Ellene Boulos Sehjal Bhargava Liam A Cooper-Brown Montana Hackett Jessica Hearn Elizabeth Rowe Justin Shapiro Jason Speidel Amelia Srajer Shazeen Suleman |
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Implication Statement
Advocacy curricula in Canadian medical schools vary significantly. Expert-led, interactive workshops can effectively teach students how to address social determinants of health and advocate for patients. The Longitudinal Advocacy Training Series (LATS) is a free-of-charge, virtual program providing advocacy training created for Canadian medical students by students. The program was straightforward to implement and had high participation rates with 1140 participants representing 9.7% of enrolled Canadian medical students. As well, the program had high satisfaction reported by 87.6% of participants. The LATS toolkit enables health professional programs to develop similar programs for empowering effective health advocates.
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spelling | doaj.art-a265ddec19c443ffbd42048fe8a88bf52022-12-22T01:50:31ZengCanadian Medical Education JournalCanadian Medical Education Journal1923-12022022-04-0110.36834/cmej.73640Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop seriesCourtney Hardy0Mary Ellene Boulos1Sehjal Bhargava2Liam A Cooper-Brown3Montana Hackett4Jessica Hearn5Elizabeth Rowe6Justin Shapiro7Jason Speidel8Amelia Srajer9Shazeen Suleman10University of TorontoMcMaster UniversityUniversity of SaskatchewanMcGill UniversityWestern UniversityMemorial University of Newfoundland and LabradorMemorial University of Newfoundland and LabradorUniversity of TorontoUniversity of British Columbia University of CalgaryUnity Health Toronto Implication Statement Advocacy curricula in Canadian medical schools vary significantly. Expert-led, interactive workshops can effectively teach students how to address social determinants of health and advocate for patients. The Longitudinal Advocacy Training Series (LATS) is a free-of-charge, virtual program providing advocacy training created for Canadian medical students by students. The program was straightforward to implement and had high participation rates with 1140 participants representing 9.7% of enrolled Canadian medical students. As well, the program had high satisfaction reported by 87.6% of participants. The LATS toolkit enables health professional programs to develop similar programs for empowering effective health advocates. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/73640 |
spellingShingle | Courtney Hardy Mary Ellene Boulos Sehjal Bhargava Liam A Cooper-Brown Montana Hackett Jessica Hearn Elizabeth Rowe Justin Shapiro Jason Speidel Amelia Srajer Shazeen Suleman Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series Canadian Medical Education Journal |
title | Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series |
title_full | Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series |
title_fullStr | Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series |
title_full_unstemmed | Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series |
title_short | Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series |
title_sort | longitudinal advocacy training for medical students a virtual workshop series |
url | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/73640 |
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