ABSTRACT
In recent years, health disparity has become more obvious and people from diverse backgrounds suffer from various kinds of problems. It is crucial to foster doctors who can respond to social needs. I participated in a five-week elective course during his 3rd year of Juntendo University School of Medicine (2015). The course focused on health inequity and social determinants of health (SDH). As a student, I found it extremely important for medical students to learn about SDH. In this report, I will share my experiences as a junior doctor to reflect on what I learned then and how that affects my practice.
ABSTRACT
In the Model Core Curriculum for Medical Education revised in 2016, the aim to teach "social determinants of health (SDH) " appeared for the first time. In times of social disparity, socio-economic conditions, including unemployment and low income, sometimes discourage people from doing follow up visits to the clinic due to the copay. This happens despite the universal coverage of health insurance. The socio-cultural environment also affects individual health. For example, the sexual minority suffers from depression and suicidal risk due to prejudice in our society. The WHO states that SDH are mostly responsible for health inequities and should be tackled by health professionals. In this article, we discuss why we should teach medical students SDH and how we could implement the program to an already overloaded curricula.
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The scope of health literacy demanded of the present day health services user is broad. Enhancing physician skills consists of improving on 6 things : Recognise and assist patients with low literacy to overcome their information handling problems ; Improve usability of health information ; Improve the usability of health services ; Build knowledge to improve health decision making ; Advocate for health literacy in your organisation ; and Learn more about health literacy.
ABSTRACT
Academician Zhong Nanshan advocates to broad scientific and technical workers nationwide five spirits which should be upheld in scientific research:first,scientific and technical workers should love their homeland;second,they should respect and promote science;third,they should advocate innovation;fourth,they should respect and stick to honesty;and fifth,they should advocate the spirit of cooperation.