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Interdisciplinary Program Designed To Prepare Student Health Professionals For The Cultural Aspects Affecting Medical Service Develivery In Rural Areas, Denise G. Bender, Brett R. Braziel
Interdisciplinary Program Designed To Prepare Student Health Professionals For The Cultural Aspects Affecting Medical Service Develivery In Rural Areas, Denise G. Bender, Brett R. Braziel
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Minorities are significantly underrepresented in the medical professions as compared to the US population as a whole. This discrepancy highlights the need to prepare students to practice in a culturally competent manner. This is especially true for those students who plan to practice in rural areas. Rural practice requires not only the skill of cultural competence, but also the ability to work with other disciplines as part of a team, due to the shortage of health professionals. This article outlines a month-long clinical rotation developed by the health professions programs in Oklahoma and funded through a grant to Oklahoma’s Area …
Changing Attitudes - Health Sciences Students Working Together., Elizabeth A. Taylor, David Cook, Rosemarie Cunnigham, Sharla King, Jan Pimlott
Changing Attitudes - Health Sciences Students Working Together., Elizabeth A. Taylor, David Cook, Rosemarie Cunnigham, Sharla King, Jan Pimlott
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Is it possible to alter limiting stereotypic attitudes of health professionals toward each other? Perhaps a first step might be an undergraduate interdisciplinary course that brings students from different faculties together to work on scenarios of common interest? The Inter-professional Health Development, Education & Activities Group (IHDEA) at the University of Alberta believe that their innovative INTD 410 course addresses the goal of changing attitudes. Over a five-week period, more than 700 students attend this required course. They are supported by some fifty facilitators who are drawn from the community and from six different university faculties. Students interact in small …
Financing Smoking Related Illness And Smoking Cessation In The United States: Can It Be Done?, Thomas G. Parish
Financing Smoking Related Illness And Smoking Cessation In The United States: Can It Be Done?, Thomas G. Parish
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
A review of the literature was undertaken, exploring the tremendous economic burden that cigarette smoking places on the United States. The cost of medical care and lost productivity related to smoking is conservatively estimated to be $150 billion. These costs to smokers and non-smokers alike are funded at the state and national levels. The literature supports the idea that the single most important barrier to smoking cessation is the cost of medications and smoking cessation programs. In this article, it is proposed that millions of smokers could be assisted to quit by federal government intervention alone. A federal tax on …