Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series

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

doi:10.36834/cmej.73640

Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series

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Courtney Hardy University of Toronto
Mary Ellene Boulos McMaster University
Sehjal Bhargava University of Saskatchewan
Liam A Cooper-Brown McGill University
Montana Hackett Western University
Jessica Hearn Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
Elizabeth Rowe Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
Justin Shapiro University of Toronto
Jason Speidel University of British Columbia
Amelia Srajer University of Calgary
Shazeen Suleman Unity Health Toronto

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https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.73640

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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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2022-04-16

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Hardy C, Boulos ME, Bhargava S, Cooper-Brown LA, Hackett M, Hearn J, Rowe E, Shapiro J, Speidel J, Srajer A, Suleman S. Longitudinal advocacy training for medical students: a virtual workshop series. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2022 Apr. 16 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];13(3):67-9. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/73640

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Vol. 13 No. 3 (2022): and Special Issue on Change in Medical Education

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