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The role of medical students’ training and community placement as a tool to enhance medical education in Canada Jozaghi, Ehsan; Yake, Kevin; Maynard, Russ; Blyth, Sarah

Abstract

We are currently witnessing unprecedented crises on an international scale linked to synthetic opioid overdose fatalities. While most governments and health policy makers have focused mainly on combating the current crises through harm reduction strategies, little focus has been given to the role and training of future doctors in evidence-based practices of harm reduction and addiction medicine. Therefore, enhancing medical student’s training in the implementation of addiction medicine, and the establishment (or expansion) of medical students, residents and post-fellows’ community placement—via partnerships with organizations that provide specialized care to patients struggling with mental health and addiction—would strongly improve the health and well-being of marginalized populations.

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The role of medical students’ training and community placement as a tool to enhance medical education in Canada
Creator
Jozaghi, Ehsan; Yake, Kevin; Maynard, Russ; Blyth, Sarah
Contributor
BC Centre for Disease Control
Date Issued
2018-08-30
Description
We are currently witnessing unprecedented crises on an international scale linked to synthetic opioid overdose fatalities. While most governments and health policy makers have focused mainly on combating the current crises through harm reduction strategies, little focus has been given to the role and training of future doctors in evidence-based practices of harm reduction and addiction medicine. Therefore, enhancing medical student’s training in the implementation of addiction medicine, and the establishment (or expansion) of medical students, residents and post-fellows’ community placement—via partnerships with organizations that provide specialized care to patients struggling with mental health and addiction—would strongly improve the health and well-being of marginalized populations.
Geographic Location
Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)
Genre
Article; Postprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-08-30
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0373098
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/67704
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Citation
Jozaghi, E., Yake, K., Maynard, R., & Blyth, S. (2018). The role of medical students’ training and community placement as a tool to enhance medical education in Canada. Journal of Substance Use, in press.
Publisher DOI
10.1080/14659891.2018.1510051
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Postdoctoral; Other
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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