7.5.4 Promotion

Promote the health of individual patients, communities, and populations
  1. Describe an approach to implementing a change in a determinant of health of the populations they serve
  2. Describe how public policy impacts on the health of the populations served
  3. Identify points of influence in the healthcare system and its structure
  4. Describe the ethical and professional issues inherent in health advocacy, including altruism, social justice, autonomy, integrity and idealism
  5. Appreciate the possibility of conflict inherent in their role as a health advocate for a patient or community with that of manager or gatekeeper
  6. Describe the role of the medical profession in advocating collectively for health and patient safety