BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260502T213939EDT-8154HgfANk@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260503T013939Z DESCRIPTION:It Takes a Village\n\nThe Ins and Outs of Providing Health Care and Social Support to Refugees \n\nA special panel discussion entitled Re fugee Health: Strengthening Competencies for Health Professionals kicks of f the fall Thursday Evening Learning Series (TELS) and Wednesday e-Learnin g Series (WELS) organized by the ɬŔď·¬ Faculty of Medicine’s Continuing P rofessional Development (CPD) Office. The session takes place September 13 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Go to CPD’s new website to register by August 31. \n \nSince 2015\, Canada has seen an influx of refugees and refugee claimants . Canada resettled over 52\,000 Syrians displaced by war and welcomed an e stimated 20\,000 refugee claimants who crossed into Canada from the United States. Many of these families faced considerable hardship and challenges before coming to Canada. Beyond simply needing a checkup\, many arrive in ambulatory care clinics and emergency rooms with a variety of health and social needs including infectious diseases\, post-traumatic stress disorde r\, cultural barriers\, language and literacy challenges and joblessness. Some might need legal help\, support getting children registered for schoo l\, or a referral to a food bank.\n\nMany refugees have unique health care needs\n\nThe goal of this CPD session is to improve the competency of hea lth professionals so they can confidently treat the sometimes-unique healt h care needs of refugees and refer those struggling to adjust to life in C anada to appropriate community services.\n\n“The evening is meant to help doctors and health providers understand how the system works\, what is pai d\, what is not. It will give you a better understanding of the health car e needs of patients depending on their country of origin and\, importantly \, how to work with community partners so you can address the social issue s that ultimately will impact their health and wellbeing\,” says Dr. Anne Andermann\, Associate Professor\, Department of Family Medicine and Associ ate Member in the Department of Epidemiology\, Biostatistics and Occupatio nal Health.\n\nThe course will address health screening of newcomers such as checking for infectious diseases common to their country of origin\, va ccination and mental health issues such as trauma. Attendees will also lea rn about potential cultural barriers\, for example\, refugees might be una ccustomed to speaking with an authority figure\, or a woman might defer de cisions on childcare to her husband.\n\nThe session will also look at prac tical issues such as how to get reimbursed for services from theInterim Fe deral Health Program (IFHP)\, what to do and how to refer patients without a RAMQ card or whose refugee claims have been denied\, but they are still in Canada.\n\nAddressing social issues that ultimately will impact health \n\nDr. Andermann points out that health care professionals and managers d on’t need to get to know all of the more than 3\,000 Non-Governmental Orga nizations in Montreal who are providing free health care and a myriad of o ther services. It is enough to get to know a few who will help refer patie nts to the appropriate services.\n\nSocial Medicine: advocating for patien ts and changes to health care system\n\nDr. Andermann believes the health worker’s role is to advocate for their patients and/or to advocate for cha nges to the health care system as a whole. She points to the recent effort s of Montreal Children's Hospital pediatric ER physician Samir Shaheen-Hus sain who with the support of the Quebecpro-Medicare group MĂ©decins quĂ©bĂ©co is pour le rĂ©gime public (MQRP)\, pressured the Ministry of Health and Soc ial Services to end the practice of airlifting Inuit children from Quebec’ s far North to Montreal on their own. The government recently amended the practice and now a parent orguardian can accompany their child during medi cal evacuations by plane.\n\n“I am very excited by social medicine and I t ry to get students excited too. There is so much to do to make the system supportive and the world a better place. Students and residents have a lot of energy and capacity to make change happen. Those working in the health care system also need to role model being an advocate in their clinic\, E R\, or hospital to show how it is done. On an individual level\, health ca re professionals can help a patient with low literacy fill out a form\, or they can pick up the phone to get patients an appointment so they don’t r un around in circles and get answering machines\,” she says.\n\nLearning o bjectives of the Refugee Health Panel:\n\nAt the end of this session\, par ticipants will be able to:\n\n\n Understand the distinction between immigra nts\, asylum-seekers and convention refugees\n Explain the refugee claims p rocess in Canada\, including refugee hearings and appeals\n List vaccinatio n and screening recommendations for infectious and non-communicable diseas es\n Determine when referral of patients for mental health & trauma support is warranted\n Communicate with patients to assess their current living si tuation and social support needs\n Identify various community-based resourc es for refugees in Montreal\n Engage in active listening\, create safe spac es for disclosure and provide trauma-informed care\n Recognize when and how to advocate for patient needs at an individual and population level\n Demo nstrate social accountability at the micro\, meso and macro levels\n\n\nIN TENDED AUDIENCE: This session is tailored to family doctors\, medical spec ialists\, nurses\, social workers and other allied health professionals\, as well as students in the health professions at the undergraduate and pos tgraduate levels.\n\nWHEN: Thursday\, September 13\, 2018 from 6 to 8:30 p .m.\n\nWHERE: Strathcona Building\, 3640 University Street in the Leblond Amphitheatre (M1). You can tune in via webinar as well.\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\n\n Dr. Anne Andermann\, Director Community Oriented Primary Care at ɬŔď·¬\n M s. Denise Otis\, Protection Officer\, Office of the United Nations High Co mmissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)\n Dr. Gilles de Margerie\, Clinique des dem andeurs d'asile et rĂ©fugiĂ©s (CDAR)\n Dr. Richard Oudin\, R2 in Family Medic ine\, CLSC Parc Extension\n Ms. Marianne Leaune-Welt\, Social worker\, Proj et Migrants\, MĂ©decins du Monde Canada\n Ms. Veronique Harvey\, PsychothĂ©ra peute\, RĂ©seau d'intervention auprès des personnes ayant subi la violence organisĂ©e (RIVO)\n Mr. John Docherty\, Founder and Coordinator\, RIVO\n Laur en Kay\, medical student\n\n\nCOST: Registration is free for Faculty of Me dicine undergraduate and graduate students\n\nas well as students from the Schools of Nursing\, Social Work\, Physical and Occupational Therapy and Communication Sciences and Disorders. For students: When registering for t his free session\, select the September 13 date only. You must show your s tudent ID to be admitted. \n\nThe cost of registration varies for physicia ns and other health professionals.\n\nRegister now for this single session or for the entire TELS or WELS series. Check out the over 70 courses that span 12 different disciplines. REGISTER ONLINE BEFORE AUGUST 31\, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. \n\nFOR MORE INFORMATION/QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SESSION OR ABOUT TELS AND WELS:\n\nTel: (514) 398-4797\n\nEmail: cpdadmincoor.med [at] mcgi ll.ca\n\nWebsite: http://cpd.mcgill.ca\n DTSTART:20180913T220000Z DTEND:20180914T003000Z LOCATION:Leblond Amphitheatre (MI\, Strathcona Music Building\, CA\, QC\, M ontreal\, H3A 1E3\, 555 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:It Takes a Village: The Ins and Outs of Providing Health Care and S ocial Support to Refugees URL:/spot/channels/event/it-takes-village-ins-and-outs -providing-health-care-and-social-support-refugees-288922 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR