Western Public Health Casebook 2019: Cases from the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health

Authors

Shannon L. Sibbald (ed)
Western University
Gerald McKinley (ed)
Western University

Synopsis

The Master of Public Health Program (MPH) at Western University is a 12 month full-time program that incorporates a 12-week practicum. The MPH Program curriculum includes innovations such as case-method learning, Brown Bag seminars, Integrative Workshops, field trips and career counselling. The Brown Bag seminars allow the students to hear from, interact and network with practitioners from the field. The faculty of the MPH Program are drawn from various Faculties across campus, and represent a broad range of disciplines pertinent to public health.

Western’s MPH Program relies extensively on the case based/experiential method of learning. The Program aims to deliver 60% of pedagogic material using the case-based approach – a unique feature not found in other MPH Programs worldwide. The case method of learning is not about the traditional lecture-style classroom setting, but is about the student being an active part of the learning experience, which means learning by doing. It introduces complex and often ambiguous real-world scenarios into the classroom, forcing students to think and make decisions sometimes with incomplete and inaccurate data.

Chapters

  • Preface
    Amardeep Thind
    PDF
  • Acknowledgements
    Shannon L. Sibbald, Gerald McKinley
    PDF
  • Introduction
    Contributing to the Development of the Next Generation of Public Health Professionals: A Preceptor’s Perspective
    Michel P. Deilgat
    PDF
  • CASE 1
    Vanishing Volunteers: The Use of Implementation Research to Improve Support for Community Drug Distributors in Côte d’Ivoire
    Daniel Dilliott, Alison Krentel, Mark Speechley
    PDF
  • CASE 2
    Hurricanes and Health: A Systems Thinking Approach to Understanding Complexity and Context
    Vendela Edmonds, Leonardo Hernandez, Regna Darnell, Charles Trick
    PDF
  • CASE 3
    The Missing Four Million: Working to Increase the Case Finding Rate for People With TB
    Shannon L. Sibbald, Ashley Fantauzzi, Taryn Russell
    PDF
  • CASE 4
    Combatting the Opioid Crisis: Expanding Naloxone Kit Distribution to Niagara Health Emergency Departments
    Amardeep Thind, Kate Harold, Nina Jain-Sheehan
    PDF
  • CASE 5
    Active Schools: A Method to Combat Sedentary Behaviour?
    Gerald McKinley, Tierra Hohn, Lesley James
    PDF
  • CASE 6
    AQCESS: Access to Quality Care through Extending and Strengthening Health Systems
    Amardeep Thind, Rukhsar Jetha, Rachel Pell, Fawad Akbari
    PDF
  • CASE 7
    Population Health Surveillance in Finland: Threats to Historically Dependable Surveillance Methodology
    Kristia Maatta, Katja Borodulin, Ava John-Baptiste
    PDF
  • CASE 8
    Reaching the Hard-to-Reach: Conducting Research on Elder Abuse in Toronto’s Arab Community
    Amardeep Thind, Matthew Maelzer, Sepali Guruge
    PDF
  • CASE 9
    Achieving Health Equity in Ontario: Increasing Capacity for Relationship Building with Indigenous Communities
    Ryan McConnell, Lloy Wylie
    PDF
  • CASE 10
    Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities: Reducing Secondary School Non-Completion and its Associated Health Disparities
    Gerald McKinley, Avery Prince, Mary-Liz Warwick, Wendy Larouche
    PDF
  • CASE 11
    Crypto Climate Creep: The Movement of Tropical Infectious Disease to the Arctic
    Mark Speechley, Sukhmeet Singh Sachal, Michel Deilgat
    PDF
  • CASE 12
    Policy Window – When Lyme is in the Limelight
    Amardeep Thind, Shahzadi Zain, Michel Deilgat
    PDF
  • CASE 13
    Sustainable mHealth Innovations – Repurposing The Collective Comfort Pilot Project
    Shannon L. Sibbald, Julie Zasada, Andrew Johnson
    PDF
  • CASE 14
    Development of an Electronic Health Record Strategy at the Glenburn Public Health Unit
    Shannon L. Sibbald, J. Ross Graham, Daniel J. Lizotte
    PDF

Author Biographies

Shannon L. Sibbald, Western University

Assistant Professor
School of Health Studies
Department of Family Medicine
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health
Western University
London, Canada

Gerald McKinley, Western University

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health
Western University
London, Canada

Amardeep Thind, Western University

Director
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health

Michel P. Deilgat, Public Health Agency of Canada

CD, BA, MD, MPA, MEd, MIS (candidate), CCPE
Medical Advisor, Health Professional Guidance Unit
Centre for Food-borne, Environmental, and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch
Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Daniel Dilliott

BMSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Alison Krentel, University of Ottawa

MScPH, PhD (Investigator, Bruyère Research Institute and Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa)

Mark Speechley, Western University

PhD (Professor, Western University)

Vendela Edmonds, Western University

BSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Leonardo Hernandez, Department of Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief

MD (Chief (ai) Emergency Operations Unit, Department of Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief, PAHO)

Regna Darnell, Western University

PhD (Professor, Western University)

Charles Trick, Western University

PhD (Professor, Western University)

Ashley Fantauzzi, Western University

BASc, Pg. Cert. GBM, MPH (Class of 2018)

Taryn Russell, RESULTS Canada

Campaigns Director, RESULTS Canada

Kate Harold, Western University

BA, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Nina Jain-Sheehan, Niagara Health

BSc (Senior Quality & Patient Safety Specialist, Niagara Health)

Tierra Hohn, Western University

BPAPM, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Lesley James, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

MPH, DrPH (c). (Senior Manager, Health Policy, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada)

Rukhsar Jetha, Western University

BHSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Rachel Pell, Aga Khan Foundation Canada

BA, MSc (Program Manager, Health, Aga Khan Foundation Canada)

Fawad Akbari, Aga Khan Foundation Canada

MD, MPH (Senior Program Manager, Health, Aga Khan Foundation Canada)

Kristia Maatta, Western University

BSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Katja Borodulin, National Institute for Health and Welfare

PhD (National Institute for Health and Welfare)

Ava John-Baptiste, Western University

PhD (Assistant Professor, Western University)

Matthew Maelzer, Western University

BSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Sepali Guruge, Ryerson University

RN, PhD (Professor and Research Chair in Urban Health, Co-Director, Centre for Global Health and Health Equity, Ryerson University)

Ryan McConnell, Western University

BPHE, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Lloy Wylie, Western University

PhD (Assistant Professor, Western University)

Avery Prince, Western University

BPHE, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Mary-Liz Warwick, The Learning Disabilities Association of Sudbury & the Northern Ontario for Learning Differences

BA, MA (c) (Executive Director, The Learning Disabilities Association of Sudbury & the Northern Ontario for Learning Differences)

Wendy Larouche, Learning Disabilities Associate of Sudbury

Resource Facilitator and Community Outreach, Learning Disabilities Associate of Sudbury

Sukhmeet Singh Sachal, Western University

BSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Michel Deilgat, Public Health Agency of Canada

MD (Medical Advisor, Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada)

Shahzadi Zain, Western University

BSc, MBBS, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Michel Deilgat, Public Health Agency of Canada

MD (Medical Advisor, Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada)

Julie Zasada, Western University

BHSc, MPH (MPH Class of 2018)

Andrew Johnson, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Manager, Patient and Family Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

J. Ross Graham, Regional Municipality of Waterloo

MSc, MPA (Manager, Strategic & Quality Initiatives, Community Services Department, Regional Municipality of Waterloo)

Daniel J. Lizotte, Western University

PhD (Assistant Professor, Western University)

Front cover of Western Public Health Casebook 2019 on a purple background, featuring the subtitle “Cases from the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health.” A horizontal collage of photos shows MPH Class of 2018 graduates engaged in classroom, discussion, and collaborative activities. Logos for Schulich Medicine & Dentistry and Western appear at the bottom.

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Published

January 1, 2019

Series

Western Public Health Casebook
Copyright (c) 2019 Shannon L. Sibbald, Gerald McKinley; Amardeep Thind, Michel P. Deilgat, Daniel Dilliott, Alison Krentel, Mark Speechley, Vendela Edmonds, Leonardo Hernandez, Regna Darnell, Charles Trick, Ashley Fantauzzi, Taryn Russell, Kate Harold, Nina Jain-Sheehan, Tierra Hohn, Lesley James, Rukhsar Jetha, Rachel Pell, Fawad Akbari, Kristia Maatta, Katja Borodulin, Ava John-Baptiste, Matthew Maelzer, Sepali Guruge, Ryan McConnell, Lloy Wylie, Avery Prince, Mary-Liz Warwick, Wendy Larouche, Sukhmeet Singh Sachal, Michel Deilgat, Shahzadi Zain, Michel Deilgat, Julie Zasada, Andrew Johnson, J. Ross Graham, Daniel J. Lizotte

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