Western Public Health Casebook 2021: Cases from the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health

Authors

Regna Darnell (ed)
Western University
Shannon L. Sibbald (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 and 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 to a similar extent 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, often with incomplete and inaccurate data.

Chapters

  • Preface
    Amardeep Thind
    PDF
  • Acknowledgements
    Regna Darnell, Shannon L. Sibbald
    PDF
  • Introduction
    Case teaching when case counts are rising: Teaching online using cases during a global pandemic
    Regna Darnell, Shannon L. Sibbald
    PDF
  • CASE 1
    Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care: Implementing New Technology into Existing Systems
    Ravninder Bahniwal, Amanda Terry, Daniel J. Lizotte
    PDF
  • CASE 2
    The Silent Epidemic of Gender Inequality in Rwandan Refugee Camps
    Amardeep Thind, Maame Takyiwa Barnes, Josephine Aimee Utuza, Lloy Wylie
    PDF
  • CASE 3
    Melcom and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Working Toward a Resilient Food Business Industry
    Shannon L. Sibbald, Ama Owusu Boamah, Jason Gilliland, Alexander Wray
    PDF
  • CASE 4
    Journeying Together—Unlearning is the New Learning
    Shannon L. Sibbald, Annette Chrzaniecki, Yoshith Perera
    PDF
  • CASE 5
    A Stakeholder Analysis: Developing an Indigenous-Specific Intercultural Competency Training Module (Part A)
    Andrea Dafel, Mark Speechley, Nitin Mohan, Danielle Alcock
    PDF
  • CASE 6
    A Rapid Risk Assessment Tool: Determining the Risk of New/Emerging/Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Canada
    Regna Darnell, Christina Di Carlo, Rukshanda Ahmad, Julie Thériault
    PDF
  • CASE 7
    Implementation Research: A Strategy for Developing Indigenous-Specific Intercultural Competency Training Programs (Part B)
    Mark Speechley, Nitin Mohan, Danielle Alcock, Eshana Ghuman
    PDF
  • CASE 8
    Case Attribution for COVID-19: Who Counts What?
    Rukshanda Ahmad, Julie Thériault, Anam Khan, Dorcas Taylor, Gerald McKinley
    PDF
  • CASE 9
    Gun Violence: A Public Health Issue?
    Shannon L. Sibbald, Tiffany Kwan, Brandy Tanenbaum
    PDF
  • CASE 10
    Lost in Translation: Developing Strategies for Indigenous People who have Cancer, Limited English Proficiency, and Limited Health Literacy
    Amardeep Thind, Hillary Martin, Janet Papadakos
    PDF
  • CASE 11
    Evaluating a Public Health Program for Continuous Quality Improvement: Options and Methods in a Time of Pandemic
    Gerald McKinley, Adeola Oyelade, David Pavletic
    PDF
  • CASE 12
    Eyes on the Supplies: Improving Canada’s National Emergency Stockpile System (NESS)
    Amardeep Thind, Abbas Rizvi, Mark Gera
    PDF
  • CASE 13
    From Bench to Classroom: Knowledge Translation in School Mental Health Initiatives
    Gerald McKinley, Tess Wishart
    PDF
  • CASE 14
    Hiring a Competent Health Promoter: Can Competency Statements Help?
    Shannon L. Sibbald, Natalie Dupuis-Blanchfield
    PDF
  • CASE 15
    When the Midnight Train is the First of Many: Dealing with Irregular and Unsafe Railway Crossings in the City of London
    Shannon L. Sibbald
    PDF

Author Biographies

Regna Darnell, Western University

Distinguished University Professor
Department of Anthropology
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health
Western University
London, Canada

Shannon L. Sibbald, Western University

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

Amardeep Thind, Western University

Director
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health

Ravninder Bahniwal, Western University

BSc (Hon), MPH (Class of 2020)

Amanda Terry, Western University

PhD (Associate Professor, Western University)

Daniel J. Lizotte, Western University

PhD (Associate Professor, Western University)

Maame Takyiwa Barnes, Western University

BSc, MBChB, MPH (Class of 2020)

Josephine Aimee Utuza, Rwanda Health Equity Action Research Team

BSc, MPH (Supervisor, Rwanda Health Equity Action Research Team)

Lloy Wylie, Western University

PhD (Associate Professor, Western University)

Ama Owusu Boamah, Western University

BHSc, MPH (Class of 2020)

Jason Gilliland, Human Environments Analysis Laboratory

PhD (Director, Human Environments Analysis Laboratory)

Alexander Wray, Western University

MA (PhD Candidate, Western University)

Annette Chrzaniecki, Western University

B.ASc, MPH (Class of 2020)

Yoshith Perera, Moyo Health and Community Services

MBBS, MPH (Manager, Moyo Health and Community Services)

Andrea Dafel, Western University

MPH (Class of 2020)

Mark Speechley, Western University

PhD (Professor, Western University)

Nitin Mohan, Western University

MD, MPH (Assistant Professor, Western University)

Danielle Alcock, Western University

PhD (Assistant Professor, Western University)

Christina Di Carlo, Western University

BScH, MPH (Class of 2020)

Rukshanda Ahmad, Public Health Agency of Canada

MBBS, MHA (Medical Advisor, Public Health Agency of Canada)

Julie Thériault, Public Health Agency of Canada

RN, BScN, MScPH (Nurse Consultant, Public Health Agency of Canada)

Eshana Ghuman, Western University

MPH (Class of 2020)

Anam Khan, Western University

MPH (Class of 2020)

Dorcas Taylor, Public Health Agency of Canada

BA, BSc, MSc (Acting Director, Surveillance and Epidemiology, Public Health Agency of Canada)

Gerald McKinley, Western University

PhD (Assistant Professor, Western University)

Tiffany Kwan, Western University

RN, BScN, MPH (Class of 2020)

Brandy Tanenbaum, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

HBA, MPH (Coordinator, Centre for Injury Prevention,  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Hillary Martin, Western University

BA, MPH (Class of 2020)

Janet Papadakos, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

PhD, MEd (Co-Director, Cancer Health Literacy Research Centre, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)

Adeola Oyelade, Western University

MSc, MBA, MPH (Class of 2020)

David Pavletic, Middlesex-London Health Unit

MPH, CPHI(C). Manager, Food Safety and Healthy Environments, Middlesex-London Health Unit

Abbas Rizvi, Western University

BScH, MPH (Class of 2020)

Mark Gera, ETIO Public Health Consultants

MPH (Partner, ETIO Public Health Consultants)

Tess Wishart, Western University

BHSc, MPH (Class of 2020)

Natalie Dupuis-Blanchfield, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit

MPH (Community Health Promoter, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit)

Cover of Western Public Health Casebook 2021: Cases from the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health. The design features a white background with the title in large purple text at the top. Below the title is a collage of classroom photographs showing graduates from the MPH Class of 2020 working and collaborating in group learning settings. Schulich Medicine & Dentistry and Western University logos appear at the bottom.

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Published

January 1, 2021

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Western Public Health Casebook
Copyright (c) 2021 Regna Darnell, Shannon L. Sibbald; Amardeep Thind; Ravninder Bahniwal, Amanda Terry, Daniel J. Lizotte, Maame Takyiwa Barnes, Josephine Aimee Utuza, Lloy Wylie, Ama Owusu Boamah, Jason Gilliland, Alexander Wray, Annette Chrzaniecki, Yoshith Perera, Andrea Dafel, Mark Speechley, Nitin Mohan, Danielle Alcock, Christina Di Carlo, Rukshanda Ahmad, Julie Thériault, Eshana Ghuman, Anam Khan, Dorcas Taylor, Gerald McKinley, Tiffany Kwan, Brandy Tanenbaum, Hillary Martin, Janet Papadakos, Adeola Oyelade, David Pavletic, Abbas Rizvi, Mark Gera, Tess Wishart, Natalie Dupuis-Blanchfield

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