Structural Competency and Migrant Farmworker Health

Authors

Cheryl K. Seymour MD, Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency
MERGE Collaborative

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Description

This 30-minute virtual session will introduce the concept of structural competency in medical education through the example of migrant and seasonal farmworker (MSFW) health.

Participants will:

- Expand their clinical thinking to include structural causes of illness

- Define and apply structural competency as a framework using a shared vocabulary

- Explore the concepts of structural violence and structural interventions through examples from MSFW healthcare

Institution/Department

Maine Medical Center; Graduate Medical Education

Publication Date

5-10-2024

Keywords

Medical Education, Rural Health, Farmworker Health, Grand Rounds, MSFW Healthcare, Structural Competency

Disciplines

Community Health | Medical Education

Comments

The ME Rural GME Education (MERGE) Collaborative – a partnership with Northern Light Health, Central Maine Medical Center, Maine Medical Center and Maine-Dartmouth Family Residency Program at Maine General Hospital – will also develop faculty development for rural practitioners and a shared learning platform for an inter-disciplinary and inter-professional rural healthcare providers.

Recommended Citation

Seymour, Cheryl K. MD and MERGE Collaborative, "Structural Competency and Migrant Farmworker Health" (2024). Maine Rural Healthcare Education Grand Rounds. 5.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/merge_gr/5