Maine Rural Healthcare Education Grand Rounds
Structural Competency and Migrant Farmworker Health
Files
Video
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
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
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.