Financial support has been provided to the Royal College of Physicians as a grant from Pfizer Ltd.
This is a two part series: Part 1: Dr Ruw Abeyratne, Dr Katie Malbon and Dr Aicha Bouraoui discuss how enhanced training in the social determinants of health can help medics and other healthcare professionals provide more inclusive, patient-centred care. They also discuss what tools are needed to continue their development. Part 2: In this session, two trainees and a medical student discuss health inequalities in the context of their training. They talk about current educational practices and how the next generation of healthcare professionals will undergo generalist training.
Speakers
A consultant paediatrician and clinical director at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust.
A clinical research fellow in adolescent rheumatology and an ST7 in rheumatology and general internal medicine.
Ruw is a consultant in geriatric and general medicine. She is University Hospitals of Leicester's (UHL) director of health equality and inclusion and is accountable for the trust’s approach to understanding and addressing health inequalities within the local population. This includes improving access to elective and non-elective care, ensuring that restoration of services is inclusive and equitable.
Dr Ruw Abeyratne, Dr Katie Malbon and Dr Aicha Bouraoui discuss how enhanced training in the social determinants of health can help medics and other healthcare professionals provide more inclusive, patient-centred care. They also discuss what tools are needed to continue their development.
Speakers
Rosie – London, with interests in health inequalities, adolescent health, and safeguarding.
A final-year medical student at St. George’s University in South London. Particularly engaged in curriculum development and student-led initiatives related to social determinants of health.
A junior doctor with a medical degree from Barts and the London. He shares insights from both academic and early clinical perspectives.
Part 2: In this session, two trainees and a medical student discuss health inequalities in the context of their training. They talk about current educational practices and how the next generation of healthcare professionals will undergo generalist training.
