Table 2.
Global health competencies survey
| Part 1: Knowledge and Interest in Global Health and Health Equity (Self-Assessment) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| For each of the following topics, please indicate how knowledgeable you are in the topic and the level of relevance it has to your education. | |||
| Confidence Level | Not at all confident | Somewhat confident | Very confident |
| 1.1 language barriers and their adverse impact on health and health care. | |||
| 1.2 Access to health care for low income nations. | |||
| 1.3 The relationship between ethnicity and access to health care in Canada. | |||
| 1.4 Health care models that may enhance access to care. | |||
| 1.5 The relationship between income and health. | |||
| 1.6 The relationship between health literacy (the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions) and health. | |||
| 1.7 The relationship between work and health. | |||
| 1.8 Mechanisms of how socioeconomic position could impact health. | |||
| 1.9 Environmental health and socioeconomic position. | |||
| 1.10 Housing and health status. | |||
| 1.11 The relation between Food security, socioeconomic position and health. | |||
| 1.12 Health outcome discrepancies among different ethnicity, language, religion and cultural beliefs in Canada. | |||
| 1.13 Mechanisms for explaining why racial and ethnic disparities exist. | |||
| 1.14 Racial stereotyping and clinical decision making. | |||
| 1.15 Health equity (a health inequity is an avoidable difference in health between more and less advantaged social groups). | |||
| 1.16 Gender and access to health care. | |||
| 1.17 Patients characteristics (eg.gender/sex, language, religion, etc.) and access to health care. | |||
| Part 2: Global health skills self-assessment work with patients with different linguistic, educational, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds | |||||
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| Please rate how strongly you agree or disagree with each of the following statements by placing a check mark in the appropriate box. | |||||
| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree | |
| 2.1 I find it challenging to communicate effectively with my patients with different backgrounds. | |||||
| 2.2 Listening actively to patients’ concerns were challenging. | |||||
| 2.3 I am uncomfortable consulting with other health care professionals to address issues of my patients with different backgrounds. | |||||
| 2.4 Addressing team disagreements related to care for patients with different backgrounds is challenging. | |||||
| 2.5 It is challenging to provide care to patients with different backgrounds. | |||||
| 2.6 I am able to understand the perspectives of patients with different backgrounds. | |||||
| 2.7 It is challenging to discuss sensitive issues (e.g. alcohol, drugs, sexual issues, etc) with my patients with different backgrounds than my own. | |||||
| 2.8 I find it challenging to identify needs of my patients with different backgrounds. | |||||
| 2.9 I am aware of the health services available to patients with different Backgrounds. | |||||
| 2.10 I am effective in completing my clinical responsibilities when working with patients with different backgrounds. | |||||
| 2.11 Helping patients with different backgrounds to set realistic goals for their health is challenging within the time available. | |||||
| 2.12 I know how to use the expertise of other health professionals when working with my patients with different backgrounds. | |||||
| 2.13 I know how to access resources to keep up to date with global health issues. | |||||
| 2.14 I actively participate in global health activities. | |||||
| Part 3:Learners’ Needs about Global Health | ||||||
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| Please rate how important with each of the following statements by placing a check mark in the appropriate box | ||||||
| Not at all important | Somewhat important | Neutral | Important | Very important | Extremely important | |
| 3.2 Development and implementation of research and scholar activities related to global health. | ||||||
| 3.3 Health risks associated with travel and migration, with emphasis on possible risks and appropriate management, including referrals. | ||||||
| 3.4 Having peer education: student led seminars and journals clubs on global health issues. | ||||||
| 3.5 Knowledge about how travel and trade contribute to the spread of communicable diseases. | ||||||
| 3.6 Relationship between health and social determinants of health, and how social determinants vary across world regions. | ||||||
| 3.7 Cultural competency: understanding how cultural background, socioeconomic status and language barriers can influence access to care and health outcomes. | ||||||
| 3.8 Relationship between access to clean water, sanitation, and nutrition on individual and population health. | ||||||
| 3.9 Understand the relationship between health and human rights. | ||||||
| 3.10 Having a mentor for Global Health training and knowing who are the local global health champions. | ||||||
| 3.11 Having a family physician and/or nurse, occupational therapist and/or physiotherapists supervision on international electives. | ||||||
| 3.12 Have frequent feedback during the learning process related to global health competencies. | ||||||
| 3.13 Have clinical rotations that enable work with disadvantaged or marginalized populations either domestically or internationally. | ||||||
| 3.14 Have a learning guide to help develop and self-evaluate personal global Health competencies. | ||||||
| 3.15 Have training in the social determinants of health and the health issues associated with poverty. | ||||||
| 3.16 Knowledge about how global health institutions (eg. WHO, other United Nations agencies, global institutions) influence health in different world regions through funding and policy. | ||||||
| Part 4. About you |
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| 4.1 In which program are you involved in? |
| ( ) Family medicine residency |
| ( ) Nursing |
| ( ) Physiotherapy |
| ( ) Occupational therapy |
| 4.2 In which university are you taking your program? |
| ( ) University of Ottawa |
| ( ) University of Toronto |
| ( ) McMaster University |
| ( ) Western Ontario University |
| ( ) Queen’s University |
| 4.3. Are you male or female? |
| ( ) Male |
| ( ) Female |
| 4.4 What is your age? |
| _____ years |
| 4.5 In what country were you born? |
| ( ) Canada |
| ( ) United States |
| ( ) United Kingdom |
| ( ) Germany |
| ( ) Italy |
| ( ) Poland |
| ( ) Portugal |
| ( ) China People’s Republic |
| ( ) Hong Kong |
| ( ) India |
| ( ) Philippines |
| ( ) Vietnam |
| ( ) Other, Please specify:______ |
| 4.6 People living in Canada come from many different cultural and racial backgrounds. Are you: (Mark all that apply.) |
| ( ) White |
| ( ) Chinese |
| ( ) South Asian (eg. East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.) |
| ( ) Black |
| ( ) Filipino |
| ( ) Latin American |
| ( ) Arab |
| ( ) Japanese |
| ( ) Southeast Asian (e.g. Cambodian, Indonesian, Laotian, Vietnamese, etc.) |
| ( ) West Asian (e.g., Afghan, Iranian, etc.) |
| ( ) Korean |
| ( ) Aboriginal Peoples of North America (North American Indian, Métis, Inuit) |
| ( ) Other, please specify: ___________________ |
| 4.7 What is the approximate average annual income of your parents/guardians? |
| ( ) $20,000orless |
| ( ) $20,001to$30,000 |
| ( ) $30,001to$40,000 |
| ( ) $40,001to$50,000 |
| ( ) $50,001to$60,000 |
| ( ) $60,001to$70,000 |
| ( ) $70,001to$80,000 |
| ( ) $80,001to$90,000 |
| ( ) $90,001to$100,000 |
| ( ) $100,001ormore |
| ( ) Don’t know |