Topic outline

  • Course Content

    This course takes approximately 90 minutes to complete. This Self-Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for 1.5 Mainpro+ credits.

    Course Learnings

    By the time you complete this course, you will be able to understand:

    • The health landscape of Indigenous people
    • Strategies to reduce mortality 
    • Challenges to the coordination of care
    • Transportation and geographical issues and challenges

    Interactivity Guide          

    To enhance your learning experience and to help you reflect on the learnings in this course, please print or download the Interactivity Guide found at the beginning of the course activities and answer the questions as you complete each chapter in this course. Once you have completed the course, compare your answers to the Interactivity Guide Answer Key found at the end of the course activities.

    Pre-Reflective Question

    Reflect on your personal experiences:

    • As you go through the course, think about your clinical practice or your experience with the healthcare system. What challenges do people experience every day with timely access to care, transportation to and from medical appointments, communication issues, and providing support for friends and family going through a medical "scare". Now think about the magnitude of these challenges when trying to access health care services from a geographically isolated community, with English as a second language, support networks left behind and minimal prior contact with the medical system, including limited access to educational information and primary care providers. For many Indigenous people, this is their reality when accessing cancer (and other medical) services. What can you do to mitigate some of these challenges? If you have any unanswered questions after reviewing the course content, please look in the Additional Information folder or the Interactivity Guide Answer Key found at the end of the course. You can also contact us at iccu@ontariohealth.ca and we will do our best to answer your questions.

    Conflict of Interest 

    The delivery of this course is governed by an agreement with Ontario Health. There is no affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a pharmaceutical, medical device or communications organization; there is no mitigating potential bias, and no faculty/presenter relationship with commercial interest. 

    Please complete the course activities in the order listed below.