With students from other professions, work through challenging ethical scenarios using an ethical decision-making framework.

**LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE**

This elective is a values based exploration of health professional students' societal attitudes about pregnancy and infant loss and the importance of caregiver and peer support.     Students will work in small interprofessional groups to reflect on their experiences related to pregnancy and infant loss.  Content will include the uniqueness of perinatal loss, the importance of public awareness and the stigma related to pregnancy and infant loss.    Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on how caregiver values affect how health professionals support families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss.

Objectives:

• Develop basic knowledge about the experience of pregnancy and infant loss
• Enhance understanding of the importance of support at the time of and following a loss
• Explore attitudes and values towards pregnancy and infant loss
• Develop a basic understanding of how an interprofessional team works together when caring for families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss

This is a pilot interprofessional education (IPE) elective for learners who are in the clinical environment.

This IPE elective will focus on exploring how equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) concepts and systems of oppression (e.g. ableism amongst others) relate to and surface in collaborative practice.

This is a 2-part session with in-between activities.
In between the 2 sessions, learners will be required to actively engage in observation of how EDIA concepts relate to collaborative practice within their current practice setting. In addition, learners will be encouraged to think critically about how systems of oppression manifest in individual and team language/behaviours/relationships and to further explore EDIA resources to deepen understanding.

During the elective, participants will:

1. Engage in discussion and reflection of how equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) concepts and systems of oppression (e.g. ableism) relate to and surface in collaborative practice;
2. Critically examine and challenge assumptions about what it means to be productive, work as part of a team, and how structural and systemic inequities (e.g. power and hierarchy) play a significant role when interacting with others.

The goal is to provide a space for dialogue and an opportunity to examine what learners are seeing in relation to EDIA in their current practice setting. The sessions will support critical reflection on what learners are observing, challenge assumptions embedded in current structures and practices, and inspire changes in how learners move forward as a learner and collaborator.

Wed, Aug 2, 2023 and Wed, Aug 9, 2023 @ 3pm-5pm EDT (virtual on Zoom).
Learners must be able to attend both sessions.

Through a weekly, facilitated dialogue, this IPE elective will focus on exploring how equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) concepts and systems of oppression (e.g. ableism amongst others) and inequities (e.g. power and hierarchy) relate to and surface in collaborative practice (i.e. on the team).

• This will be a dynamic and participatory in-person experience. This is not a lecture about EDIA.
• This is a 3-part session with in-between activities.
• Thursdays: November  23, 2023, November 30 and December 07, 2023 @ 12:00pm-1:30pm EDT (in-person).
  Learners must be able to attend all three (3) sessions.

During the elective, participants will:

1. Engage in discussion and reflection of how equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) concepts and systems of oppression (e.g. ableism) relate to and surface in collaborative practice (i.e. in teamwork);
2. Critically examine and challenge assumptions about what it means to be productive, work as part of a team, and how structural and systemic inequities (e.g. power and hierarchy) play a significant role when interacting with others.

To register or for more information, contact your placement site: 

Unity Health Toronto - Robyn Davies at Robyn.Davies@unityhealth.to 

NYGH - Katherine Vandenbussche at Katherine.Vandenbussche@nygh.on.ca

This is an immersion level activity that meets 2 IPE elective requirements. 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

The goal is to provide a space for dialogue and an opportunity to examine what learners are seeing in relation to EDIA in their current practice setting as it relates to the team. The sessions will support critical reflection on what learners are observing, challenge assumptions embedded in current structures and practices, and inspire changes in how learners move forward as a learner and collaborator.