HLST 2030 MIDTERM TEST
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organic organisation - ANSWER characterised by flexible lines of authority, less
specialised jobs and decentralised decisions
problem with canadian healthcare system - ANSWER - at risk of collapse
- lack of communication
- lack of doctors
- lack of space to admit patients
- lack of nurses
- demands increasing as population grows
- letting diseases progress, not catching them early, and burdening pressure care when
patient comes in with worsened state of health
- we only respond when there's a dire crisis
population health is determined predominantly by... - ANSWER social, environmental,
and economic factors and less by medical conditions
what makes people sick? - ANSWER - social isolation
- addictions
- stress form everyday life
- stress from climate change
- increased cost of living
- homelessness on the rise; unemployment; unfulfilling work
- rise in mental illness
- overmedicalization of society driven by big pharma motives
why is population health determined more by soc-eco-env factors? - ANSWER - best
medicine is nutritious food
,- cant tell someone to get exercise when they have nowhere to live, high in crime, afraid
to get shot, mobbed, or raped;
perspectives depend on... - ANSWER education, culture, professional cultures
- Many factors that come into your status and position that influence your perspective
- Your intersections influence your perspective
- Where you are in the system influencing your perspective in understanding the severity
and kind of problem within the healthcare system
- If you're a doctor, you perceive the problem critically, governments, research [receive
the problem differently depending on priorities
why is considering perspective important? - ANSWER - how we perceive the issue
impacts how we respond
- wrong perspective = wrong response, inability to address the problem accurately
- problem is bigger than rearranging resources and services; we have to get to the core
of the problem; look at it from a broader perspective
- The position from where you are viewing impacts your perspective
how can we look at the broader perspective? - ANSWER - Look and understand
patterns/development
- How do we end up in situations
- Knowing how we ended up here can help us backtrack and prevent future damage
- Move in the system so you get various perspectives
- Implicit rather than explicit assumptions
- Diversify the group so that we can change our assumptions
- spend more time defining the problem than solving it
reductionism - ANSWER dividing the system into its parts to understand their individual
properties
- Breaking things down
- Cause and effect relationship
- To understand the system, we'd break it down
what is wrong with reductionism? - ANSWER - perspective is LIMITED
- Without interproductivity you cannot see the problem because you have limited
, information and perspectives because of your position and ignorance
fundamental assumption of reductionism - ANSWER that systems work the same
individually as they work together
- Parts are reflective of the system
Inconsistent
- Assumes that taking the system apart and putting it back together creates the same
system
- Parts do not reflect the system
Brain ex. Interdependence of the brain is what makes the brain, not each individual
sector or part of the brain
holism - ANSWER systems are approached by viewing them as a whole so each
components seen in its context and in relation to one another
- i don't understand you as a separate identity
- looking at bigger picture
how can you connect holism and healthcare? - ANSWER - different health sectors do not
reflect what healthcare is
- Healthcare evolves and adapts and parts of the the system do not reflect the
characteristics of the system as whole
- Allocating resources to individual parts of the resources is wrong - assumption that
putting resources and money to home care is assuming that ER care and preventative
care is going to get better when it's not
- You need to think about interdependence
- less resources more principles
what is systems thinking? - ANSWER refers to the discipline of seeing wholes,
perceiving the structures that underlie dynamically complex systems, and identifying
high-leverage change opportunities.
1. interrelationships
2. perspectives
3. boundaries
first challenge we face with healthcare: - ANSWER - cost, quality, access: the iron
triangle
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organic organisation - ANSWER characterised by flexible lines of authority, less
specialised jobs and decentralised decisions
problem with canadian healthcare system - ANSWER - at risk of collapse
- lack of communication
- lack of doctors
- lack of space to admit patients
- lack of nurses
- demands increasing as population grows
- letting diseases progress, not catching them early, and burdening pressure care when
patient comes in with worsened state of health
- we only respond when there's a dire crisis
population health is determined predominantly by... - ANSWER social, environmental,
and economic factors and less by medical conditions
what makes people sick? - ANSWER - social isolation
- addictions
- stress form everyday life
- stress from climate change
- increased cost of living
- homelessness on the rise; unemployment; unfulfilling work
- rise in mental illness
- overmedicalization of society driven by big pharma motives
why is population health determined more by soc-eco-env factors? - ANSWER - best
medicine is nutritious food
,- cant tell someone to get exercise when they have nowhere to live, high in crime, afraid
to get shot, mobbed, or raped;
perspectives depend on... - ANSWER education, culture, professional cultures
- Many factors that come into your status and position that influence your perspective
- Your intersections influence your perspective
- Where you are in the system influencing your perspective in understanding the severity
and kind of problem within the healthcare system
- If you're a doctor, you perceive the problem critically, governments, research [receive
the problem differently depending on priorities
why is considering perspective important? - ANSWER - how we perceive the issue
impacts how we respond
- wrong perspective = wrong response, inability to address the problem accurately
- problem is bigger than rearranging resources and services; we have to get to the core
of the problem; look at it from a broader perspective
- The position from where you are viewing impacts your perspective
how can we look at the broader perspective? - ANSWER - Look and understand
patterns/development
- How do we end up in situations
- Knowing how we ended up here can help us backtrack and prevent future damage
- Move in the system so you get various perspectives
- Implicit rather than explicit assumptions
- Diversify the group so that we can change our assumptions
- spend more time defining the problem than solving it
reductionism - ANSWER dividing the system into its parts to understand their individual
properties
- Breaking things down
- Cause and effect relationship
- To understand the system, we'd break it down
what is wrong with reductionism? - ANSWER - perspective is LIMITED
- Without interproductivity you cannot see the problem because you have limited
, information and perspectives because of your position and ignorance
fundamental assumption of reductionism - ANSWER that systems work the same
individually as they work together
- Parts are reflective of the system
Inconsistent
- Assumes that taking the system apart and putting it back together creates the same
system
- Parts do not reflect the system
Brain ex. Interdependence of the brain is what makes the brain, not each individual
sector or part of the brain
holism - ANSWER systems are approached by viewing them as a whole so each
components seen in its context and in relation to one another
- i don't understand you as a separate identity
- looking at bigger picture
how can you connect holism and healthcare? - ANSWER - different health sectors do not
reflect what healthcare is
- Healthcare evolves and adapts and parts of the the system do not reflect the
characteristics of the system as whole
- Allocating resources to individual parts of the resources is wrong - assumption that
putting resources and money to home care is assuming that ER care and preventative
care is going to get better when it's not
- You need to think about interdependence
- less resources more principles
what is systems thinking? - ANSWER refers to the discipline of seeing wholes,
perceiving the structures that underlie dynamically complex systems, and identifying
high-leverage change opportunities.
1. interrelationships
2. perspectives
3. boundaries
first challenge we face with healthcare: - ANSWER - cost, quality, access: the iron
triangle
