Medical teaching in sioux lookout: primary health care in a cross-cultural setting.
When participating in health care in northern Native communities, physician-teachers are challenged to understand community development, treat diverse manifestations of illness and socio-cultural strain, and provide opportunities for students and residents to learn the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will promote the health of Native people and that will develop the students' own education. The University of Toronto Sioux Lookout Program includes a teaching practice with the goals of service, teaching, and research that provides care and promotes health for 13 000 Ojibway- or Cree-speaking aboriginal Canadians in northwestern Ontario. Knowledge gained in this setting about broad determinants of health, communication skills, and clinical decision making can be generalized to other practices.
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