Package Description

The OAND is honoured to host Dr. McCarthy for as we explore critical themes around the impact and influence of colonialism on Naturopathic Medicine in North America.  Systems of medicine are embedded in relationships of domination, power and privilege. This four part, live series  will introduce the context and impacts of colonization on the health of Indigenous North America. Participants will explore and reflect upon the ethical underpinnings of dismantling oppressive systems and decolonizing medicine for the achievement of health equity, diversity and inclusivity.

In this course, Dr. McCarthy covers four domains to understand the history, context and impact of the colonization of medicine; why decolonization of medicine is critical; and finally, how to begin to partake it the process of decolonization. There are four sessions to this course.

The Problem - Indigenous Experiences Shared 

• Align health care goals, ethics and commitments to care
• Introduce Indigenous experiences with care
• Explore world view incongruences and impacts
• Reflect upon obstacles to systems change

The Context - The Colonization of Care

• Define colonized systems of care
• Explore processes and motives of oppression and epistemic racism in health care
• Sequence events, reports, policies and laws that create and uphold the colonization of medicine

The Purpose - Ethics and EDI in Systems of Care

• Reflect upon power, privilege and purpose of care
• Compare and contrast ethical priorities embedded in world views and reflected in health policies and procedures
• Explore concepts of “competency”, “standards of practice”, “evidence based medicine”, “scientific research” from an E.D.I. (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusive) lens

The Solution - The Psychology of Decolonization

• Review evidence based recommendations for dismantling prejudice and discrimination
• Synthesize strategies for the decolonization of medicine and systems of care
• Brain storm ways to incorporate wholistic intrapersonal and interpersonal decolonizing strategies into daily practice

This course also provides a number of resources including an Allyship Kit to assist participants in taking meaningful action based on the course material. 

Is this course approved for Category A Credits?

Yes, it is CONO approved for  4.5 Category A credits and 1.5 Category A Jurisprudence Credits.  Upon full completion of the course you will automatically receive your CE certificates and they will be visible in your OAND Education Portal.

REFUND POLICY 

NO refunds will be issued for purchased courses.