Reflection, Advocacy, Public Speaking (RAPS) Curriculum

July

August

1. Welcome - review structure, layout, requirements
2. Introduction to the Queer America Podcast Series
3. Discussion of expectations, educational needs, and career plans.
4. Schedule planning for 3rd/4th year
5. QA Podcast: Ep 1

September

1. Familiarize yourself with intersectional identities within the LGBTQ+ Community
2. Reflect on how your own identities contribute to patient care
3. Find confidence in living within our intersectionalities
4. Learn strategies to uncover intersectional identities for your patients
5. QA Podcast: Ep 2

October

1. Learn the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of patient care
2. Apply this model to caring for LGBTQ+ Patients
3. Practice Patient Cases requiring the model
4. QA Podcast: Ep 3

November

1. Review biostatistics for healthcare access in the LGBTQ+ Community
2. Review biostatistics for for healthcare quality for LGBTQ+ Patients
3. Discuss ways to improve healthcare access and quality for LGBTQ+ Patients
4. Review healthcare access options for LGBTQ+ patients in Orange County and Los Angeles
5. QA Podcast: Ep 4+5

December

1. QA Podcast: Ep 6

January

1. Review Galtung’s triangle of violence
2. Apply the triangle to how LGBTQ+ Patients experience healthcare
3. Review Multiple patient contexts to determine sources of direct, cultural, and systemic violence for the LGBTQ+ Community
4. Explore ways to advocate for improved structrures for LGBTQ+ Patients at the individual, clinic, health system, local, and national levels.
5. QA Podcast: Ep 7

February

1. Discuss sociocultural norms within subgroups of LGBTQ+ patients
2. Apply those norms to the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of patient care
3. Discuss where age and gender affirming care fits into this model
4. Review legal considerations for end of life care in the LGBTQ+ community
5. Practice end-of-life planning for LGBTQ+ Patients
6. QA Podcast: Ep 8

March

1. Review disparities in health for the LGBTQ+ Community
2. Propose ways to close gaps in health disparities
3. Plan advocacy on local and national levels for LGBTQ+ health equity and social justice
4. QA Podcast: Ep 9+10

April

1. Choose a topic related to LGBTQ+ Healthcare from the RAPS series
2. Make a creative work to share information related to this topic
3. Share your narrative and creative work as a form of advocacy
4. QA Podcast: Ep 11

May

1. Discuss ideological, institutional interpersonal, and internalized oppression
2. Apply these concepts to your own life
3. Apply these concepts to the LGBTQ+ Community (or subsegment of the community)
4. Make a plan for dismantling one of the four arms
5. QA Podcast: Ep 12

June

1. Review what is expected of students on subinternships
2. Review best practices for patient encounters
3. Review best practices for presentations
4. Review best practices for documentation
5. Practice
6. QA Podcast: Ep 13