Sickle Cell Disease and Public Health
Recorded 2026-10-14 Spring 2027
Sickle Cell Disease and Public Health
A disease-focused biopsychosocial course on sickle cell disease covering clinical, social, economic, and ethical dimensions to identify health barriers and improvement opportunities.
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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Explain the basic epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, & treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD).
Explain the common stigmas and misconceptions related to SCD, race, racism, pain, and addiction as well as their impacts on health care decision-making.
Explain and apply some common practical written and oral communication skills in clinical settings involving the care of individuals with SCD that maximize respect and quality.
Focusing patients and populations with SCD, describe how quality improvement tools can be incorporated into the clinical and community settings and how these translate across populations
Explain 4 health care systems models of SCD care & how your future practice can contribute.
Explain the economic burdens of SCD, reasons why there is a shortage of hematologists, the basic economics of price controls, and different economic policy views.
Explain some challenges that affect patients with SCD in different countries, reasons why these challenges exist, and different views on opportunities for improvement.
Describe the application of ethical frameworks in influencing policies that impact the health of patients and populations with SCD.
Frame a persuasive policy advocacy message that seeks to positively impact health outcomes for individuals with SCD.
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Course mapMED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
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| LEC 012 | Online Only | 0 / 9 | 0 |
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Patients with sickle cell disease can present to any medical specialty with manifestations or complications of the disease. Using a disease-focused biopsychosocial approach, the goal is the identification and understanding of barriers to health and the potential opportunities for improvement. The topics surveyed include: 1) clinical review, 2) community voices, 3) diversity, equity, and inclusion, 4) practical communication skills, 5) actionable examples of quality improvement, 6) health care systems, 7) economics, 8) global health, 9) ethics, and 10) advocacy via intellectual persuasion.
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Topics
- Clinical review including epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Community voices, diversity, equity, inclusion, and impacts of stigma on care.
- Health care systems, economics, and global health challenges.
- Ethical frameworks and policy advocacy.
Skills
- Practical written and oral communication skills for clinical settings.
- Incorporating quality improvement tools into clinical and community settings.
- Framing persuasive policy advocacy messages.
- Identifying and understanding barriers to health using a biopsychosocial approach.
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