IN-PERSON MADRID FOCUS ON PEDAGOGY. SECTION A

Abstract

Background: It is imperative to consider the impact of intersectionality on health outcomes, including disparities in how people access and experience public health interventions. Public Health, by its very nature, is a globally inclusive curriculum topic. The future of successful global health practice requires all health students to be immersed in a fully inclusive curriculum. However, when teaching a public health curriculum in a UK higher education institution, unconscious biases prioritising Western approaches to medicine, academia and societal constructs are often evident. Within this context, supporting the development of students’ capacity to critically analyse research, policies and interventions becomes even more important. The Critical Analysis of Power and Equity (CAPE) framework is a new learning and teaching resource being trialled within a long-established Master of Public Health (MPH) course at UK universities with a well-established course offer. The CAPE framework consists of resources supporting three themes, those being: 1) Acknowledging the political economy of global health, 2) Decolonising and diversifying the curriculum and 3) Introducing intersectionalism as a conceptual framework. These three themes will upskill the critical capacity of MPH students. Aims of the session: Conference attendees will be introduced to the CAPE framework and will be given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with relevant resources. This will include active participation in trying out the resources within the workshop. Attendees will be given the opportunity to work collaboratively to provide feedback on the development of this framework as well as take away any resources they may find useful in their teaching.