Science Question

Week Four: Social Responsibility

This week we discussed that our healthcare system is fragmented. As a Nation, we are facing a crisis where our healthcare systems are burdened by “disease management” instead of “Healthcare ” that focuses on primary prevention.

Please view this incredible TED Talk with “out-of-the-box “approaches highlighting primary prevention, community empowerment, advocacy, intentional engagement, and, most importantly, interprofessional collaboration. Click the hyperlink below to get started, and then reply to the questions and prompts for this week’s discussion thread.

What if Our Healthcare System Kept Us Healthy? Ted Talk by Rebecca Onie

Please critically reflect on the following questions in your discussion entry:

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. healthcare system?

As a future oral health professional and preventative specialist, what did you personally gain from this TED talk?

Did your perspective change on the social and civic responsibility of the access-to-care issue?

Are there viable interprofessional solutions to the challenges of reaching those excluded from our healthcare system? Think children aging out of the foster care system, the homeless population, refugees, victims of human trafficking, people with mental health illnesses, etc…

How will you use your dental hygiene platform to be impactful?