Social Responsibility Learning Program for the General Surgeons

Premise:

All surgical residents should be trained to acquire the competency (knowledge, behavior, and skill) of social responsibility.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the learning module, the surgical resident should be able to answer the following questions:

1. What is the definition of social accountability as defined by the World Health Organization in 1995 for medical schools which can be also used by the departments of surgery and surgeons?

- WHO has defined the Social Accountability of Medical Schools as "the obligation to direct their education, research and service activities towards addressing the priority health concerns of the community, region, and/or nation they have a mandate to serve. The priority health concerns are to be identified jointly by governments, health care organizations, health professionals and the public."

2. What are the four values in the framework designed by the World Health Organization for evaluation of social accountability programs of medical schools?

- WHO has developed a framework designed to help medical schools evaluate their progress towards achieving the goal of social accountability. This framework addresses the four values of social accountability, relevance, quality, cost effectiveness and equity, as they pertain to the activities of medical schools, namely education, research and service. Academic freedom and clinical autonomy are other values entrenched within the Canadian academic and clinical communities, which must be weighed in any assessment of the role and functions of medical schools.

3. Are there significant differences in concept for the terms “social accountability, social responsibility, and social responsiveness?”  If yes, what?

- WHO has defined the Social Accountability of Medical Schools as "the obligation to direct their education, research and service activities towards addressing the priority health concerns of the community, region, and/or nation they have a mandate to serve. The priority health concerns are to be identified jointly by governments, health care organizations, health professionals and the public." Social responsiveness is a complementary capability by which a medical school responds to societal needs and acts proactively to meet those needs.

4. What parameters must be used to determine whether a general surgeon is socially responsible or not?

- in terms of effectiveness, cost and equity.- a surgeon must offer effective treatment to patients in a least cost possible.  And treating all patients equally.

5. What parameters must be used to determine whether a department of surgery is socially responsible or not?

-          Quality service that the department is giving the patients.

6. What does the core value of social responsibility of the Department of Surgery of Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center include?

- A governance program that has integrated social responsibility in its business plan

WHO concept of social responsibility –All governance, service, training, and research activities of the Department should be directed towards addressing the health concerns of the community.

Comprehensive program – a program that will consider both the needs of its external and internal clients and all possible aspects of their needs.

WHO evaluation parameters of social responsibility program – relevance, quality, cost-effectiveness, and equity

7. Diagram the framework of the social responsibility program of the Department of Surgery of Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center as formulated in 2004.

Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center Department of Surgery Social Responsibility Program (SRP) Framework

Intentions: Healthy Urban Poor – Health for All Filipinos Movement and Education for Health Development Movement

 
8. Enumerate the eight (8) millennium development goals as formulated by the United Nations in 2000 and indicate the targeted year.

-          Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

-          Achieve universal primary education

-          Promote gender equality and empower women

-          Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability

-          Develop a global partnership for development

9. Enumerate the four clusters that the Philippine Business for Social Progress are presently working on.

-          Poverty

-          Education

-          Health

-          Environment

10. Using the four clusters of the Philippine Business for Social Progress as a guide, indicate what the Department of Surgery of Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center has committed to support after participating in the 2004 Corporate Social Responsibility Forum on Millennium Development Goals last July 9, 2004.

-          Poverty- help the poor patients in terms of its in-house surgical missions.

-          Education- public awareness programs

-          Health- through primary and secondary health care

-          Environment- no smoking rule

11. Every day is a social responsibility day for all general surgeons. Please explain using the Department of Surgery of Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center as the reference.

"Everyday is a social responsibility day for Dr. O. Leyson in OMMC Surgery"

 We as a  surgeons of a government hospital must be responsible to all our patients the moment they consult here in our institution. We must educate them about their disease and explain their prognosis and outcome.