Social prescribing training for doctors: perspectives from people with lived experiences, HPCDP: Vol 44(6), June 2024 - Canada.ca

Herb Paquette, member of the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing (CISP) Participant Advisory Council https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.44.6.10 Letter to the Editor by Paquette H in the HPCDP Journal licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Keywords: social prescribing, physician training, medical school, advocacy, health care cost reduction, superior health care Dear Editors, As someone with firsthand experience of how much social prescribing can improve health, I think it is of the utmost importance to move social prescribing forward. To achieve that, doctors need to know the value of this practice, where to direct patients, and how to do it in the easiest, most efficient way. Along the same lines, I believe that education in universities and medical schools is critical, because if students are not aware of social prescribing, they will not practise it or advocate for it. I was recently visiting my family doctor, as I frequently do. I asked her if the

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