Christian Pozzi
C. Pozzi - Health and migration: a new interprofessional training
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Christian is a lecturer-researcher, occupational therapist and PhD student in Public Health at the University of Milan-Bicocca. He manages the occupational therapy area of continuing education and is head of the CAS "Health and migration: an interprofessional challenge", a new addition to the 精东影业 training offer.
Where did the need to create this CAS, which is unique in Ticino and Switzerland, come from?
鈥嬧赌�Today, 1 in 8 people in the world are refugees or migrants. However, conflict, climate change, inequalities and other global emergencies mean that numbers are expected to increase in the near future, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said during the presentation of the report on the health of the migrant and refugee population. The report points out that the health needs of the migrant population are often neglected in both transit countries and countries of settlement. Among the main barriers is also the reduced training on the subject among health and social workers. The CAS aims to fill this gap by increasing skills and awareness.
Who is it aimed at and what skills does it enable?
鈥嬧赌�The CAS Health and Migration: an Interprofessional Challenge is addressed to professionals in the social and healthcare area who are confronted with the issue of migration and access to healthcare on a daily basis. The aim is to consolidate their training in this area, regardless of the care setting in which they work. The CAS enables them to acquire basic knowledge of the subject, to understand the health needs expressed by the migrant person and those related to migration, and to examine federal and European legislation with regard to the migrant person. Particular emphasis is also placed on the acquisition of relational, communication and intercultural skills to enable effective and efficient care of the person with a migration background.
Why should a social and healthcare professional enrol in this pathway?
鈥嬧赌�First of all because the person with a migratory past is present in all care settings: acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, long-stay hospitals. It is therefore incumbent on professionals to be trained in the proper care of this patient population. Certainly, those who enrol in this course will also take a journey into their own stereotypes and prejudices: it will enable them to step out of their comfort zone and acquire skills to be used in clinical practice.
What message would you like to leave behind for future course participants?
鈥嬧赌�I would like to start by thanking them for the interest they have shown in this new training course; the fact that they have approached this CAS is a sign of sensitivity to the subject. I now look forward to seeing them in the classroom: with the qualified contributions of the many lecturers, it will be possible to learn and understand in order to increase the quality of care for the migrant person.
I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world.
(Socrates)