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Housing letter and catchment advocacy — OSCE
OSCE on acute social advocacy for one family plus ethical community needs-assessment planning.
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Target exams
MRCPCH ClinicalRACP DCERCPSC Pediatrics
Prompt
Parent of a 4-year-old with poorly controlled asthma requests an urgent housing letter; family has unstable housing and food stress; registrar wants a media campaign about the whole estate.
Station brief (8–10 minutes)
Counsel the parent and outline a dual plan: immediate family advocacy and ethical catchment needs assessment. Do not invent local housing law details. [1] [8] [22]
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- [3]Hubinette M Not just 'for' but 'with': health advocacy as a partnership process. Medical education, 2015.PMID 26152491
- [8]Hoffman BD The Community Pediatrics Training Initiative Project Planning Tool: A Practical Approach to Community-Based Advocacy. MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, 2017.PMID 30800831
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- [21]COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS Promoting Food Security for All Children. Pediatrics, 2015.PMID 26498462
- [22]Council on Community Pediatrics Providing care for children and adolescents facing homelessness and housing insecurity. Pediatrics, 2013.PMID 23713108