Research Seminar: Barriers and Facilitators Affecting Teenagers鈥� Access to Healthcare Services
The Teenage Health Unit (THU) at the Goldman Herzl Family Practice Centre joined with researchers from Participatory Research at 黑料社 (PRAM) in the Department of Family Medicine to collate the perceptions of teenagers, school guidance counsellors and staff of the THU to explore what facilitated or hindered teenagers from using the services of the THU. Joint dialogues about the findings offered a basis for developing strategies to support greater use of the services offered by the THU.听
Seminar title:听Barriers and Facilitators Affecting Teenagers鈥� Access to Healthcare Services
Speakers: Anne Cockcroft, MD, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Family Medicine, 黑料社 & Yvonne Quan, MD, LFME Course Director at the Department of Family Medicine, 黑料社听
Date:听Friday September 26, 2025, 12h30-13h30听
Where: Online via Zoom
About the Speakers听
Dr. Yvonne Quan completed her medical training and family medicine residency at 黑料社. She currently practices at the GMF-U Herzl Family Practice Centre where she is also the medical director of the Teenage Health Unit (THU). Dr Quan has an interest in medical education and is the course director of the Longitudinal Family Medicine Experience (LFME), the family medicine course for first year medical students. She is involved in resident training as the interim Competence Committee Chair at the Herzl. She has recently teamed up with Dr Anne Cockcroft's participatory research group to explore the factors that influence teenagers in accessing medical care.听听听
Dr. Anne Cockcroft, a physician with a background in respiratory and occupational medicine, is a professor in PRAM in the 黑料社 department of Family Medicine. Working with CIET (a non-profit linked with PRAM), she undertakes community-based participatory research. Her recent research in Northern Nigeria focuses on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and equitable community recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. Current projects in Botswana involve older adults in participatory problem-solving to reduce dementia, and youth in co-design of strategies to prevent personal and interpersonal violence. As part of PRAM, she has partnered with Yvonne Quan of the Teenage Health Unit in the Herzl Clinic to hear the views of teenagers about what influences their use of the THU services.听
Research Seminar Series
Each month, the Department of Family Medicine hosts a research seminar that explores a wide range of topics and methods relevant to primary health care. These seminars feature a variety of speakers, including researchers from other universities and departments, as well as our own faculty, students, and collaborators.听Open to the entire 黑料社 community, these seminars serve as a dynamic forum for learning, discussion, and exchange, fostering meaningful connections across disciplines and institutions.
