Open Educational Resources (OER) for Medicine and Health Sciences

Author(s): Deborah P. Amory, Sean G. Massey, Jennifer Miller and Allison P. Brown
Creative Commons License: Attribution-CC-BY, Publication Date: June 27, 2022

Designed for an introductory course, this textbook takes a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of LGBTQ+ issues that helps students grasp core concepts through a variety of different perspectives.

Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies offers accessible, academically sound information on a wide range of topics, including history, culture, and Queer Theory; an exploration of LGBTQ+ relationships, families, parenting, health, and education; and how to conduct research on LGBTQ+ topics. The book explores LGBTQ+ issues from the ancient world to contemporary global perspectives.

Employing an intersectional analysis, the textbook highlights how sexuality and gender are simultaneously experienced and constructed through other structures of inequality and privilege, such as race and class. The text supports multiple learning styles by integrating visual elements, multimedia resources, discussion and project prompts, and resources for further research throughout the textbook.

This 12-week course is designed for a maximum enrolment of 60 graduate-level students with social work related and public health related academic backgrounds. It is meant to be offered once per year, in the Spring semester of the academic calendar. This aligns with the seasonal teachings provided by the Indigenous Advisory Circle that are reflected throughout the seed cycle that frames the course.
Much of the Indigenous content in the course is localized to present day southwestern Ontario, including Treaty 3 and 4 Lands from the Mississauga Peoples and the subsequently issued Haldimand Proclamation, often referred to as the Haldimand Tract. At the same time, we were honoured to receive knowledge from other Territories and regions.

Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System provides undergraduate students with a thorough foundation to start degree programs in health administration, public health, health sciences, and more. With authors from across the country with a variety of backgrounds, this textbook provides the reader with the history of the U.S. healthcare system, government programs, financing and managed care, cultural awareness. technology, and health disparities.