An innovative approach for training medical students for the real world of public health

dc.creator	Charles J. Vukotich
dc.creator	Sean Tackett
dc.creator	Samuel Stebbins
dc.date	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:18:25Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:18:25Z
dc.identifier	10.4081/med.2011.e3
dc.identifier	2038-9531
dc.identifier	2038-954X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c08b60a1c7ae4bf9ae1a378888f45816
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19395
dc.description	Although proposals for more public health education go back to 1855, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) landmark report, The Future of Public Health (1988) set the modern stage for reform of medical student education regarding public health. The momentum to improve and increase public health education has grown over the last several decades. The authors present the design of a unique public health clerkship for third and fourth year medical students, the Public Health Field Practicum. Students spend four weeks in an integrated program of public/environmental health activities, coupled with weekly didactic and feedback sessions with the course directors. Ten students have completed the practicum since its inception in March 2007. Significant increases in knowledge, desire to include public health in their medical career, and satisfaction are documented. Students gained substantial insight into public health and how it functions in the real world. This training requires a partnership between schools of public health and medicine and local/state health departments. Medical schools should develop these relationships to provide experiential public health opportunities for their students.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	PAGEPress Publications
dc.relation	http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/med/article/view/2177
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2038-9531
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2038-954X
dc.rights	CC BY-NC
dc.source	Medical Education Development, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp e3-e3 (2011)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	An innovative approach for training medical students for the real world of public health
dc.type	article