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Implementing Public Health Modules as an Approach to Improve Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical Students: A Student-Led, Multiyear Study.

Spencer DunleavyDavid S EdelmanGabrielle WimerGregory KarelasAmir HassanCameron D ClarkeStephen M CanfieldBenjamin LebwohlMonica L LypsonNathalie Moise
Published in: Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (2024)
Case-based, interactive, and longitudinal public health content can be effectively integrated into the required undergraduate medical education curriculum to improve all medical students' knowledge and perceptions of public health. Incorporating evidence-based public health education into medical training may help future physicians to better address the needs of the communities and populations in which they practice.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • medical students
  • medical education
  • healthcare
  • primary care
  • quality improvement
  • global health
  • mental health
  • emergency medicine