Public Health in Undergraduate Medical Education—An Innovative Four-Year Area of Concentration

Document Type

Poster

Presentation Date

6-9-2015

Abstract

The development of programmatic tracks providing students with academic opportunities outside of the traditional medical curriculum represents a national trend in medical education. With five-year HRSA funding, TJUSKMC created a four year longitudinal area of concentration in Population Health. Key components include:

Year 1 – enhanced population health components of Introduction to Clinical Medicine, community immersions Summer – population health related programs locally and globally

Year 2 – case studies linked to Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine applying social and behavioral foundations of Public Health

Year 3 – enhanced clerkship experiences

Year 4 – community-based electives and completion of a Capstone Project.

Five cohorts (180 students) have entered the program with benefits including a certificate upon program completion, recognition in Dean’s letters, and 15 credits applied to the Jefferson MPH program. A description of the program will be presented along with characteristics of enrolled students, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability plans in the SKMC’s Second Centennial Curriculum.

Objectives:

Participants viewing this poster should be able to:

1. Organize an approach to integrating population health content into a health professional curriculum.

2. Apply a methodology to recruit students into an area of concentration in population health.

3. Identify the challenges inherent in curricular reform and innovation.

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