Lesson 1. Schism of Medical Education and Public Health
Required TEDx: The Schism Between Medicine and Public Health (~18 minutes) https://youtu.be/Hh-y2QuaLJ8?si=p_QeqNfllzSHklIz Choose one question from each of the categories below (5 total questions) and answer them within the course’s Slack channel. Understanding the key message (choose one) Why is public health so important to take into account when dealing with the field of medicine?   […]
Lesson 2. Overview of U.S. Healthcare System, Including Its Strengths, Weaknesses, and Disparities
The structure and stakeholders of the U.S. health system It’s essential to understand that the United States does not have a single, unified healthcare system. Instead, it’s a complex ecosystem of public and private entities—Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurers, hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, and multiple federal and state regulators. The United States system is fragmented. Unlike […]
Lesson 3. Health Policy Through a Public Health Lens
Let’s explore how United States health policies shape who gets care, how care is paid for, and what it means for health equity. By viewing policy through a public health lens, we’ll ask not just what works clinically, but what works equitably and systemically. The foundations of United States health policy Note KFF (Kaiser Family […]
Lesson 4. Physicians as Advocates
Medicine is not just about diagnosing and treating individual patients—it’s also about changing the conditions that shape health. This module explores the evolving role of physicians as advocates: What it has meant historically. What it means today. How future physicians (like you!) can make an impact in healthcare systems, policy arenas, and communities. A legacy […]
2. Public Health Practice and Policy
Intro paragraph for Week 2? This credit’s modules
Module 4. The Intersection of Healthcare and Public Health Systems
Module 4 intro text? Module 4 Module 4 resources The Schism Between Medicine and Public Health (Video: ~18 min.)  (LINK DOESN’T WORK) this is an article from Academic Medicine – https://ovidsp.dc2.ovid.com/ovid-new-a/ovidweb.cgi?&S=ODICFPDIAGEBEEKBIPIJMEPFEBEFAA00&Link+Set=S.sh.22.23.26.29%7c19%7csl_10&Counter5=TOC_article%7c00001888-200812000-00019%7covft%7covftdb%7covftj  International Health Care System Profile: United States. This article includes strengths, weaknesses, and disparities and is the best overview. U.S. Healthcare System Overview. […]
Module 3 knowledge checks
Lesson 3. Risk: Exposure to Disease
Exposure to disease Required reading Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials, Chapter 6, (P92–110) Studies of risk When experiments are not possible or ethical. Cohorts. Cohort studies. Prospective and historical cohort studies. Prospective cohort studies. Historical cohort studies using medical databases. Case-cohort studies. Advantages and disadvantages of cohort studies. Ways to express and compare risk Absolute risk. […]
Lesson 3 knowledge check
Select the best answer. These questions are for self-study only. Answers will not be evaluated or saved. Question 1 In a case-control study of oral contraceptives and myocardial infarction (heart attack), exposure to birth control pills was abstracted from medical records at the time of the myocardial infarction. Results might be biased toward finding an […]
Lesson 2. Risk: Basic Principles
Basic principles Required reading Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials, Chapter 5, (P78–91) Risk measurement. Risk factors. Recognizing risk factors. Risk prediction models. Evaluating risk prediction tools. Validating models. Risk stratification. Clinical uses of risk factors, prognostic factors, and risk prediction tools. Go to Lesson 2 Knowledge Check