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 Required reading Read the […]
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
This credit’s modules
Module 4. The Intersection of Healthcare and Public Health Systems
In Module 4, you’ll explore the intersection between healthcare and public health systems and examine the historical divide between medical education and public health, its roots, and its ongoing impact. The module includes an overview of the U.S. healthcare system—highlighting its strengths, weaknesses, and persistent disparities. You’ll also analyze health policy through a public health […]
Nutrition
The Nutrition thread is an important part of training future physicians. It lays the groundwork for understanding how diet and health are connected. This part of the curriculum covers the basics—such as how macro- and micronutrients work in the body, how to assess a person’s nutritional status, and how to apply evidence-based dietary guidelines. It […]
Histology
Using the Virtual Microscope Foundations: Cells and tissues Introduction to Histology Nervous Tissue Connective Tissue Muscle Tissue Epithelial Tissue Cartilage and Bone Growth Organ systems Lymphatic Tissues Urinary System Heart Wall Blood Vessels Respiratory System 1: Extrapulmonary Respiratory System 2: Intrapulmonary Integument Endocrine Glands Female Reproductive System Male Reproductive System Digestive System 1: GI Tract […]
2029 Dissector
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Lesson 3. Risk: Exposure and Disease
Using a clinical lens, this module allows you to take the principles learned in Lesson 2 of this module and apply them to the care of patients for both prevention and treatment, thereby improving health outcomes. Exposure to disease Required reading Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials, Chapter 6, (P92–110) Studies of risk. Ways to express and […]
Lesson 2. Risk: Basic Principles
Risk involves uncertainty about the outcomes of an activity that we value. In clinical practice, we talk about the risk of a disease or an adverse outcome based upon behaviors or activities. We deal with risk in most of our patient encounters. We take a patient’s history, to include family and social histories, that may […]
Lesson 1. Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology
Clinical Epidemiology takes the fundamental science of public health and applies it to the clinical setting. This allows physicians to use population-based data and research to support clinical care. As physicians, the most important consideration we have is the health and wellbeing of the patients we serve, i.e., health outcomes. For individuals, these include symptoms, […]