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Health Principles (health + principle)

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    Selected Abstracts

    Effect of an Integrated Public Health Curriculum in an Emergency Medicine Residency

    ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Issue 2009
    Marian Betz
    Background: Emergency departments (EDs) serve as a central point of interaction between the public and the medical system. Emergency physicians need education in public health in order to optimize their clinical care and their ability to evaluate potential public health interventions in the ED. Methods: As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of American Medical College's (AAMC) national initiative for "Regional Medicine-Public Health Education Centers-Graduate Medical Education", we designed and implemented a new public health curriculum for the emergency medicine residents. Over four sessions during regular didactic time, we used a modular approach to link a basic public health principle, such as environmental hazard assessment, to a relevant clinical topic, such as violent patients and ED safety. Each session emphasized resident involvement, including small group work and role-plays. Journal clubs and quality assurance projects supplemented the curriculum. We sought resident feedback through focus groups and anonymous online pre- and post-tests for each session. Assessment: Both before and after the curriculum, 76% of responders felt it was important for physicians to receive training in public health. The program appeared to have a positive effect on residents' comfort level with various public health topics, and felt the residency program had taught them the skills necessary to implement public health principles in clinical practice (23.8%, versus 11.5% before; p<0.05). Conclusions: Integration of public health principles into existing clinical curricula in emergency medicine may increase resident interest and knowledge. Combining public health and emergency medicine topics in regular didactic conferences facilitates public health education for residents. [source]

    Public health in the undergraduate medical curriculum , can we achieve integration?

    JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, Issue 1 2000
    David H. Stone MD, FFPHM, FRCP (Glasg)
    Abstract Public health is widely regarded by medical students as peripheral or even irrelevant to the acquisition of clinical knowledge and skills. This paper attempts to set out some of the reasons for this, to encourage innovative approaches to integrating public health with clinical teaching and to offer a theoretical framework of integrated public health education for curriculum development and evaluation. The points of convergence between public health and clinical practice should not be regarded as self-evident. A practical demonstration of the application of public health principles to clinical problem solving may be the most effective means of overcoming resistance. Almost anywhere that clinical services are provided is suitable for this purpose. Community clinics, health centres or general practices have obvious appeal but acute hospitals have important advantages arising from students' preoccupation with clinical medicine. The main aim of integrated public health teaching is to facilitate the students' acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes that promote the effective application of public health approaches to clinical practice. The interrelationships between clinical practice and public health may be represented in the form of a grid. The vertical headings are the clinical skills that relate to the different stages of the natural history of disease , from the pre-disease state through diagnosis, treatment and follow up. The horizontal headings describe four key public health dimensions: epidemiology, behaviour/lifestyle, environment and health policy. The text in the boxes suggests appropriate topics for discussion. The grid is also potentially useful for course documentation and content evaluation. [source]

    Effect of an Integrated Public Health Curriculum in an Emergency Medicine Residency

    ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Issue 2009
    Marian Betz
    Background: Emergency departments (EDs) serve as a central point of interaction between the public and the medical system. Emergency physicians need education in public health in order to optimize their clinical care and their ability to evaluate potential public health interventions in the ED. Methods: As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of American Medical College's (AAMC) national initiative for "Regional Medicine-Public Health Education Centers-Graduate Medical Education", we designed and implemented a new public health curriculum for the emergency medicine residents. Over four sessions during regular didactic time, we used a modular approach to link a basic public health principle, such as environmental hazard assessment, to a relevant clinical topic, such as violent patients and ED safety. Each session emphasized resident involvement, including small group work and role-plays. Journal clubs and quality assurance projects supplemented the curriculum. We sought resident feedback through focus groups and anonymous online pre- and post-tests for each session. Assessment: Both before and after the curriculum, 76% of responders felt it was important for physicians to receive training in public health. The program appeared to have a positive effect on residents' comfort level with various public health topics, and felt the residency program had taught them the skills necessary to implement public health principles in clinical practice (23.8%, versus 11.5% before; p<0.05). Conclusions: Integration of public health principles into existing clinical curricula in emergency medicine may increase resident interest and knowledge. Combining public health and emergency medicine topics in regular didactic conferences facilitates public health education for residents. [source]

    Response to O'Donnell et al. on preventing child abuse and neglect with public health principles

    AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Issue 6 2008
    Lillian De Bortoli
    No abstract is available for this article. [source]