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From Primary Care to Public Health: Using Problem-Based Learning and the Ecological Model to Teach Public Health to First Year Medical Students

Authors: Cora R. Hoover, Candice C. Wong, Amin Azzam

Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 3/2012

Abstract

We investigated whether a public health-oriented Problem-Based Learning case presented to first-year medical students conveyed 12 “Population Health Competencies for Medical Students,” as recommended by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Regional Medicine-Public Health Education Centers. A public health-oriented Problem-Based Learning case guided by the ecological model paradigm was developed and implemented among two groups of 8 students at the University of California, Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, in the Fall of 2010. Using directed content analysis, student-generated written reports were coded for the presence of the 12 population health content areas. Students generated a total of 29 reports, of which 20 (69%) contained information relevant to at least one of the 12 population health competencies. Each of the 12 content areas was addressed by at least one report. As physicians-in-training prepare to confront the challenges of integrating prevention and population health with clinical practice, Problem-Based Learning is a promising tool to enhance medical students’ engagement with public health.

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Title: From Primary Care to Public Health: Using Problem-Based Learning and the Ecological Model to Teach Public Health to First Year Medical Students
Authors: Cora R. Hoover
Candice C. Wong
Amin Azzam
Publication date: 01-06-2012
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Community Health / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-011-9495-y

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