"The Water in Which We Swim:" A Unique, Post-Clerkship Multidisciplinary Course.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To improve patient outcomes and promote health equity, medical students must be taught not only biomedicine, but also the social sciences to understand the larger contexts in which patients live and health care operates. Yet, most undergraduate medical education does not explicitly cover these topics in a required, longitudinal curriculum.

Methods

In January 2015 at Harvard Medical School, we created a two-part sequence (pre- and post-clerkship) of required, 4-week multidisciplinary courses-"Essentials of the Profession I and II"-to fill this gap. "Essentials of the Profession II (EOP2)" is an advanced social sciences course anchored in patient narratives and the lived experiences of students and includes clinical epidemiology and population health, healthcare deli

SUBMITTER: Laird-Gion JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10883117 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature