Development and evaluation of a service-learning model for preclinical student education in cardiovascular disease prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the USA. Medical schools must prepare trainees to address prevention, including improving ability in counseling patients to modify lifestyle risk factors. Most medical students do not receive significant training or clinical experience in preventive medicine until the clinical years of medical school. To enhance student education in disease prevention and lifestyle counseling, and simultaneously target cardiovascular disease prevention in high-risk Chicago neighborhoods, the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Chicago Department of Public Health with support from the GE Foundation, developed the Keep Your Heart Healthy program.

Methods

Medical students parti

SUBMITTER: Shah NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4803251 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature