Teaching the Social Determinants of Health in Undergraduate Medical Education: a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To provide optimal care, medical students should understand that the social determinants of health (SDH) impact their patients' well-being. Those charged with teaching SDH to future physicians, however, face a paucity of curricular guidance.

Objective

This review's objective is to map key characteristics from publications about teaching SDH to students in undergraduate medical education (UME).

Methods

In 2016, the authors searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane and ERIC databases, bibliographies, and MedEdPORTAL for articles published between January 2010 and November 2016. Four reviewers screened articles for eligibility then extracted and analyzed data descriptively. Scoping review methodology was used to map key concepts and curricular logi

SUBMITTER: Doobay-Persaud A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502919 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature