The impact of integrating environmental health into medical school curricula: a survey-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inclusion of environmental health (EH) in medical education serves as a catalyst for preparing future physicians to address issues as complex as climate change and health, water pollution and lead contamination. However, previous research has found EH education to be largely lacking in U.S. medical education, putting future physicians at risk of not having the expertise to address patients' environmental illnesses, nor speak to prevention.

Methods

Environmental health (EH) knowledge and skills were incorporated into the first-year medical school curriculum at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (Nutley, New Jersey), via a two-hour interactive large group learning module with follow up activities. Students completed the Environmental Health in Med School (EHMS)

SUBMITTER: Kligler B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7796639 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature