The design and implementation of a longitudinal social medicine curriculum at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite an abundant literature advocating that social determinants of health (SDH) be taught during undergraduate medical education, there are few detailed descriptions of how to design and implement longitudinal core curricula that is delivered to all students and accomplishes this goal.

Methods

In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of a social medicine curriculum at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine (UVM Larner). Using Kern's principles, we designed a longitudinal curriculum that extends through both preclinical and clinical training for all students and focused on integrating SDH material directly into basic science and clinical training.

Results

We successfully developed and implemented two primary tools, a "Socia

SUBMITTER: Goyal RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7903930 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature