Association of a Health Equity Curriculum With Medical Students' Knowledge of Social Determinants of Health and Confidence in Working With Underserved Populations.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

National organizations recommend that medical schools train students in the social determinants of health.

Objective

To develop and evaluate a longitudinal health equity curriculum that was integrated into third-year clinical clerkships and provided experiential learning in partnership with community organizations.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal cohort study was conducted from June 2017 to October 2020 to evaluate the association of the curriculum with medical students' self-reported knowledge of social determinants of health and confidence working with underserved populations. Students from 1 large medical school in the southeastern US were included. Students in the class of 2019 and class of 2020 were surveyed at baseline (before the

SUBMITTER: Denizard-Thompson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7921901 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature