Enhancing existing medical school curricula with an innovative healthcare disparities curriculum.

ABSTRACT: Effective healthcare disparities curricula seek to train physicians who are well equipped to address the health needs of an increasingly diverse society. Current literature on healthcare disparities curricula and implementation focuses on courses created independent of existing educational materials. Our aim was to develop and implement a novel resource-conserving healthcare disparities curriculum to enhance existing medical school lectures without the need for additional lectures. This non-randomized intervention was conducted at the University of California Los Angeles. The curriculum was offered to all first-year medical students in the class of 2021 (n=188). With institutional approval, a new healthcare disparities curriculum was created based on the Society of General Internal Medicin

SUBMITTER: Treacy-Abarca S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8666085 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature