A social ecological approach to promote learning health disparities in the clinical years: impact of a home-visiting educational program for medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is consensus that medical schools have a duty to educate students about social determinants of health (SDOH) and equip them with skills required to ameliorate health disparities. Although the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) urged the development of experiential long term programs, teaching is usually conducted in the pre-clinical years or as voluntary courses. ETGAR a required health disparities course, based on the social ecological model, was initiated to answer the NAM call. This study aimed to ascertain the course impact on students learning of SDOH and health disparities.

Methods

Students during their first clinical year cared for four patients in their transition from hospital back home, one patient in each internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and

SUBMITTER: Sagi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9524119 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature