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Planning And Implementing A Public Health Certificate (Phc) For All Medical Students At The University Of New Mexico, Lily Velarde, Arthur Kaufman
Planning And Implementing A Public Health Certificate (Phc) For All Medical Students At The University Of New Mexico, Lily Velarde, Arthur Kaufman
Family and Community Medicine Research and Scholarship
Context The University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNM SOM) will require that all medical students graduate with a Public Health Certificate (PHC). Strategies to overcome identified barriers to implementation of the Certificate have been identified. Objectives - To illustrate the process involved in implementing the PHC - To share the planning and implementation outcomes Setting - Southwestern, U.S. Institution of Higher Education (IHE), the UNM SOM in collaboration with one other IHE, community agencies and organizations interventions - Assess and modify institutional policies and resources that may hinder implementation of the PHC - Identify where PHC curriculum elements …
Health Education To Combat Obesity, Carole Démosthène, Arely Peñaloza, Rosalinda Quiroz
Health Education To Combat Obesity, Carole Démosthène, Arely Peñaloza, Rosalinda Quiroz
Family and Community Medicine Research and Scholarship
Abstract: Context: Mexican morbidity has drastically changed towards chronico-degenerative diseases. Currently obesity affects 30% of the population. Taking advantage of available assets a student team implemented an obesity program in a small healthcare center. Objectives: To create an accessible health education program to the community served. To decrease the weight of participants by 5%. Establish a comprehensive and lasting educational program. Design: Random users of the health center were invited. Weekly sessions were imparted for a four-month period (August-December: phase 1, January-June: phase 2). Courses included essentials on nutrition, chronic degenerative diseases, self-esteem, and physical activity. Participants' full medical history …
Medical Humanities At Ghent University: A Student's Point Of View, M Vergauwen, J Van Den Ameele, N Fraeyman, J De Maeseneer
Medical Humanities At Ghent University: A Student's Point Of View, M Vergauwen, J Van Den Ameele, N Fraeyman, J De Maeseneer
Family and Community Medicine Research and Scholarship
Context: Defining and understanding the concept of Medical Humanities' is a difficult, neverending task, in which consensus hasn't been reached yet. Around the world, medical schools teach Medical Humanities in different courses, with different idealistic goals, albeit not accurately defined. Objectives: At Ghent University (Belgium), Medical Humanities is part of the horizontally integrated 'exploration-continuum', in which ethics, alternative medicine, etc. are included. Description contains vague objectives rather than a narrow definition. We, students, will acquire insight into issues related to, but slightly outside the educational package and own living environment. We learn about the interaction between medicine, patients, culture, society, …