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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

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 …