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Incorporating Health Policy and Advocacy Curricula Into Undergraduate Medical Education in the United States
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Krishnamurthy, Sudarshan Soltany, Kevin Alexander Montez, Kimberly |
| Copyright Year | 2023 |
| Abstract | Physicians serve as crucial advocates for their patients. Undergraduate medical education (UME) must move beyond the biomedical model, built upon the perception that health is defined purely in the absence of illness, to also incorporate population health through health policy, advocacy, and community engagement to account for structural and social determinants of health. Currently, the US guidelines for UME lack structured training in health policy or advocacy, leaving trainees ill-equipped to assume their role as physician–advocates or to engage with communities. There is an undeniable need to educate future physicians on legislative advocacy toward improving the social determinants of health through the creation of evidence-based health policy, in addition to training in effective techniques to engage in partnership with the communities in which physicians serve. The authors of this article also present curricular case studies around two programs at their institution that could be used to implement similar programs at other US medical schools. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/23821205231191601?download=true |
| ISSN | 23821205 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development (MDE) |
| e-ISSN | 23821205 |
| DOI | 10.1177/23821205231191601 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2023-07-31 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2023 |
| Subject Keyword | health policy medical education curriculum development advocacy social determinants of health |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
