Essentials of the Profession II

Harvard HMS

The Essentials of the Profession course introduced students in Year I to core principles of clinical epidemiology, health policy, medical ethics and professionalism, population health, and social medicine. That course taught students how to think critically about medical knowledge and how to understand the social and political contexts of health and health care in the United States. Essentials II: Advanced Social and Population Sciences for Medicine builds on this foundation and includes a…