INTEGRATING MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the scope of public health activities practiced by physicians today. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify common themes in the career paths of physicians who have integrated medicine and public health. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe common approaches that physicians use to improve the health of the public, including communication, advocacy, professionalism, and systems-based approaches. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify opportunities for further work in public health with physicians with diverse backgrounds. Audience: Graduate 5. Create your own plan for a “path of distinction” in public health Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the scope of public health activities practiced by physicians today. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify common themes in the career paths of physicians who have integrated medicine and public health. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe common approaches that physicians use to improve the health of the public, including communication, advocacy, professionalism, and systems-based approaches. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify opportunities for further work in public health with physicians with diverse backgrounds. Audience: Graduate 5. Create your own plan for a “path of distinction” in public health Audience: Graduate