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PUBLHLTH 777

CLINICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH

2 credits.

Addresses the interface between the practice of clinical medicine and evidence-based approaches to public health needs and issues and community health improvement. A focus on emerging issues and opportunities to work with community-based public health practitioners while exploring career goals and the intersection between clinical medicine and public health.

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Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the importance of a comprehensive approach to public health and clinical medicine Audience: Graduate 2. Compare different career paths available to clinical professionals with public health training Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze the healthcare system, function and structures Audience: Graduate 4. Evaluate points of synergy between clinical and public health work, especially leveraging both partnering and professional organizations Audience: Graduate 5. Develop and apply strategies to work collaboratively in interprofessional groups within the class and with communities Audience: Graduate 6. Develop expertise in messaging and framing techniques for clinical medicine and public health advocacy. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the importance of a comprehensive approach to public health and clinical medicine Audience: Graduate 2. Compare different career paths available to clinical professionals with public health training Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze the healthcare system, function and structures Audience: Graduate 4. Evaluate points of synergy between clinical and public health work, especially leveraging both partnering and professional organizations Audience: Graduate 5. Develop and apply strategies to work collaboratively in interprofessional groups within the class and with communities Audience: Graduate 6. Develop expertise in messaging and framing techniques for clinical medicine and public health advocacy. Audience: Graduate

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