Evidence-Based Medicine and Population Health I

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to evidence-based medicine, health informatics, research methods, critical appraisal of the medical literature, health-systems sciences, epidemiology, and population health components including, but not limited to, social and structural determinants of health. Together these components represent many of the core competencies and skills necessary for physicians in the evolution of medical practice. Broadly, this course will train medical students to locate, review and evaluate the medical literature, apply scientific evidence to medical practice, and gain enhanced understanding of ways to improve the health of the communities they will serve.