Population Health and Evidence Based Medicine I

Catalog description

This is the first course in a two-year series of courses. Students are re-introduced to the main concepts in evidence-based osteopathic medicine. Students will apply their undergraduate coursework and community engagement to medical contexts and encounter epidemiology, statistics, research methods, and the socio-cultural-environmental effects upon health. This course prepares students for Physicianship in the domains of knowledge for practice, practice-based learning and improvement, systems-based practice, interprofessional collaboration, and professional development. Students will be able to express and analyze the integration and importance of preventive health care as it pertains to populations and patients.