During our last class we discuss the role of the medical doctors.
What we want form the medical community?. In our discussion it seams that we expect that they do more than cure disease, but how is their training in medical school? I was surprise tha one of our classmates mention that there is no public health class in the medical curriculum here. When I went to med school even it was not the most "popular" class we take at least an introduction to public health. I think it might be a good idea to introduce it in the curriculum specially if its for the benefit of the majority of the population.
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surprisingly, in med school they do not take any classes in nutrition either.
wau!!!! I never guess that. we have nutrition in fifth year and it is a great class. It will be interesting to see the difference in the medical curriculum in the univertities in diferents parts of the world and compare with the latter education of the medical doctors.
At my medical school, we have a class on public health...it's more like..what is epi, what are the stats involved, etc. NO mention of disease prevention or global issues in this particular class. However, our training in osteopathic manipulative medicine very much emphasizes the need for disease prevention and research.
Marina, I may be wrong, but I think students in medical school receive a crash course in public health, that is usually not attended by anyone. From the medical students I’ve talked to, the general consensus is that public health is a joke in medical school, they are too busy actually learning about how to save people’s lives. I completely agree that public health, or preventative medicine should be greatly implemented into medical school curriculum, we just need to think of a way to make it appealing to the doctors whose only interest is to make millions of dollars.
It's strange that this country wants its doctors to go into research instead of being the physician that they were trained to be. I think that a lot of it has to do with the fact that medical schools are so competitive that only the best and the brightest get in, which drains the talent from pure research careers.
Interesting... I agree with Ivette that preventive medicine should be more incorporated into the curriculum for medical students. The lack of a focus on public health reflects the approach western countries as a whole take towards medicine - that is the "don't fix it unless it's broken mentality." Although I don't think the transition will be rapid, I think there will be more of a shift towards a preventive model & with that will come more of an incorporation of preventive material into medical curriculum. What do yall think?
Yes, Marina. I have heard from well known professors at USC that the medical school students get just about an hour lecture introduction to public health, during their 4 years of education at Med school. This is so not beneficial to public as we all know!
If congress passes a law that medical students have to have knowledge in public health before getting their degree, it might force the schools to fit public health classes in their four year curriculum. Or may be by awarding students a M.P.H certificate would make this education more appealing!
Lets hope for that day, because the more I learn about public health the more I realize that Physicians should the have to have the basic knowledge about it!
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