title: Inventory of knowledge and skills relating to disease prevention and health promotion.
abstract: An inventory of the knowledge and skills appropriate for the instruction of medical students in the disciplines of disease prevention and health promotion was developed by a steering committee of medical practitioners and teachers, with the input of over 70 colleagues. The inventory, which is intended as a guide for curriculum planners, defines the fundamentals of subject areas appropriate for the general education of all physicians, including the skills and knowledge related to delivery of personal disease prevention/health promotion services, quantitative methods, health services organization and delivery, and community dimensions of medical practice, as well as attitudes and philosophy.
authors.affiliation: Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC 20005.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Wiese
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Runyan
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tilson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003154:Community Medicine; D003479:Curriculum; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000193:education*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology