title: Developing a cancer prevention elective course.
abstract: A comprehensive course on cancer prevention was developed for medical students at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. This course was developed under a three-year contract with the National Cancer Institute during the period from 1979 to 1982. The course development team was multidisciplinary and consisted of faculty members from the departments of pathology, epidemiology and preventive medicine, and family medicine and the Office of Medical Education. The finished course consisted of 20 instructional modules which can be used individually, in groups, or as a complete course in cancer prevention. During the developmental process, all educational objectives were subjected to intensive review and critique by faculty members from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and several other medical schools. The course was pilot tested as a four-week "minimester" elective, revised, and field tested again. This innovative, multidisciplinary, modular curriculum package is now considered complete and appropriate for use by other health sciences institutions.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000193:education*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010865:Pilot Projects