title: Developing a competency-based preventive medicine curriculum for medical schools.
abstract: Trends in patient morbidity and mortality, cost-effectiveness, and national recommendations mandate that we practice more preventive medicine. To address this need, we set out to develop a comprehensive curriculum in preventive medicine for medical schools. We constructed a competency-based (i.e., performance-based) curriculum with specific educational objectives defined by outcomes. Subject areas were subdivided by life stages, and learning objectives were created separately for epidemiology, assessment, and intervention. We hope that adoption of such an educational blueprint by medical schools will measurably enhance the attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary for the incorporation of preventive principles into all aspects of clinical medicine.
authors: Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence.
authors: L H
authors: LH
authors: Pololi
authors: E M
authors: EM
authors: Coletta
authors: D G
authors: DG
authors: Kern
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Davis
authors: L S
authors: LS
authors: Kiessling
authors: C E
authors: CE
authors: Garber
authors: E J
authors: EJ
authors: Entin
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Opal
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Rakowski
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000193:education*; D012577:Schools, Medical