title: Attachments in public health for physicians.
abstract: Hospital-based specialist registrars in Nottingham are offered six month secondments in public health medicine. These attachments give clinicians valuable skills in public health and an opportunity to influence the development of local health service provision. Other skills gained are an understanding of the balance between health promotion and disease treatment; the management of limited resources; an appreciation of the effects of social deprivation; the chairing and preparing of committee meetings; and contact tracing of communicable diseases. We strongly recommend the experience gained from working in a lively public health department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB. andrew.molyneux@nottingham.ac.uk
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authors.lastname: Molyneux
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authors.lastname: Gazis
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authors.lastname: Packham
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D004739:England; D006293:Health Promotion; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006280:Health Workforce; D020445:Hospitalists; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D011361:Professional Competence; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education; D013038:Specialization