A comparative study of community medicine and public health curriculum at medical schools in Iran and North America

Background: Community medicine and public health are the core subjects in medical education. One of the main competencies of general physicians in the national curriculum is having knowledge and skills in health promotion and disease prevention in the health system. Any curriculum revision in commun...

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Autores principales:	Tahereh Changiz, Mahasti Alizadeh
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2021
Materias:	community medicine social medicine public health curriculum Education L Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1fc1f97d634b438ab7f4bbbd91e9b52c2021-12-01T05:40:54ZA comparative study of community medicine and public health curriculum at medical schools in Iran and North America2322-271910.34172/rdme.2021.019https://doaj.org/article/1fc1f97d634b438ab7f4bbbd91e9b52c2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://rdme.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/rdme-10-19.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2322-2719Background: Community medicine and public health are the core subjects in medical education. One of the main competencies of general physicians in the national curriculum is having knowledge and skills in health promotion and disease prevention in the health system. Any curriculum revision in community medicine departments needs to incorporate the evidence and use pioneer countries’ experiences in this issue. This study aims to compare community medicine and public health courses in medical schools between Iran and selected universities in North America. Methods: The elements of a community medicine curriculum for medical students were compared in a descriptive-comparative study using the Bereday model. These elements included objectives and competencies, educational strategies, teaching and learning methods, assessment, and educational fields in a community medicine curriculum in Iran and in selected universities in North America. A literature search was conducted in CINAHL, SCOPUS, MEDLINE, Web of Science, EBSCO, and on university websites. Results: Essential aspects of community-based strategies among community medicine and public health curriculum of general medicine in universities in Canada and the United States included a longitudinal approach, training in urban and rural primary care centers, teaching by family physicians and health center staff, a spiral curriculum, focus on social determinants of health, taking of social and cultural histories and social prescriptions, learning teamwork, and using LIC (Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum). Conclusion: The objective of community medicine and public health curriculum in selected North American universities was to prepare general practitioners who work in Level 2 and 3 hospitals and to improve their skills to provide high-quality services to the community. Some of the successful points in the selected universities that could be replicated in Iranian faculties of medicine included using integration strategy, a spiral curriculum, and an LIC approach.Tahereh ChangizMahasti AlizadehTabriz University of Medical Sciencesarticlecommunity medicinecommunity medicinesocial medicinepublic healthcurriculumEducationLSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENResearch and Development in Medical Education, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 19-19 (2021)
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description	Background: Community medicine and public health are the core subjects in medical education. One of the main competencies of general physicians in the national curriculum is having knowledge and skills in health promotion and disease prevention in the health system. Any curriculum revision in community medicine departments needs to incorporate the evidence and use pioneer countries’ experiences in this issue. This study aims to compare community medicine and public health courses in medical schools between Iran and selected universities in North America. Methods: The elements of a community medicine curriculum for medical students were compared in a descriptive-comparative study using the Bereday model. These elements included objectives and competencies, educational strategies, teaching and learning methods, assessment, and educational fields in a community medicine curriculum in Iran and in selected universities in North America. A literature search was conducted in CINAHL, SCOPUS, MEDLINE, Web of Science, EBSCO, and on university websites. Results: Essential aspects of community-based strategies among community medicine and public health curriculum of general medicine in universities in Canada and the United States included a longitudinal approach, training in urban and rural primary care centers, teaching by family physicians and health center staff, a spiral curriculum, focus on social determinants of health, taking of social and cultural histories and social prescriptions, learning teamwork, and using LIC (Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum). Conclusion: The objective of community medicine and public health curriculum in selected North American universities was to prepare general practitioners who work in Level 2 and 3 hospitals and to improve their skills to provide high-quality services to the community. Some of the successful points in the selected universities that could be replicated in Iranian faculties of medicine included using integration strategy, a spiral curriculum, and an LIC approach.
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title_short	A comparative study of community medicine and public health curriculum at medical schools in Iran and North America
title_full	A comparative study of community medicine and public health curriculum at medical schools in Iran and North America
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A comparative study of community medicine and public health curriculum at medical schools in Iran and North America

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