Preventive Medicine

The Preventive Medicine Program teaches the essentials of epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, clinical prevention, population-oriented prevention, health systems, health policy and evidence-based medicine throughout the four-year curriculum in the medical school.

The program has a presence in all four years of medical education, building a sound longitudinal foundation in population medicine skills and attitudes for all future physicians.

Our programs' multi-disciplinary faculty & staff:

Engage in educational endeavors in preventive medicine and public health
Enhance preventive medicine education for medical students and professionals
Conduct research and publish scholarly writing programs

Pre-Clinical Curriculum (Medical School)

The Health Systems Science Curriculum is run as a joint endeavor with the Center for Bioethics and Humanities. HSS2, HSS3, and HSS4 are primarily run by faculty from the PHPM Department.

HSS1 – Ethics, Equity, and Professionalism
HSS2 – Population Health and Preventive Medicine
HSS3 – Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Study Design
HSS4 – Health Policy 1: Finance and Delivery
HSS5 – Health Policy 2: Law and Advocacy
HSS6 – Health Humanities

Clinical Years

Population Health for Physicians

Economic Analysis and Cost Effectiveness
Communicable Disease Reporting and Control
Food Systems, Nutrition Policy, and the Built Environment
Social Determinants of Health —All students write a brief reflection and participate in a discussion board via Brightspace.
Emergency Preparedness Exercise — tabletop exercise, including FEMA certification.

Faculty & Staff