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PATIENTS, PROFESSIONALISM AND PUBLIC HEALTH

MEDSC-M 770
Course Description

Introduction to concepts of health and disease, which vary from patient to patient and through time. View health from a population standpoint, with an introduction to basic public health concepts as well as how physicians may positively impact both individual and population level health. Woven within that framework are introductions to key aspects of professionalism, patient-centered history- taking, and core communication skills.

Prerequisties

Declared in Medicine program

Satisfies
Credits

4

Offered

Fall

Grade Point Average
Not Reported

No change from Historical

Completion Rate
99.43%

-0.29% from Historical

A Rate
Not Reported

No change from Historical

Class Size
174

0.07% from Historical

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