Patients, Professionalism and Public Health

Introduction to public health concepts, health and disease, and professional skills for physicians.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Bethany Howlett

Summary

Lectures are large, with a median of 171 enrolled students in the recorded sections.

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Fall 2026
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BETHANY HOWLETT is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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LEC 001Online (some classroom)171 / 1950

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Student experience

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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.

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Topics

  • Health and disease concepts
  • Population health perspective
  • Basic public health concepts
  • Physician impact on health

Skills

  • Professionalism, patient-centered history taking, and core communication skills

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MEDSC-M 770 · Fall 2026

Patients, Professionalism and Public Health

Recorded 2026-09-07
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