Spring 2027

General Preventive Medicine and Public Health Elective

An elective introducing physicians' roles in preventive medicine and public health, featuring engagement with faculty and a short-term project on a Wisconsin health issue.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Parvathy Pillai

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply the steps that are necessary to complete a public health investigation

  • Describe the importance of engaging appropriate stakeholders in completing a public health investigation

  • Effectively communicate findings to public health and healthcare audiences

  • Discuss the role of applied and academic public health in maintaining the health of a community

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813

POPHLTH 917

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Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

PARVATHY PILLAI is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
FLD 010Classroom Instruction0 / 50
FLD 002Classroom Instruction0 / 100
FLD 041Classroom Instruction0 / 100
FLD 042Classroom Instruction0 / 100
FLD 044Classroom Instruction0 / 100
FLD 043Classroom Instruction0 / 100
FLD 045Classroom Instruction0 / 100
FLD 046Classroom Instruction0 / 100

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Student experience

the class

Introduction to the role of physicians working in various fields of general preventive medicine and public health. Engage with preventive medicine faculty and residents to learn foundational knowledge and skills central to the discipline. Opportunity to select a health issue in Wisconsin and work on a short term project to describe, analyze or address the issue.

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Topics

  • Physicians' roles in preventive medicine and public health
  • Analysis of Wisconsin-specific health issues
  • Applied and academic public health in community health maintenance

Skills

  • Completing public health investigations
  • Communicating findings to public health and healthcare audiences
  • Analyzing and addressing selected health issues

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UW–Madison

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POPHLTH 917 · Spring 2027

General Preventive Medicine and Public Health Elective

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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    "term_id": "1274",
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    "title": "General Preventive Medicine and Public Health Elective",
    "credits_min": 4,
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    "typically_offered": "Fall, Spring, Summer"
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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