Improving medical education : enhancing the behavioral and social science content of medical school curricula / Committee on Behavioral and Social Sciences in Medical School Curricula ; Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health ; Patricia A. Cuff and Neal A. Vanselow, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cuff, Patricia A.

Vanselow, Neal A. (Neal Arthur)

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Behavioral and Social Sciences in Medical School Curricula.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical education.

Medicine--Study and teaching.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Roughly half of all deaths in the United States are linked to behavioral and social factors. The leading causes of preventable death and disease in the United States are smoking, sedentary lifestyle, along with poor dietary habits, and alcohol consumption. To make measurable improvements in the health of Americans, physicians must be equipped with the knowledge and skills from the behavioral and social sciences needed to recognize, understand, and effectively respond to patients as individuals, not just to their symptoms. What are medical schools teaching students about the behavioral and social sciences? In the report, the committee concluded that there is inadequate information available to sufficiently describe behavioral and social science curriculum content, teaching techniques, and assessment methodologies in U.S. medical schools and recommends development of a new national behavioral and social science database. The committee also recommended that the National Board of Medical Examiners ensure that the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination adequately cover the behavioral and social science subject matter recommended in this report.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Independent Report Reviewers

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Current Approaches to Incorporating the Behavioral and Social Sciences into Medical School Curricula

3 The Behavioral and Social Sciences in Medical School Curricula

4 Strategies for Incorporating the Behavioral and Social Sciences into Medical School Curricula

References

APPENDIXES

A Methods

B Committee and Staff Biographies

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612081538

9780309166294

0309166292

9781282081536

1282081535

9780309530019

0309530016

OCLC:

70772960