"Committee on Curriculum Development in Environmental Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Definition and scope of environmental medicine -- Role of the physician -- Recent history -- Continuum of roles -- Origin and organization of the report -- Curriculum content -- Components of a curriculum -- Competency-based learning objectives -- Implementation strategies -- Curriculum access points and teaching strategies -- Competencies -- Enhancing faculty awareness -- Some long-term strategies -- Some short-term strategies -- Integrating the curriculum -- Developing faculty -- Continuing education -- Evaluating progress. Changing medical education -- Calls for reform in medical education -- Barriers and opportunities -- Taking an exposure history -- Medical school courses and clerkships: access points for integrating environmental medicine -- Case studies in environmental medicine -- Resources: agencies, organizations, services, references, and tables of environmental health hazards -- Committee and staff biographies.
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