550.890.01
SS/R: General Preventive Medicine Residency-Residency Year

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Term
Department
Extradepartmental
Credit(s)
Variable Credit
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Clarence Lam
Contact Name
Clarence Lam
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Prepare residents in the theoretical, practical, and clinical knowledge and skills essential to leadership roles in the design, management, and evaluation of population-based approaches to health.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Prepare residents in the theoretical, practical, and clinical knowledge and skills essential to leadership roles in the design, management, and evaluation of population-based approaches to health
  2. Provide training in the teaching, research, and practice of preventive medicine
  3. Instill in residents the ability to synthesize clinical and population-based approaches to disease prevention and health promotion
  4. Enable residents to view health issues on a broad continuum from local to international perspective
  5. Apply knowledge toward the protection of the public's health
  6. Provide residents with the management and epidemiologic skills needed to address the overall health needs of underserved populations
  7. Residents will participate in a core course of modules known as "Fundamentals of General Preventive Medicine." Approximately 10 modules will be offered annually. Examples include Health Care Delivery; Injury Epidemiology and Prevention; Health Promotion; and Public Health Preparedness
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 99% Participation
  • 1% Assignments
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to GPMR during post MPH year.
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

All assignments will be submitted to the course instructor electronically (by email), unless otherwise noted.