Outline: Community Health

PLEASE NOTE:

Information on this site pertains to MD students who matriculated in 2006-2007 or later; all other students matriculating prior to 2006 should refer to their own Guide to the Scholarly Concentrations for more specific information.

Director
Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH

Objectives and Goals

Community Health is one of the seven Scholarly Concentration Foundations. The Community Health curriculum  empowers future physicians to improve the health of diverse communities and reduce health inequities through innovative scholarship and direct community engagement. Students learn the means to effect change through reflective service-learning, rigorous community-responsive scholarship, advocacy, and civic leadership.

Requirements

Students who pursue Community Health in conjunction with an application, such as Immunology, are required to complete 6 units, including:

MED 247                Methods in community assessment, evaluation, and research (3 units)

PEDS 250              Social and environmental determinants of health (3 units)

For students interested in completing all 12 units in the CH Scholarly area, units can be selected from MED 241, MED 229a, MED 229b, MED 254, PEDS 252a, PEDS 252b.  Students are encouraged to devise a course plan to present to the director.