305.623.01
Fundamentals of Clinical Preventive Medicine

Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Friday, 8:00 - 11:50am
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Clarence Lam
Contact Name
Clarence Lam
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Students must take 2 credits in the prerequisite Special Studies in General Preventive Medicine (550.880 or 550.890) prior to enrolling in this course. Special exceptions may be granted by the course director(s)/instructor(s).

Description
Examines the complex interplay between clinical preventive medicine and integrative medicine. Covers core topics for practice and for the preventive medicine board examination: prevention at the individual and community level; the evidence-based policy approach to prevention; and the creation and use of clinical governance standards and practice guidelines for prevention. Addresses key topics in integrative medicine including the following: mind-body medicine, lifestyle medicine, diet and nutrition wellness, motivational interviewing and health coaching, and evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Describe how health policy, e.g. American health reform, impacts availability and provision of preventive services within the U.S. healthcare system and apply evidence-based resources for prevention at the community level
  2. Identify key guidelines and evidence governing preventive service provision for patients
  3. Use a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model to provide integrated, patient-centered preventive care
  4. Explain the concepts and evidence underlying clinical preventive guidelines
  5. Describe how political factors may influence the development of prevention recommendations
  6. Apply the core modalities of integrative medicine including treatment, prevention, health promotion, and wellness to the practice of clinical preventive services
  7. Recognize the core concepts of mind-body medicine and apply mind-body skills and practices to direct patient care
  8. Describe the core concepts of lifestyle medicine including and identify the leading causes of death related to lifestyle-prevalence illness
  9. Apply skills and knowledge in motivational interviewing to engage in behavioral change and promoting environments that support healthy lifestyle choices among patients
Enrollment Restriction
Residents and affiliates of the Hopkins GPMR program, and by special approval, Hopkins physicians who are interested in preventive medicine and population health
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

Held in departmental space.