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Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1451155
This article is part of the Research Topic Public Health Promotion and Medical Education Reform, Volume III View all 12 articles

Modernizing Undergraduate Medical Education by Bringing Public Health into Focus

Provisionally accepted
Eleanor Hothersall-Davies Eleanor Hothersall-Davies *
  • School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Healthcare and healthcare education are changing rapidly, being pulled in a number of directions by political, economic, environmental and technological imperatives. At the University of Dundee Medical School a curriculum review during the Covid-19 pandemic has allowed opportunities to reframe aspects of the program to emphasize themes linking public health and social determinants of health to the wider curriculum, while also bringing a shared understanding of the core outcomes of the program. This brings some adaptability into the structure and content of the course, helping graduates and staff to be "future proof".

    Keywords: Medical Education, Curriculum Design, population health, undergraduate education, social determinants of health. (Min

    Received: 18 Jun 2024; Accepted: 26 Aug 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Eleanor Hothersall-Davies, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

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