About this Research Topic
The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the urgent need for healthcare services worldwide that is outstripping the pace of healthcare workforce growth, underlining the necessity of a paradigm shift in medical education. Therefore, the aim of the Research Topic is to provide a comprehensive overview of current reform attempts in education for healthcare workers, mainly (but not exclusively) focusing on the high-quality research studies carried out in local/regional medical schools. In addition, it is being widely accepted that disease prevention and health promotion may be more effective in improving the health status of a population. We thus greatly encourage contributions providing innovative methods and assessment of the incorporation of core public health into the medical curricula. Ongoing and completed Original Research studies are welcome.
Consequently, areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
• Situation and trends of public health research, practice, and policy.
• Development and evaluation of public health education.
• National and international medical education reform to produce well-trained students and workers: local/regional medical schools.
• Implementation and evaluation of integrating public health content in the medical curricula
Keywords: Public Health, Medical Education Reform, Public Health Education, Trends and Challenges, Local/Regional Medical Schools
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