The Public Health Commute
 
 

Making public health education easily accessible

 
 
 
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A medical school curriculum supplement developed for Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

 
 
 
 
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Internal Medicine

This includes a 4 week curriculum on social determinants of health, as well as an additional 3 optional modules.

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OBGYN

This includes a 2 week curriculum on women’s health.

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Pediatrics

This includes a 2 week curriculum on global child health and sexual health for adolescents.

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Psychiatry

This includes a 2 week curriculum on mental health.

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Primary Care

The Primary Care Public Health Commute curriculum is focused on learning about rural health, immigrant health, as well as the impact of structural racism and health system disparities. Please refer to the MCY-F assignment for more information.

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Surgery

This includes a 2 week curriculum on issues specific to surgery, including access to care and opioids.

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Neurology

This includes a 3 week curriculum on health disparities in neurological disorders.

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Public Health Pulse

The PHP incorporates interactive games relating public health themes to individual organ systems for preclinical students.

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Publications

The PHC has recently been published in BMC Medical Education.

Check out the data from our first PHC cohort.

 

Website designed by Sarah Godfrey MD, MPH.