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Aug 31, 2025
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Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog
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HPH 547 - Clinical and Community Preventive Medicine
This course prepares residents to transition from the role of learners to practitioners of preventive medicine. Didactic lectures emphasize clinical preventive medicine, which entails mastering the science of preventive medicine practice, grounded in the evidence-based clinical preventive services guidelines as developed by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) [i.e. screenings, behavioral counseling, and chemoprophylaxis/preventive medications], while case-based simulated sessions provide an opportunity to become skilled in the art of preventive medicine practice, built upon the principles of lifestyle medicine, motivational intervention, brief action planning and other evidence-based strategies for health behavior change. The work of the preventive medicine physician in public health, referred to as community preventive medicine or community medicine, is also covered in this course, including the Community Preventive Services (CPSTF) guidelines, to help prepare residents for the medical practice of prevention in the public health domain. The role of the preventive medicine physician in the seamless integration and effective collaboration between clinical medicine and public health is emphasized where appropriate. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate Public Health Program or Department Consent. Course previously offered as HPH 535 (Clinical and Community Preventive Medicine).
3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to MPH Program
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
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