Association of a Health Equity Curriculum With Medical Students’ Knowledge of Social Determinants of Health and Confidence in Working With Underserved Populations
- 1 March 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Network Open
- Vol. 4 (3), e210297
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0297
Abstract
The social determinants of health (SDH)—the conditions in which people are born, work, live, and age—have a profound effect on morbidity and mortality.1 National organizations have emphasized that medical schools should teach trainees about the SDH and their effect on health disparities.2-5 Disruptions related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and social unrest in the US have brought additional stressors and amplified underlying inequalities in educational and health systems. Thus, it is imperative that medical schools increase commitment and investment in teaching students about SDH and health equity, and medical school education can have an influence in reducing health disparities.6,7 Prior studies have found that students who attend medical schools that include health equity curricula are more likely to practice in underserved communities.8-10This publication has 36 references indexed in Scilit:
- Implicit and explicit weight bias in a national sample of 4,732 medical students: The medical student CHANGES studyObesity, 2013
- A multimethod approach for cross-cultural training in an internal medicine residency programMedical Education Online, 2013
- Teaching social accountability by making the links: Qualitative evaluation of student experiences in a service-learning projectMedical Teacher, 2011
- Nurturing social responsibility through community service-learning: Lessons learned from a pilot projectMedical Teacher, 2010
- Community-based practice program in a rural medical school: Benefits and challengesMedical Teacher, 2010
- Using the Cross-Cultural Care Survey to Assess Cultural Competency in Graduate Medical EducationJournal of Graduate Medical Education, 2010
- Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of healthThe Lancet, 2008
- Medical School Programs to Increase the Rural Physician Supply: A Systematic Review and Projected Impact of Widespread ReplicationAcademic Medicine, 2008
- The Role of Medical Education in Reducing Health Care Disparities: The First Ten Years of the UCLA/Drew Medical Education ProgramJournal of General Internal Medicine, 2007
- Medical Students' Attitudes Toward Providing Care for the UnderservedJAMA, 1993