Environmental medicine : integrating a missing element into medical education /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Curriculum Development in Environmental Medicine
Other Authors:	Rall, David P., Pope, Andrew MacPherson, 1950-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.
Subjects:	Environmental Pollutants > adverse effects. Curriculum. Environmental Exposure. Environmental Pollutants > toxicity. Education, Medical. Environmental Health.

Table of Contents:

Definition and scope of environmental medicine
Role of the physician
Recent history
Continuum of roles
Origin and organization of the report
Curriculum content
Components of a curriculum
Competency-based learning objectives
Implementation strategies
Curriculum access points and teaching strategies
Competencies
Enhancing faculty awareness
Some long-term strategies
Some short-term strategies
Integrating the curriculum
Developing faculty
Continuing education
Evaluating progress.
Changing medical education
Calls for reform in medical education
Barriers and opportunities
Taking an exposure history
Medical school courses and clerkships: access points for integrating environmental medicine
Case studies in environmental medicine
Resources: agencies, organizations, services, references, and tables of environmental health hazards
Committee and staff biographies.