Behavioral & Social Sciences as Core Elements of the Medical School Curriculum

描述(由申请者提供)：这项建议的总体目标是开发一个创新的、全面的课程，旨在增加医学生在与健康相关的行为和社会科学(BSS)方面的知识和技能。这方面的课程发展将有助于OHSU长期致力于提供尽可能最好的初级保健医学教育。在新课程实施前后，将通过测量学生的BSS知识、技能和态度来评估本课程的效果。在现有优势的基础上，将扩大现有的课程和教学方法，以便在六个BSS领域和国际移民组织确定的对敏感和有效的医学实践至关重要的所有26个具体问题中创建一门课程。(1)新的BSS课程将与OHSU四年制必修课程中以病人为中心的新核心课程全面融合。它的设计将确保内容和活动可以传播到其他医学院。我们的具体目标包括：1-制定、实施和评估一个为期四年的课程，旨在提高医学生在BSS中与健康相关的知识和技能。2-增加BSS中与健康相关的教职员工、住院医生、其他研究人员和执业医生的知识和技能。3-向其他医学院以及其他保健专业学校分发BSS课程和配套教材。4-通过有效的评估措施和程序，评估新课程对医学生在BSS中与健康有关的知识和技能的影响。5-在职业卫生与健康学院内促进与健康相关的BSS研究和职业，并促进进一步发展对卫生保健专业人员的BSS培训，最终目标是促进国民健康。这项建议的优势在于，课程开发过程将为OHSU和全国其他医学院提供完整的四年制课程，其中包括综合的、适合发展的和经过严格测试的BSS课程。它还将产生关于医学生培训以及行为和社会科学中医生知识、技能和态度的重要性的教员研究、同行评议出版物和国家演示文稿。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of this proposal is to develop an innovative, comprehensive curriculum designed to increase medical students' knowledge and skills in the behavioral and social sciences (BSS) related to health. Curriculum development in this area will contribute to OHSU's long-held dedication to providing the best medical education possible in primary care. The efficacy of this curriculum will be evaluated through measures of student BSS knowledge, skills, and attitudes prior to and after the new curriculum is implemented. Building upon existing strengths, current offerings and teaching methods will be expanded to create a curriculum in the six BSS domains and all 26 specific issues identified by the IOM as essential to the sensitive and effective practice of medicine. (1) The new BSS curriculum will be fully integrated with and serve as the new patient-centered core of the OHSU required four-year curriculum. Its design will ensure that content and activities may be disseminated to other medical schools. Our specific aims include: 1 - Develop, implement, and evaluate a four-year curriculum designed to increase medical students' knowledge and skills in the BSS related to health. 2 - Increase the knowledge and skills of faculty, residents, other researchers, and practicing physicians in the BSS related to health. 3 - Disseminate BSS curriculum and accompanying teaching materials to other medical schools as well as other health care professional schools. 4 - Evaluate the impact of the new curriculum on medical students' knowledge and skills in the BSS related to health by means of valid evaluation measures and procedures. 5 - Foster health-related BSS research and careers within OHSU and catalyze further development of BSS training for health care professionals with the ultimate goal of advancing the health of the nation. The strength of this proposal is that the process of curriculum development will provide OHSU and potentially other medical schools across the country with a full four-year curriculum with an integrated, developmentally appropriate and rigorously tested BSS curriculum. It will also engender faculty research, peer-reviewed publications, and national presentations regarding the importance of medical student training and physician knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the behavioral and social sciences.