PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY ACADEMIC AWARD NHBLBI

LaRosa博士目前是该部门教育副主席 医学博士和乔治脂质研究诊所主任 华盛顿大学医学中心。 从1982年到1985年，他是 教育规划委员会（课程委员会）主席 并且在影响课程改革方面处于强大而独特的地位。 此外，该委员会最近还负责制定一项课程， 在预防医学上。 预防心脏病学课程建议 这里的目的是1）确定和加强目前的课程设置， 预防心脏病学和2）引入新的方案，包括：a）一系列 根据从学生那里获得的健康风险数据， 他们的父母 这些会议将贯穿所有四个本科 年，并强调流行病学衍生的 数据、临床实践和个人健康习惯和态度，B）a 为所有低年级学生提供降低风险因素的临床经验， 研究员，并辅之以关于相关预防性 心脏病学主题，c）针对高年级学生的为期两周的教学课程，d） 评估方案对知识和态度的影响， （e）评估该方案在减少 在诊所中看到的患者人群中的心血管风险因素 由方案建立。 院长办公室的承诺， 在预防医学的发展相关的教师 课程，LaRosa博士对研究和教育的坚定承诺 和他目前担任的课程委员会主席联合收割机， 使这个程序既符合医疗中心的需要，又可行。

Dr. LaRosa is currently Associate Chairman for Education of the Department of Medicine and Director of the Lipid Research Clinic at The George Washington University Medical Center. For 1982 through 1985, he is the chairman of the Educational Planning Committee (the curriculum committee) and is in a strong and unique position to influence curricular change. That committee, moreover, has recently been charged to develop a curriculum in preventive medicine. The curriculum in preventive cardiology proposed here aims to 1) identify and strengthen current curricular offerings in preventive cardiology and 2) introduce new programs including: a) a series of class sessions based on health risk data obtained from students and their parents. These sessions will run through all four undergraduate years and emphasize the relationships between epidemiologically-derived data, clinical practice, and personal health habits and attitudes, b) a risk factor reduction clinic experience for all junior students and fellows, supplemented with didactic sessions on relevant preventive cardiology topics, c) didactic two-week courses for senior students, d) assessments of the effect of the program on knowledge and attitudes of students and e) assessment of the effectiveness of the program in reducing cardiovascular risk factors in the patient populations seen in the clinics established by the program. The commitment of the Dean's Office and relevant faculty to the development of preventive medicine in the curriculum, Dr. LaRosa's strong commitment to both research and education and his current position as Chairman of the curriculum committee combine to make this program both desirable to the medical center and accomplishable.