Medical students and residents should be taught clear principles to help them educate families about their children's nutritional requirements from the age of birth in order to prevent childhood obesity.
A physician discusses the benefits of a Saturday clinic that is operated by Colorado medical students to serve working and unemployed homeless patients.
Global health training offered through UCSF’s EMPOWUR program prepares ob/gyn residents to work in under-resourced communities locally as well as globally.
AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(3):253-260. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.3.medu1-1803.
Evaluation of an autism curriculum for pediatric residents yielded significant short-term gains in residents’ objective and self-assessed knowledge of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and treatment.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(4):318-322. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.4.medu1-1504.
Much premed education encourages acquiring competence in basic science and demonstrating (rather than developing) the characteristics of a good physician.