It is a truism that everything a physician does for a patient is intended to prevent an
undesirable consequence. As Harvey Cushing'stated," it would be a slur on the students' …

Much of the work group's discussion reflected the sense that it is an ironic time for a national
conference on Prevention and Medical Practice: The Role of Undergraduate Medical …

Clinical Orientation Instruction in preventive medicine has evolved through several
stages:(a) the review of bacteriological and sanitary advances in the early 1900s,(b) …

IF THE GOALS of" Healthy People"(1) and of" Ob-jectives for the Nation"(2) are to be
achieved, change in undergraduate medical education is not optional, it is mandatory …

Joyce C. Lashof, MD he Surgeon General's report “Healthy Peo-T ple,” published in 1979,
gave a major impetus to our current efforts in health promotion and disease prevention. This …

The importance of preventive medicine requires no justification. Practically every disease of
significance that has ever been controlled in the community has been one that we have …

The rapidly developing appreciation of the importance of preventive medicine by the general
public and by the medical profession has brought home to the medical school the problem of …

The burdens of illness-whether expressed in personal, family, or fiscal terms-are becoming
too great to bear, not just for individual citizens but for society as a whole. And though our …

FIV E-DAY C onf er en ce on the Teaching of Preventive Medicine was held imnnediately
preceding the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The …

Much progress has been made during the past decade in devising ways and means for
teaching preventive medicine and public health to medical students. A number of papers …