Environmental Medicine: Integrating a Missing Element into Medical Education

This book addresses the growing need for physicians to competently respond to patient concerns about environmental and occupational health risks. As public awareness of potential environmental hazards increases, medical professionals are increasingly asked to assess and explain risks related to water safety, radiation, pollution, and occupational exposures. Recognizing that many physicians lack formal training in this area, this volume provides a structured, educational framework to integrate environmental health into medical education, ensuring future physicians are better prepared to evaluate, prevent, and manage environmentally related diseases.

Key Features

• Competency-based framework: Defines six core environmental health competencies recommended for all medical students
• Curriculum integration: Demonstrates how environmental health concepts can be incorporated into existing medical school courses and clinical clerkships
• Case-based learning: Includes real-world, published case studies to support applied learning, with additional cases provided in the appendices
• Practical clinical relevance: Links environmental and occupational exposures to common diseases encountered in medical practice
• Resource guidance: Provides a comprehensive guide to sources of additional information for diagnosis, treatment, referral, and follow-up
• Educational support tools: Features three appendices designed to enhance teaching, learning, and curriculum development
• Authoritative source: Published by the National Academy of Sciences, ensuring credibility and academic rigor 

Product Details

• Publisher: National Academy of Press(May 28 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0309051401
• ISBN-13: 978-0309051408
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BWWC382