Title
Teaching risk-factor counseling skills to medical students, house staff, and fellows
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Date
1-1-1990
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Behavioral Medicine; Curriculum; Education, Medical; Humans; Internship and Residency; Medical Staff, Hospital; Preventive Medicine; Risk Factors; Students, Medical; Teaching
Disciplines
Cardiology | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Preventative Medicine
Abstract
It is important to teach risk-factor counseling skills to medical students, primary care residents, and fellows in cardiovascular medicine. To do this, it is necessary to teach assessment and intervention skills based on the theory and techniques of preventive and behavioral medicine. Physicians should be taught to think in terms of the patient in the context of his or her lifestyle and other interacting factors affecting health and disease, and should develop a new medical "culture" within which the risk-factor and lifestyle antecedents and correlates of illness can be recognized, discussed, and approached therapeutically. In this approach to physician training, risk-factor intervention skills training is integrated into existing teaching vehicles to minimize the burden on the curriculum and maximize the extent to which the material can be incorporated into the daily practice of medicine. The objectives associated with training in behavioral medicine skills and examples demonstrating how specific teaching vehicles that are already established in most institutions can be used to accomplish this training are presented. Strategies for motivating physicians to practice prevention with their parents also are discussed.
Rights and Permissions
Citation: Am J Prev Med. 1990;6(2 Suppl):35-42.
Related Resources
PubMed ID
2383411
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