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Table 2 Suggested Public Health Topics for Medical School Curriculum from Pre-and-Post Assessments of Public Health Commute Offered to Medical Students at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, 2017

From: Development of an online public health curriculum for medical students: the public health commute

Topic

Pre-Quiz Number of Responses (out of 67)

Post-Quiz Number of Responses (out of 59)

Social Determinants of Health

18 (27%)

25 (42%)

Health Systems

13 (19%)

18 (30%)

Insurance

11 (16%)

9 (15%)

Health Disparities

9 (13%)

8 (13%)

Health Policy

8 (12%)

3 (4%)

Epidemiology

6 (9%)

5 (9%)

Race

6 (9%)

12 (21%)

Nutrition

6 (9%)

5 (9%)

Preventative Health

5 (7%)

4 (7%)

Women’s Health

4 (6%)

3 (4%)

Violence

4 (6%)

4 (7%)

Substance Use

2 (3%)

7 (12%)

Other

10 (15%)

10 (16%)