From: The impact of integrating environmental health into medical school curricula: a survey-based study
IOM Competency Based EH Learning Objectives | |
1. understand the influence of the environment and environmental agents on human health based on knowledge of relevant epidemiologic, toxicologic, and exposure factors | |
2. recognize the signs, symptoms, diseases, and sources of exposure relating to common environmental agents and conditions | |
3. elicit an appropriately detailed environmental exposure history, including a work history, from all patients | |
4. identify and access the informational, clinical, and other resources available to help address patient and community environmental health problems and concerns | |
5. discuss environmental risks with their patients and provide understandable information about risk-reduction strategies in ways that exhibit sensitivity to patients’ health beliefs and concerns | |
6. understand the ethical and legal responsibilities of seeing patients with environmental and occupational health problems or concerns [13] (p.3) |