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Table 2 Social medicine curriculum learning objectives categories

From: The design and implementation of a longitudinal social medicine curriculum at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine

1. Investigate your own health and wellness through a Social Medicine lens.

2. Appraise the history of American healthcare and health insurance systems.

3. Support the importance of the Social Determinants of Health and understanding a patient’s social context when providing care.

4. Appraise the intersection of Social Determinants of Health with the history, perspective, and experience of specific marginalized populations.

5. Defend the importance of cultural differences in health and how they affect health care outcomes

6. Synthesize the role of the United States in the Global Health narrative.

7. Assemble available tools and strategies to advocate for social change