The Importance of Criminal Justice Health Education for Today's Medical Students and Strategies for Integration Into Medical School Curricula

被引:3
作者
Rosseau, Natalie A. [1 ]
Marwah, Harleen [1 ]
Kendig, Newton E. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] George Washington Univ, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, 2300 1 St NW, Washington, DC 20052 USA
[2] George Washington Univ, Criminal Justice Hlth Initiat, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Washington, DC 20052 USA
关键词
criminal justice health; academic medicine; medical education;
D O I
10.1089/jchc.21.03.0019
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
As the United States wrestles with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and concurrently confronts long-standing issues of racial injustice, it is more important than ever that criminal justice health becomes an integrated component of medical school curricula. Nearly all future physicians will someday be caring for justice-involved patients or their family members. A foundational medical school education that includes criminal justice health will better equip these physicians to not only care for their patients, but also help address health care disparities and the public health concerns that affect our communities. These recommended changes to U.S. medical school curricula will occur only with the commitment of academic leaders and their inclusion of medical school faculty with criminal justice health expertise to help guide these efforts. Now is the time for U.S. medical schools to embrace criminal justice health as essential learning.
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