Leadership in Medicine and Public Health

The first- and second-year of the MD Program curriculum at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison includes an elective course titled Leadership in Medicine and Public Health.

Leadership in Medicine and Public Health (Pop Health 650-065)

Overview of Course

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of "public health leadership," including communications, advocacy, professionalism, and systems-based approaches. These skills are essential for integrating public health principles into the practice of clinical medicine.

Each week, a guest faculty will discuss their unique experiences integrating public health and clinical medicine, demonstrating the diversity and importance of using a public health approach in medicine.

Course Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Understand the importance of leadership skills in public health practice
• Describe the attributes of leadership in public health
• Understand the importance of communications, advocacy, professionalism, and systems-based approaches in the integration of public health with clinical medicine

Location: Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC), Room 2272

Meets: Mondays from 4 to 5pm

Instructors

• Azita Hamedani, MD, MPH, emergency medicine
• Cate Ranheim, MD, internal medicine
• Cindy Haq, MD, family medicine
• Claudia Reardon, MD, psychiatry
• Dipesh Navsaria, MD, MPH, MS, pediatrics
• Erik Ranheim, MD, internal medicine
• Jeff Patterson, MD, family medicine
• Jim Conway, MD, pediatrics
• Norm Jensen, MD, general internal medicine
• Patrick McBride, MD, MPH, family and internal medicine
  
• Patrick Remington, MD, MPH, population health sciences
• Steve Busalacchi, health communications
• Sally Kraft, MD, MPH, internal medicine

Registration: Students may enroll for this course through the UW timetable. Those interested in learning more about the course or who would like a copy of the syllabus should contact Dr. Remington (plreming@wisc.edu) and cc. Chris Blakey (cblakey@wisc.edu).