TY - JOUR
KW - Behavioral Medicine/education
KW - Curriculum
KW - Data Collection
KW - Holistic Health
KW - Humans
KW - Physician-Patient Relations
KW - Program Development
KW - Psychosomatic Medicine/education
KW - Schools, Medical/statistics & numerical data
KW - United States
AU - D. W. Brook
AU - C. Gordon
AU - H. Meadow
AU - M. C. Cohen
A1 - 
AB - Behavioral medicine has become increasingly important in medical education over the past two decades, but adoption of its principles and methods has been slow. Behavioral medicine stresses the effects of human behavior on health and illness using a biopsychosocial approach. It also focuses on the use of the doctor-patient relationship, which, if developed using appropriate communication skills, can result in greater patient satisfaction and increased compliance. The authors surveyed all 124 American medical schools to assess both national trends and specific efforts in the teaching of behavioral medicine principles and methods. A review of the types of behavioral medicine programs offered reveals that eight percent of U.S. medical schools had integrated programs of behavioral medicine. Several successful and effective programs were identified, as were a number of specific curricular components. There are several options available to medical schools to integrate behavioral medicine into medical education. The authors conclude that medical education must include behavioral medicine in order to improve the health of the public and to meet the demands of a changing health care system.
BT - Social work in health care
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 2
CY - UNITED STATES
IS - 2
JF - Social work in health care
N2 - Behavioral medicine has become increasingly important in medical education over the past two decades, but adoption of its principles and methods has been slow. Behavioral medicine stresses the effects of human behavior on health and illness using a biopsychosocial approach. It also focuses on the use of the doctor-patient relationship, which, if developed using appropriate communication skills, can result in greater patient satisfaction and increased compliance. The authors surveyed all 124 American medical schools to assess both national trends and specific efforts in the teaching of behavioral medicine principles and methods. A review of the types of behavioral medicine programs offered reveals that eight percent of U.S. medical schools had integrated programs of behavioral medicine. Several successful and effective programs were identified, as were a number of specific curricular components. There are several options available to medical schools to integrate behavioral medicine into medical education. The authors conclude that medical education must include behavioral medicine in order to improve the health of the public and to meet the demands of a changing health care system.
PP - UNITED STATES
PY - 2000
SN - 0098-1389; 0098-1389
SP - 15
EP - 29
EP - 
T1 - Behavioral medicine in medical education: Report of a survey
T2 - Social work in health care
TI - Behavioral medicine in medical education: Report of a survey
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 11081852
VL - 31
VO - 0098-1389; 0098-1389
Y1 - 2000
ER -