Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs
Preventive Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs
Colleges award this field under 4 named programs, from Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency Program to Preventive Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other.
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Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 4 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency Program
- Prepares physicians to promote health, prevent disease, and manage the health of communities and defined populations; combines population-based public health skills with knowledge of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention-oriented clinical practice in a wide variety of settings. One of three general certificates in the area of preventive medicine. Note: this medical specialty merges the previous subspecialties of preventive medicine and public health medicine.
- Aerospace Medicine Residency Program
- Prepares physicians in the health care of operating crews, support personnel, and passengers of air and space vehicles. Covers special conditions of physical and psychological stress, emergency medical procedures, adaptive systems and artificial environments. One of three general certificates in the area of preventive medicine.
- Occupational Medicine Residency Program
- Prepares physicians in the maintenance of the health of workers, the ability to perform work, the arrangements of work, and the physical and chemical environments of the workplace. Covers data collection and management and the administration and regulation of occupational medical services. One of three general certificates in the area of preventive medicine.
- Preventive Medicine Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other
- Preventive medicine not listed above.
Also called Public Health Medicine Residency Program, Preventive Medicine Residency Program
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