What does preventive medicine do?

Preventive medicine mainly studies the basic knowledge and skills of etiology, prevention, screening, control and elimination of infectious diseases and epidemics, and carries out prevention and control, cause investigation and disease monitoring of infectious diseases and population epidemics.

Training objectives:

The fundamental task of preventive medicine education is to cultivate professionals who can adapt to the needs of social development and public health, have basic knowledge of basic and clinical medicine, theoretical and practical skills of preventive medicine, have practical working ability of public health and preventive medicine, have good professional quality and innovative spirit, and can independently study and carry out related scientific research, teaching and public health entrepreneurial practice.

It has the ability to engage in routine public health services, monitor people's health-related conditions, prevent and control diseases and health hazards, implement public policies, laws, regulations, departmental rules and health standards, carry out health education and health promotion activities, and study and implement public health strategies and measures.

Core courses:

Human anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, medical genetics, medical immunology, pathology, medical ethics, diagnostics, internal medicine, epidemiology, health microbiology, health toxicology, epidemiology;

Health statistics, environmental hygiene, occupational hygiene, health chemistry, nutrition and food hygiene, child and adolescent hygiene, maternal and child health care, social medicine, health education, health management, health economics, health law.

Basic requirements for the training of preventive medicine talents;

1, knowledge target

Master basic knowledge and scientific methods related to medicine such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, life science, behavioral science and social science, and can be used to guide future study and medical practice; Master the normal structure and function of the human body at all stages of life, normal psychological state, etc.

2, skill goals

Be able to collect medical history comprehensively, systematically and correctly; Master the basic skills of epidemiological investigation, disease monitoring and disease screening; Have the basic skills to communicate effectively with the public, media and other personnel on health-related information.