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About the Program
This revitalized course was developed for the Curriculum in 2019. In accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), courses offered as enduring material must be reviewed and re-released every three years to ensure the content is up-to-date and accurate. To meet the standards set forth by ACCME, this course has been revised in 2023 to incorporate up-to-date evidence-based information, references, data, graphics, language and case studies.This revitalized course will explore the impacts of social determinants of health (healthcare access and quality, education access and quality, social and community context, economic stability, and neighborhood and built environment) and health-related social needs on health outcomes and improving equity. It will highlight the differences between addressing health-related social needs and social determinants of health and raise key considerations in implementation. The course will address areas of opportunity and challenge with data, metrics, and cross-sector collaboration. The course will highlight strategies at the clinical, community, and population level to improve chronic disease and inequities.
ACPM defines health systems transformation as: ‘systems-based approaches to improving population, community, and individual health by incorporating and addressing the social determinants of health and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare’. Enroll Now