Medical Students Leading a High School Health Education Program: Evaluation of Mihealth

An abstract of a study by Brown et al discussing MiHealth, program designed by preclinical medical students to teach health lessons in the high school classroom, is presented. MiHealth is a high-yield, low input program that allows medical students to develop their teaching skills while working in t...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent health 2017-02, Vol.60 (2), p.S53-S53
Main Authors: Brown, Kathryn S., BS, Riley, Margaret, MD, Meixner, Kaitlin A., MAT, DeBenedictus, Christina, BA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude change
Classrooms
College students
Community service
Educational programs
Health education
Health promotion
Knowledge
Medical schools
Medical students
Pediatrics
Program evaluation
Risk behavior
Secondary schools
Teaching
Teenagers
Work skills
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Summary:An abstract of a study by Brown et al discussing MiHealth, program designed by preclinical medical students to teach health lessons in the high school classroom, is presented. MiHealth is a high-yield, low input program that allows medical students to develop their teaching skills while working in the community to educate adolescents and decreased their risk behaviors. The program resulted in promising trends towards long-term knowledge retention and attitude change in adolescents, and may help mitigate the loss of drive for community service seen as medical students progress through medical school.
ISSN:1054-139X
1879-1972
DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.10.288