Background To provide optimal care, medical students should understand that the social
determinants of health (SDH) impact their patients' well-being. Those charged with teaching …

Purpose Social determinants of health (SDH) are recognized as important factors that affect
health and well-being. Medical schools are encouraged to incorporate the teaching of SDH …

Social determinants of health (SDH) are the major drivers of health and disparate health
outcomes across communities and populations. Given this, the authors assert that …

Purpose Accreditation bodies have mandated teaching social determinants of health (SDH)
to medical students, but there has been limited guidance for educators on what or how to …

Purpose Medical training has traditionally focused on the proximate determinants of
disease, with little focus on how social conditions influence health. The authors conducted a …

Social determinants of health are responsible for 50% of ill health. The Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada CanMEDS role of “physician advocate” requires …

Background: There has been a recent movement towards social accountability in medical
schools, which includes integrating the social, economic, and cultural determinants of health …

Medical schools are increasingly called to include social responsibility in their mandates. As
such, they are focusing their attention on the social determinants of health (SDOH) as key …

Importance National organizations recommend that medical schools train students in the
social determinants of health. Objective To develop and evaluate a longitudinal health …

There is strong evidence from around the globe that people who are poor and less educated
have more health problems and die earlier than those who are richer and more educated, 1 …