Public Health Promotion and Medical Education Reform, Volume IV

This Research Topic is part of the series of " Public Health Promotion and Medical Education Reform":Public Health Promotion and Medical Education Reform, Volume IPublic Health Promotion and Medical Education Reform, Volume IIPublic Health Promotion and Medical Education Reform, Volume IIIAll over the world, more than 80% of medical services and public health education are provided by graduates of local or regional medical schools. Therefore, these schools face pressing demand for better health services, principally due to population growth and increased public health awareness. However, traditional medical education is failing to cope with these challenges, largely because of didactic teaching methods, fragmented curricula, and passive learning, which do not train students to become self-directed, lifelong learners and qualified healthcare workers. We also recognize that simply expanding class sizes and opening new medical schools cannot meet this demand. Medical school educators have therefore implemented a series of reforms across every aspect of medical education (e.g., teaching content, style, and methodology), which have gradually deepened across many disciplines, including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health. In addition, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19) has highlighted the vital interplay between public health and medical education, promoting the integration of public health content into medical education. That is, future healthcare workers should be responsible not only for disease diagnosis and treatment, but also for health promotion and disease prevention.The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed an urgent global need for healthcare services that is outstripping the pace of healthcare workforce growth, underlining the necessity of a paradigm shift in medical education. Therefore, the aim of this Research Topic is to provide a comprehensive overview of current reform efforts in the education of healthcare workers, mainly (but not exclusively) focusing on high-quality research studies carried out in local or regional medical schools. In addition, it is widely accepted that disease prevention and health promotion may be more effective in improving the health status of a population. We therefore strongly encourage contributions that present innovative methods and assessments of incorporating core public health content into medical curricula. Both ongoing and completed original research are welcome.Consequently, areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:• Situation and trends in public health research, practice, and policy.• Development and evaluation of public health education.• National and international medical education reforms to produce well-trained students and healthcare workers (undergraduates and postgraduates), particularly in local or regional medical schools.• Implementation and evaluation of integrating public health content into medical curricula. Topic editors: Yasusei Kudo, Jian Chen, Tian Jing Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/77681/public-health-promotion-and-medical-education-reform-volume-iv