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Health Justice Certificate

The establishment of a Health Justice Curriculum reflects the commitment of the Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) to Social Justice. The Health Justice curriculum is core content for all KSOM medical students and a certificate in Health Justice is issued at graduation to recognize the depth of that work. All KSOM medical students participate in transformative and immersive educational experiences to equip KSOM graduates with the knowledge and skills to build practices and organizations that meet the needs of communities and lead policy efforts to address healthcare inequities in society. The curricular requirements of the Health Justice certificate are fulfilled through experiences in the community and health systems (e.g. patient navigator, street medicine, advocacy project), selected readings and videos, team-based learning sessions, and focused topic meetings with students in round table fashion or in small groups. Skills are taught through mentoring, where students are given the opportunity to process their experiences in real time through dialogue with community providers engaged in the service experiences and through complementary reflective sessions with faculty.

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