Patients, Populations & Policy

About

Patients, Populations and Policy (P3) is a required course for first year medical students at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Objectives are based on learning goals from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), AAMC, USMLE, and from a needs assessment collected from USMLE data and feedback from GUSOM students.

Course Goal

The goal of the P3 course is to enable students to understand the U.S. health care system and the social, cultural, environmental, and policy factors impacting the health of individuals and populations. In addition, our goal is for students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to think independently about the patients and problems they will face in clinical practice.