Program Overview

Genes to Society: A Curriculum for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

The Genes to Society curriculum is a comprehensive program designed for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. This curriculum aims to provide students with a deep understanding of the complex relationships between genes, environment, and society, and how these factors impact human health and disease.

Mission and Objectives

The mission of the Genes to Society curriculum is to educate students in the fundamental principles of medicine, while also emphasizing the importance of social and environmental factors in shaping health outcomes. The objectives of the curriculum are to:

• Describe the normal nutritional changes over the life course and the impact of lifestyle change on patients' health and quality of life
• Obtain a thorough patient history on lifestyle behaviors
• Describe the role of evidence-based counseling and the multidisciplinary care team in facilitating lifestyle behavior change
• Discuss how social determinants of health may impact a patient's ability to engage in lifestyle behavior change
• Identify aspects of personal experiences with lifestyle behavior change that can be applied to patient care as well as physician self-care

Curriculum Overview

The Genes to Society curriculum is a four-year program that includes a variety of courses and clerkships designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in medicine. The curriculum is divided into four years, each with its own set of courses and clerkships.

Courses and Clerkships

The Genes to Society curriculum includes a wide range of courses and clerkships, including:

• TIME: Nutrition and Behavior Change
• Clinical Foundations of Medicine
• TIME: Global Health
• Foundations of Human Anatomy
• TIME: Disparities and Inequities in Health and Health Care
• Foundations in Public Health - Epidemiology, Ethics, Healthcare Systems
• TIME: Clinical Informatics
• Genes to Society
• TIME: Nutrition and Health Behavior
• Longitudinal Ambulatory Clerkship
• TIME: Pain Care Medicine
• Scholarly Concentrations
• Scientific Foundations of Medicine
• TIME: High Value Health Care

Course Directors

The course directors for the TIME: Nutrition and Behavior Change course are:

• Zoobia Wazir Chaudhry, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Marci Laudenslager, MD MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Courses and Clerkships Year One

The first year of the Genes to Society curriculum includes a variety of courses and clerkships, including:

• Schedule Overview
• TIME - Disaster Medicine
• Clinical Foundations of Medicine
• TIME - Global Health
• Foundations of Human Anatomy
• TIME - Disparities and Inequities in Health and Health Care
• Foundations in Public Health - Epidemiology, Ethics, Healthcare Systems
• TIME - Clinical Informatics
• Genes to Society
• TIME - Nutrition and Health Behavior
• Longitudinal Ambulatory Clerkship
• TIME - Pain Care Medicine
• Scholarly Concentrations
• Scientific Foundations of Medicine
• TIME - High Value Health Care

Year Two, Year Three, and Year Four

The subsequent years of the Genes to Society curriculum build on the foundation established in the first year, with increasingly complex and specialized courses and clerkships.