Essentials of the Profession I

Essentials of the Profession I

Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health (CEPH) is one of four core topic areas within the January Essentials of the Profession course, know to students as "Essentials", which also incorporates ethics, social medicine, and health policy content. Essentials, which is a required month-long course taken in the first year of medical/dental school, fosters the skills and perspectives that medical and dental students need to:

Key Clinical Epidemiological Concepts

Key Clinical Epidemiological Concepts

This page contains Key Points documents and videos created by DPM faculty for the Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health longitudinal curriculum at Harvard Medical School. These documents and videos are included in preparatory materials for the course, and we build on these concepts in lectures and small group sessions.

Pediatric Health Care and Policy Evaluation

HPI researchers focus on the impact of health policy and insurance design for children as well as adults. Using large claims databases, surveys, and qualitative methods, Dr. Alison Galbraith leads work that has examined the impact of enrollment in high-deductible plans on health care access and affordability for children and families, particularly for those with chronic conditions such as asthma.

Health Insurance Systems Research

Insurance coverage of health care expenses determines access to care, quality of care, and spending on care. Insurance policies change rapidly in response to changing need for care and technologies and costs of care.  HPI has long had a major focus on studying impacts of private and public insurance policies on how and by whom health services are used, and on their costs and clinical consequences.  In current work, Drs.