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Board Review in Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- 2nd Edition - January 19, 2023
- Author: Gregory M. Schwaid
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 6 5 9 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 6 6 0 - 8
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Request a sales quoteBoard Review in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Second Edition provides an ideal resource for physicians preparing to take the board exams in both preventive medicine and occupational medicine or for those preparing to take the examination to become certified in Public Health. In this new edition, topics have been added to fill any potential gaps in important key concepts. Topics include clinical preventive medicine, health administration, epidemiology, biostatistics, occupational medicine, correctional medicine, aerospace medicine, and much more. This second edition uses the board exam outline supplied by the American Board of Preventive Medicine to help test-takers understand exam topics and components.
The primary audience for the book is physicians preparing to take board exams in preventive medicine or occupational medicine. This includes resident physicians taking the exam for the first time, as well as those that are preparing to take the recertifying exam. Similar to physicians, this book can be used by nurse practitioners preparing for their occupational medicine certification exams.
- Presents questions and answers, along with explanatory response for those preparing for board exams
- Includes tables, charts, graphs and calculations
- Written by a physician who has passed board exams in both preventive medicine and occupational medicine
Undergraduate and beginning graduate students in health sciences, health education, psychology and public health courses, public health practitioners, psychologists, and individuals interested in stress management, Patients in mental health / primary care settings, university wellness centers, and corporate wellness centers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the author
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. General public health
- 1.1. General public health questions
- 1.2. General public health answers
- Chapter Two. Health policy and management
- 2.1. Health policy and management questions
- 2.2. Health policy and management answers
- Chapter Three. Epidemiology and biostatistics
- 3.1. Epidemiology and biostatistics questions
- 3.2. Epidemiology and biostatistics answers
- Chapter Four. Environmental medicine
- 4.1. Environmental medicine questions
- 4.2. Environmental medicine answers
- Chapter Five. Occupational medicine
- 5.1. Occupational medicine questions
- 5.2. Occupational medicine answers
- Chapter Six. Aerospace medicine
- 6.1. Aerospace medicine questions
- 6.2. Aerospace medicine answers
- Chapter Seven. Clinical preventive medicine
- 7.1. Clinical preventive medicine questions
- 7.2. Clinical preventive medicine answers
- Chapter Eight. Infectious disease
- 8.1. Infectious disease questions
- 8.2. Infectious disease answers
- Chapter Nine. Emergency preparedness
- 9.1. Emergency preparedness questions
- 9.2. Emergency preparedness answers
- Index
- No. of pages: 542
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 19, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443186592
- eBook ISBN: 9780443186608
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Gregory M. Schwaid
Dr. Schwaid DO, MPH, FAOCOPM is board certified in general preventive medicine by both the American Board of Preventive Medicine and the American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine. After completing a bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences, he earned a master's degree in public health and obtained a doctorate in osteopathic medicine. Following medical school, he completed a one year hospital-based internship and two years of preventive medicine residency training. Dr. Schwaid currently practices clinical medicine full-time. On a part-time basis, he teaches public health, clinical exam, and osteopathic manipulation at a medical school. He is the Chair of Public Health and a Vice President of the American College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine (AOCOPM) . He also serves as faculty at a preventive medicine residency program.
Affiliations and expertise
Urgent Care Physician, Centra Care, Tampa; Faculty Instructor (part-time), Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, FL, USARead Board Review in Preventive Medicine and Public Health on ScienceDirect