Table 2.

Population-centered community-oriented training activities

Field	Objectives: students are familiar with:	Instructional methods	Student evaluation methods	Program evaluation methods
Epidemiology	investigating an epidemic defining of health risk factors key issues of collecting data various types of studies designs screening methods and related concepts decision analysis	small group tutorials based on exercises related to epidemiological (health statistics or scientific articles)	multiple choice questions short open answer questions	a six-item students’ satisfaction questionnaire with a Likert scale (1–5) performance at local and national examinations class attendance
Occupational medicine	prevention strategies in occupational medicine clinical and therapeutic and social aspects of occupational diseases occupational patient history and specific laboratory exams specific insurance procedures related to occupational disease	medium size group discussions based on prior readings specific lectures	multiple choice questions short open answer questions	a six-item students’ satisfaction questionnaire with a Likert scale (1–5) performance at local and national examinations class attendance
Health economics and health systems	the impact on health of various health insurance systems assessing quality of care and therapeutic efficacy evaluating medical interventions understanding economic issues relevant to the health sector	medium size group discussions based on prior readings and small group tutorials based on media documents and specific health economics data	multiple choice questions short open answer questions	a six-item students’ satisfaction questionnaire with a Likert scale (1–5) performance at local and national examinations class attendance
Social and preventive medicine	see community health experience