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Preventive Medicine Residency

$80,663,075

Total Assistance, FY 2008 to Present
Agency: HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Assistance Type: PROJECT GRANTS
Popular Name: Preventive Medicine Residency Program (PMR)
Assistance Listing Number
93.117

Objectives: Grants are intended to promote postgraduate medical education in the specialty of preventive medicine. Preventive Medicine is the specialty of medical practice which focuses on the health of individuals and defined populations in order to protect, promote, and maintain health and well-being and prevent disease, disability and premature death. Preventive medicine training includes direct patient care, biostatistics, epidemiology, social and behavioral sciences, health services administration, environmental health sciences, and practicing prevention in clinical medicine. It is one of the 40 medical specialties recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Preventive Medicine encompasses three areas of specialization: (1) Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, (2) Occupational Medicine, and (3) Aerospace Medicine.

 
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