Find links here to content in the School of Medicine's Social Foundations of Medicine I & II course curriculum.
Community and Public Health Education Methods a Practical Guide by 
Let's Talk Vaccines: A Clinician's Guide to Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Saving Lives by
Dr. Gretchen LaSalle specifically wrote her book, Let’s Talk Vaccines: A Clinician’s Guide to Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Saving Lives, for the busy medical practitioner in order to provide timely, easily retrievable, and accurate information about vaccines and immunization. One of the important features of the book is that it specifically addresses common concerns that parents often raise during clinic visits. It directly targets the anti-vaccine movement’s phony assertions about autism, autoimmune illnesses and allergies, toxic ingredients, overwhelming the immune system, conspiracies, and more.
Public Health Nutrition: Rural, Urban, and Global Community-Based Practice by
Explores the means through which such facts can be interpreted, applied, and evaluated for impact at population and community levels; leads the reader to understand that food supply systems and cultural, social, political, and economic factors are key determinants of sustainable individual and community access to nutritious food.
Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Sixteenth Edition by 
Public Health Ethics and Social Determinants of Health by
Although this brief book is fundamentally a book about public health ethics, the ethical analyses are not possible without an adequate grounding in what the evidence actually suggests regarding the connections between socioeconomic conditions and population health outcomes.
Critical Appraisal from Papers to Patient by
This accessible book is suitable for undergraduates and postgraduates of all medical specialties, nursing, paramedics, pharmacists and all allied health professions. It is the ideal reference for anyone needing help writing a clinical topic review, reviewing a paper in a journal club or preparing for a critical appraisal exam. But most importantly, it is essential for those who wish to practice medicine in the best possible way for their patients, using the best evidence, tailored to the individual.
Medical Epidemiology: Population Health and Effective Health Care, Fifth Edition by 
Evidence-Based Public Health by
In a logical sequence, the reader is guided in how to use the results of his or her search for evidence in developing program or policy options, including the weighing of benefits versus barriers, and then in developing an action plan. To complete the cycle of science, the book describes how to evaluate whatever action is taken.
Painless Evidence-Based Medicine by
Provides tables and boxed case studies throughout highlighting key topics, or difficult issues, in an easy to read manner; emphasizes applicability of EBM, encouraging readers to dissect the evidence and how results can be applied to individual patients with different circumstances, varying values and preferences; new to the 2nd edition are chapters on health screening, clinical practice guidelines, and major updates incorporating recommended trial criteria.
Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health by 
Communication the Cleveland Clinic Way: How to Drive a Relationship-Centered Strategy for Exceptional Patient Experience by
In this book, authors challenge doctors to develop skills that would help them establish more effective, functional, and satisfying relationships with patients, relationships in which both the patient’s and the clinician’s experience mattered. "We believe that relationships are therapeutic and that relationships function best when all parties to the relationship matter."
Empathy: Real Stories to Inspire and Enlighten Busy Clinicians by
The stories in this collection depict many common challenges, such as when patients and families harbor unrealistic prognostic expectations and are therefore considered to be “in denial” or when patients display nonmedical opiate use. However, not all chapters focus on challenging scenarios. Instead, some chapters focus primarily on how clinicians connect with patients by weaving empathy into the fabric of every encounter, not just difficult ones.
Smith's Patient Centered Interviewing: an Evidence-Based Method, Fourth Edition by
Our goal in this text is to present in a logical, step-by-step fashion the behaviors that are necessary to conduct an effective and efficient patient-centered interview. Interviewing is the most important and most difficult skill learners must master in their clinical careers. The book is designed for learners in medicine, advanced-practice nursing, physician assistant, and other health-related disciplines where communication and relational skills are central. Includes links to a companion teaching supplement and teaching videos.
Understanding Clinical Negotiation by
This book is about identifying, understanding, and responding to patients’ wants, needs, desires and expectations in ways that leads to better outcomes for patients and more satisfying health care relationships for everyone. The primary purpose is to equip front-line generalist medical practitioners—primary care physicians, hospitalists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or those training for these roles—to recognize the contours of clinical negotiation and how to reach a satisfactory resolution as quickly and efficiently as possible.
