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What is prospective health care?

Prospective health care is an emerging field of medicine that emphasizes disease prediction and prevention, personalization of treatment, and patient responsibility.

It is intended to address the need to reduce costs and improve patient care in the current health care system, especially with chronic conditions.

NEW: Journal of Prospective Health Care, Volume 3, Issue 1

We have just released the third issue of the Journal of Prospective Health Care!

Who are we?

PHCC at Translational Medicine Conference

We are a group of Duke undergraduates who are passionate about prospective health care. We come from diverse backgrounds and have varied interests – many of us are on the pre-health path, some of us approach medicine from a scientific viewpoint, and some of us approach medicine from a public policy or an economic perspective.

We believe optimal health and health care cannot be achieved with the traditional philosophy of acute care and reactive treatment of symptoms. We believe that a radical change in the field of medicine is necessary.

What do we do?

The Prospective Health Care Club endeavors to raise awareness, promote discussion, and encourage collaboration among students, professors, and professionals from all fields to further the development of prospective health care.

To do this, we have a number of ongoing initiatives:

Journal of Prospective Health Care

The JPHC is a multidisciplinary undergraduate journal about prospective health care published by the Club. Please view our past issues or submit an article.

Annual Conferences on Prospective Health Care

Each year, the Club hosts a conference on prospective health care. Past speakers have included Dr. Ralph Snyderman, Mr. Pierre Cassigneul, and Dr. Geoffrey Ginsburg. Come to this year's conference on Nov. 19th!

Prospective Health Challenge

The Community Service Committee is starting a new initiative this year called the Prospective Health Challenge. The Prospective Health Challenge is a contest for Duke employees to apply the ideas of prevention and patient responsibility in order to achieve personal health goals.

House Course on Prospective Health Care

House Courses are .5 credit courses taught by Duke undergraduates that other undergraduates can sign up for. This course seeks to educate and inspire students about the promise of prospective health care as a solution to today's impending health care problems. Please read more about the house course and the Club's curricular committee.