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What is Prospective Health Care?

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

PHC aims to address the need of medical cost reduction and the improvement of patient care in our current health care system, especially with chronic conditions.

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.

Organization

The Prospective Health Care Club strives to raise awareness, promote discussions, and encourage collaborations 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:

Publications

The JPHC is a interdisciplinary undergraduate journal published by the PHC Club that encompasses various issues concerning prospective health care. Please feel free to view our past issues or submit an article.

Forums

Each year, the Club hosts a conference that specifically addresses prospective health care. Past speakers have included Dr. Ralph Snyderman, Mr. Pierre Cassigneul, and Dr. Geoffrey Ginsburg.

Community Service

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.

Curricular

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.