A comprehensive course on cancer prevention developed for the University of Maryland School of Medicine under a contract with the National Cancer Institute is described. This innovative, multidisciplinary, modular curriculum package was tested as a four-week elective, revised, and field tested again. (Author/MLW)

The long-term effects of a first-year medical school course in disease prevention focusing on cancer were studied. Students who took the course were more knowledgeable about cancer than their peers, but had neither significantly more positive attitudes nor tendencies to use prevention techniques in clinical settings. (Author/LB)