Post on 16-Jan-2016
Framing the Future: The Second Hundred Years of Education for
Public HealthDonna Petersen, ScD, MHS
March 6, 2012League for Innovation in the Community College
Innovations 2012 ConferencePhiladelphia, PA
Task Force
Chaired by:
Donna Petersen, University of South Florida College of Public Health; Chair, ASPH
Education Committee
Populated by:
38 representatives from academic, government, private, non-profit, and health professional associations
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Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC)
Background
• Public health practice and public health education have changed enormously since the Welch-Rose Report in 1915
Background, Continued
• Undergraduate public health education is booming
• Professional doctoral degrees in the health professions are multiplying
• The IOM has called for an educated citizenry in public health and, separately, for more effective interprofessional education and practice in the health professions
Background, Continued
• Both health and non-health professions are seeking to integrate more public health content in their academic programs
• Academe is continuing to honor its historic commitment to the traditional public health workforce
• Other sectors, including the community at large, are increasingly calling for public health guidance in, and more familiarity with, whole-person, prevention-oriented, and population health concepts
Background, Continued
• Fellow health professions desire more team-based, interprofessional collaboration with public health
• Global health is becoming more prominent as is the globalization of public health education and practice
• The structure of education and its delivery and access points are undergoing rapid transformations
Task Force Charge
To reconsider the role of public health education 100 years after the Welch-Rose Report
and
to set a new vision for public health education in the future
Aim
Recommendations for 21st century models of public health education, including:
- Undergraduate public health
- Graduate-level public health
- Articulation among the degrees in public health
- Global and interprofessional issues
- Workforce preparation and practice
- Competencies and credentialing
How to Implement the Charge
The task force’s vision will be developed through engaged discussion and extensive dialogue with the full range of public health constituencies:
1. Task Force members are fanning out to various groups to communicate the initiative
2. The website and blog provide important means of communication and listening
3. Carefully selected subcommittees and/or expert panels may be assigned to work on particular areas
1st Provocative Question on the Blog
“What do you believe should be the
essential elements of a newly designed public health education
system in the 21st century United States?”
For More Information
Can vary by group
http://www.asph.org/FramingtheFuture
Read and Comment on the Blog
http://framingpublichealtheducation.typepad.com/
Thank you!
Questions, comments, ideas? Contact me:
Donna Petersen
University of South Florida
dpeters@health.usf.edu
(813) 974-8577 (phone)