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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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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
AimRecommendations 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 ChargeThe 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 PetersenUniversity of South Florida
[email protected] (813) 974-8577 (phone)