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

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

dpeters@health.usf.edu (813) 974-8577 (phone)