Teaching Public Health: Analyzing and Advancing Education Teaching TODAY Donna Petersen, ScD, MHS, CPH Professor and Dean, University of South Florida College of Public Health Boston University, School of Public Health March 28, 2018

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Today Types of Degrees Types of Students Types of Jobs AA/AS/BSPH High school AP/Dual Enrolled Government, Military BSPH/BPH/BAPH Four-year, transfers Health care MPH Grad students with/without BSPH Private industry MSPH, MHA, MHS, MS Non-profits, NGO’s DrPH Doctoral students with/without MPH Foundations, Consulting Firms, Professional Organizations PhD, ScD Doctoral students with/without experience Self-employed, entrepreneurial

What are we teaching today? We’re in the midst of a transformation from what has been a long- standing traditional model of MPH instruction in the five core disciplines to more integrated, applied core curricula in programs more reflective of community need and emerging interest areas

Core Curricula…? Five discipline-specific courses Of varying quality Foundational but not always taken first Rarely connected to each other nor to public health practice Foundational knowledge Foundational competencies Applied practice experiences

Core Curricula…? Foundational knowledge Evidence-based approaches to PH Public health and health care systems Program planning and management Policy in public health Communication Leadership Inter-professional practice Systems thinking Biostatistics Environmental Health Epidemiology Health Administration Social and Behavioral Sciences

Concentrations…? A school of public health offers … the MPH in at least three concentrations Women’s Health Urban Health/Rural Health Sustainability Social Justice Maternal and Child Health Injury/Violence Prevention Health and Human Rights Informatics Food Safety Exercise Science Aging CEPH 2016 The school shall offer . . . the MPH in at least the five areas of knowledge basic to public health Biostatistics Environmental health Epidemiology Health services administration Social and behavioral sciences CEPH 2005

How are we teaching today?

Why are we teaching?

Our responsibility as teachers . . . today To facilitate learning To build knowledge, skills and values To help students learn how to learn over their career life-courses To help students appreciate the value of life-long learning To prepare professionals for public health practice To engage in meaningful work that informs our educational efforts To stay current on learning modalities To embrace new technologies

Thank you! dpeters@health.usf.edu