INTRODUCTION TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AOC Jason Sanders

The PH AOC is finally here!  The students demanded public health training…  We created a program that…  Provides AWESOME public health training…  And FUN

Goal of the PH AOC  Provide students a rich, integrated, longitudinal, individualized, awesome training program in the theory and practice of medicine and PH.  This synergistic training program will help future physicians optimize their practice, allowing them to become consummate physicians and care for individuals and populations.

Your AWESOME training…it’s all here!  PH journal club  PH interest group sessions  Summer internship  Completion of Scholarly Project with PH focus  Leadership training seminar  3 rd /4 th year electives  Self-evaluation

AOC timeline MS1SummerMS2MS3MS4 Journal club Interest group Find internship Internship Journal club Interest group Determine SP Leadership training seminar ≥4 week PH elective SP research Self evaluation Save World* *Unavailable to basic scientists

PH journal club (MS1 and 2)  >75% attendance  Open to PH AOC students and faculty  Students present a faculty-chosen paper related to PH research and practice (1 presentation)

PH interest group sessions (MS1 and 2)  >75% attendance  A larger group that encompasses AOC students and non-AOC students; lunch talk format  Presentations by expert faculty  Training exercises using real situations, such as case studies published by the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the CDC

Summer internship (following MS1)  A real-world PH experience  May be:  A rotation with local, state, or national PH offices  Involvement with PH community interventions  PH research  A poster presentation, abstract, or manuscript summarizing the summer experience is required following the rotation  Funding may be found within Pitt or from outside sources and will be determined on an individual basis

Scholarly project (variable)  Scholarly Projects conducted in PH will be approved by the PH AOC Director and will follow the Scholarly Project format already in place

Leadership training seminar (variable)  1-day seminar developed by the Pennsylvania Preparedness Leadership Institute and Center for Public Health Preparedness  Skill building in the following areas:  Leadership, team building, multidisciplinary problem solving, meeting planning, interagency collaboration, project management, and negotiation  Students’ will have enhanced leadership skills and be able to apply them in real-world settings

3 rd /4 th year rotations  ≥4 weeks during MS3/4 in PH related electives  PH Field Practicum  Work with a PH professional on a variety of core PH functions  Disease surveillance and early warning; communicable disease control (outbreaks and food safety); environmental health; disaster preparedness, planning and response; health policy and planning; vector and pest control; and applied epidemiology  Spend time at the Health Department and other county agencies  Spend substantial time in the field  Weekly seminars and 3-5pg final paper  May spend 4 weeks working on Scholarly Project (research elective)

Self evaluation (after finishing AOC)  You evaluate…yourself  And suggest program improvements

Core Leadership  Sam Stebbins, MD MPH – Asst. Prof of Epidemiology; Director Center for Public Health Preparedness  Bruce Pitt, PhD – Chair Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health  Jeannette South-Paul, MD – Andrew W. Mathieson Chair Dept. of Family Medicine  Ron Voorhees, MD MPH – Chief of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Allegheny County Health Department  MS1 and MS2 student leaders

Some faculty interests Disease surveillance and early warningEnvironmental health Communicable disease controlVector and pest control Disaster preparedness and responseApplied epidemiology Health policy, management, and financingConservation medicine Disease modeling and bioinformaticsPreventive medicine Community psychiatry and mental healthToxicology and PH Pre-hospital medicine systems/EMSCultural competency Sociology and behavioral aspects of PHOccupational health Tobacco and substance control Community health organization, planning, and evaluation  Nearly everything falls under PH: EXPLORE!

Acknowledgements Donald Burke, MD – Dean GSPH, UPMC-Jonas Salk Chair in Global Health, Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health, Director Center for Vaccine Research Joan Harvey, MD – Dean of Students, SOM John Mahoney, MD – Dean of Medical Education, SOM Dan Beswick, Emily Rosenberger, Mirat Shah, Jacqui Moreau Faculty mentors Curriculum Committee