Framing the Future: The Second Hundred Years of Education for Public Health Donna Petersen, ScD, MHS March 6, 2012 League for Innovation in the Community College Innovations 2012 Conference Philadelphia, 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

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

1 st 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?”

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Thank you! Questions, comments, ideas? Contact me: Donna Petersen University of South Florida (813) (phone)