1. 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

2. > 2015

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. How are we teaching today?

9. Why are we teaching?

10. 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

11. Thank you!