The Integrated First Year Experience in the Master of Public Health Program

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ID11037504
AuthorsDiane M Dewar (Diane M. Dewar is with the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior and Department of Economics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Michael S. Bloom and Hyunok Choi are with the Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Lenore Gensburg and Akiko Hosler are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany.), Michael S Bloom (0000-0002-0028-5494, Diane M. Dewar is with the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior and Department of Economics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Michael S. Bloom and Hyunok Choi are with the Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Lenore Gensburg and Akiko Hosler are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany.), Hyunok Choi (0000-0003-0375-7271, Diane M. Dewar is with the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior and Department of Economics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Michael S. Bloom and Hyunok Choi are with the Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Lenore Gensburg and Akiko Hosler are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany.), Lenore Gensburg (Diane M. Dewar is with the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior and Department of Economics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Michael S. Bloom and Hyunok Choi are with the Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Lenore Gensburg and Akiko Hosler are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany.), Akiko S Hosler (0000-0003-0642-1060, Albany State University), Akiko Hosler (Diane M. Dewar is with the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior and Department of Economics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Michael S. Bloom and Hyunok Choi are with the Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany. Lenore Gensburg and Akiko Hosler are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany.)
Year2015
Volume105
IssueS1
PagesS97-S98
Publication date2015-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302558
PMID25706030
OpenAlexW1968898809
LanguageEN

Schools of Public Health historically introduced core curriculum courses in the first year of the Master of Public Health program as independent perspectives; these perspectives included epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, public health biology, health behaviors, and health policy. We performed a pilot project that integrated the core areas around diabetes as a cross-cutting public health issue to provide early exposure to the interdisciplinary nature of public health. In each core curriculum course, diabetes was explored in the curriculum and related to other core courses. Based on positive evaluations, this project will be replicated using a different health issue. Such an issue can be easily introduced as an overarching umbrella under which students are motivated to work through interdisciplinary collaboration

Biostatistics · Curriculum · Environmental health · Health education · International health · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Work (physics) · Engineering · Epidemiology · Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Public Health Policies and Education · Gerontology · Health Policy

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