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Introduction to Public Health

Introduction to Public Health. Specialty Block B FC&H Module Year 4 Manchester Medical School. What is public health?. The science and art of promoting and protecting health and well-being, preventing ill-health and prolonging life through the organised efforts of society.

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Introduction to Public Health

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  1. Introduction to Public Health Specialty Block B FC&H Module Year 4 Manchester Medical School

  2. What is public health? • The science and art of promoting and protecting health and well-being, preventing ill-health and prolonging life through the organised efforts of society. UK Faculty of Public Health

  3. Public Health Evidence Based High Quality Research Standards

  4. Public Healthin 2014 Universities Acute and community trusts

  5. Tomorrow’s Doctors 2009 The Doctor as a Scholar and Scientist - Section 11 outcomes “The graduate will be able to apply to medical practice the principles, method and knowledge of population health and the improvement of health and healthcare”

  6. What you have learnt so far • Evidence based medicine • Public Health resources within PBL cases

  7. PH in Year 4 • E learning • Module 1 • Module 2 • Module 3 • Module 4 • Workshop in Paeds • Workshop in O&G • Fuze debrief • OSCE questions Knowledge Skills and attitudes Consolidation Assessment

  8. PH workshops: how to get the best experience We don’t have clinics PH is not a spectator sport so.. Workshops Do the elearning before the workshop Get involved! It’s all about logical thinking Use the facilitators There are no stupid questions

  9. How do the e-cases fit in? • Underpinning knowledge applied in workshops • Preparatory work for workshops • Resources for national guidelines

  10. Assessment Attendance (registration in all morning and afternoon sessions) Questions in Progress Tests OSCEs at end of module including Public Health questions (new for 2014-15)

  11. Rest of the day

  12. Public Health Resources • eLearning – 4 cases • BMJ Epidemiology for the uninitiated • Public health and epidemiology at a glance (available from DawsonEra via the University Library) • IEA Dictionary of epidemiology (available from MyiLibrary via the University Library) • CDC app on outbreak investigation

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