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The Educated Citizen and Public Health Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences November 10, 2007

The Educated Citizen and Public Health Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences November 10, 2007. Richard Riegelman M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Founding Dean George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Institute of Medicine (IOM) Recommendations*.

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The Educated Citizen and Public Health Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences November 10, 2007

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  1. The Educated Citizen and Public HealthCouncil of Colleges of Arts and SciencesNovember 10, 2007 Richard Riegelman M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Founding Dean George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

  2. Institute of Medicine (IOM) Recommendations* • “Public Health is an essential part of the training of citizens” • “…all undergraduates should have access to education in public health” *Gebbie K, Rosenstock L, Hernandez LM. Who will keep the public healthy? Educating public health professionals for the 21st century. Washington DC: National Academy Press; 2003: 144.

  3. What is Public Health? • Public Health perceived to be about poor sanitation and poor people – and it is • Public Health is more generally about • What makes us sick? • What keeps us healthy? • And what we can do TOGETHER about it Our common concerns and Our vulnerable populations

  4. Common Health Concerns • Historically: Control of communicable diseases, environmental contamination, product safety • Emerging: Cost of health care, disaster prevention and management, climate change

  5. Vulnerable Populations • Historically: Occupational, maternal and child, persons with disabilities • Emerging: Frail elderly, immune suppressed, uninsured

  6. Public Health and Daily Living • Sanitation, refrigeration, food and drug safety • Tobacco control, highway safety, product safety • Indoor ventilation, to public defibrillators, to safety of the blood supply

  7. Evidence-Based Public Health • Problem- Describe the Problem • Cause- Identify risk factors and etiology • Interventions- Evidence-based recommendations • Interventions- When, Who and How

  8. Consensus Conference on Undergraduate Public Health Education • Sponsors Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) • Participants Clinical health professions education associations including medicine, nursing, pharmacy Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  9. Consensus Conference Overall Goals • Aim to develop an educated citizenry • Introduce students to a range of career options • Provide experiential learning in health e.g. service learning in local or global community, community based research

  10. Consensus Conference Recommendations- Curriculum • All colleges and universities should offer core courses e.g. “Public Health 101”, “Epidemiology 101” and “Global Health 101” • Core courses should be part of general education and fulfill distribution requirements based on recommended learning outcomes

  11. Consensus Conference Minors • Minors should build upon core curriculum • Minors should include courses that build upon institutional interest and strengths • Minors should include experiential learning e.g. service-learning

  12. Public Health 101 • Designed to take a big picture population health approach – interdisciplinary, systems thinking • Comprehensive- Include the health care and public health systems • NOT personal health and wellness

  13. Epidemiology 101: A way of thinking • Designed to teach the scientific method preparing students to read the research as well as the newspaper • Focused on etiology and effectiveness with only modest use of mathematics • Option for “epidemiology laboratory” with applications of evidence-based thinking

  14. Global Health 101 • Added to core course recommendations based on interest of arts and sciences institutions- global learning distribution requirement in majority of institutions • Extremely popular courses-touches the passion and the purpose of this generation

  15. Global Health 101 • Focused on how economics and development affect health and what works to improve health- social justice • Includes health systems in range of developed and developing countries • Include an evidence-based public health emphasis shared by Public Health 101 and Epidemiology 101

  16. “Launch” Undergraduate Public Health Education • MMWR reporting “essential findings” of Consensus Conference available at www.cdc.gov/mmwr • CDC Podcast with Julie Gerberding available at www.cdc.gov/podcast • Publication by Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences available at www.ccas.net

  17. Presentations • American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) • Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) • American Public Health Association (APHA) • Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) • Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) • Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) • Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR)

  18. Support for Implementation • Faculty Development Program • Curriculum Guide • Prevention Education Resource Center (PERC) • Faculty web site, Interest Group, List Serve All this and more at www.teachpublichealth.org

  19. Faculty Development Program • Pilot effort July 2007 over 75 Arts and Sciences Faculty • February 22 Undergraduate Public Health Day as part of APTR national meeting • July 14-15, 2008 expanded Institute focused on academic Minors. Choice of seminars on core courses, minors, service-learning, innovative teaching, administrative issues etc.

  20. Faculty Development InstituteJuly 14 & 15, 2008 • Focused on institutions planning Minors with and without graduate public health • RFA to partially support Teams- three faculty including public health practitioner • Applications due February 27 – see www.aacu.org under science and health

  21. Curriculum Guide • Version 1.0 available for review and feedback at www.ccas.net • Includes curriculum frameworks, learning outcomes and “enduring understandings” for core courses • Includes sections on service-learning, student assessment, and innovative teaching methods

  22. www.teachpublichealth.org • Designed by APTR as web site for all those interested in teaching undergraduate public health • Links to PERC, faculty development, undergraduate public health day, curriculum guide, podcast, and more • Includes List Serve and information on Interest Group

  23. Contributions of A&S to Public Health • Social Sciences including economics, public policy, anthropology etc. • Sciences & mathematics including biology, chemistry/toxicology, statistics, ecology etc. • Humanities including literature, film, communications & writing skills etc.

  24. Potential Contributions of Public Health • Population and Global Perspective • Interdisciplinary, systems thinking, ecological orientation • Community orientation and community connections • Generic pre-professional education without narrow professional focus • Teaches methods for life-long learning

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