RICHARD K. RIEGELMAN,
MD, MPH, PhD
Professor and Founding Dean,
The George Washington University Milken Institute
School of Public Health
Growth in Undergrad Public Health
• Exponential growth in majors - Department of
Education indicates over 6,000 bachelor’s degrees in
2012 with evidence of continuing rapid growth
• At many colleges, it is among the top 10 majors
• Data does not include large number of minors
Framing the Future Task Force
• Convened by ASPPH to look at the second hundred years of education for
public health
• Developed “Critical Component Elements” for all generalist and
specialized bachelor’s degree in public health and related fields
• “Continuum of public health education” is organizing theme – from
community colleges to doctoral education
• Undergraduate public health now widely accepted by Schools and
Programs and they are encouraging the growth of “standalone” public
health majors as well as minors
Products of “Framing the Future”
• Critical Component Elements of an Undergraduate
Major in Public Health
• Revision of MPH degree-responsive to growth of
undergraduate public health education
• Community Colleges and Public Health report
Critical Component Elements
Content Areas:
1. Science
Skill Areas:
1. Communications
2. Social and Behavioral
Sciences
2. Information Literacy
3. Math/Quantitative
Reasoning
4. Humanities and Fine Arts
Core Public Health
A.
Overview of Public Health
F.
Project Management
B.
Role and Importance of Data in
Public Health
G.
C.
Identifying and Addressing
Community Health Challenges
Overview of Health Care,
Health Care Systems, and
Structures
H.
Health Policy, Law, and
Economics
I.
Health Communication
D.
E.
Human Health
Determinants of Health
Capstone and Field Experiences
Synthesis and experiential learning are strongly
encouraged as part of undergraduate public health
• Capstone
• Field Experiences
CEPH
• Voluntary accreditation of “standalone” bachelor’s
degree programs not minors
• Incorporating Critical Component Elements into
accreditation criteria
• Accrediting undergraduate majors in Programs and
Schools as part of overall accreditation
Revision of MPH
• Core built on Critical Component Elements
• Specialization expected but greater flexibility for
Schools and Programs to design
• Mechanism(s) for articulation of bachelor’s with MPH
under discussion
Community Colleges & Public Health Project
• Sponsored by ASPPH + League for Innovation in the Community
College, which represents over 800 of the 1100 community colleges
• Prototype Curricular Models developed:
– Public Health: Generalist & Specializations - Associate degree for transfer
to bachelor’s degree including generalist, health education, environmental
health, health administration
– Health Navigator programs - Certificates, Applied Associate degrees, plus
Associate degrees for transfer
Prototype Curricular Models
• Provide recommended courses and content outlines
for each recommended course
• Developed in collaboration with academic
organizations SOPHE, AUPHA, AEHAP plus public health
practice organizations ASTHO and NACCHO
• Full report including content outlines available at
http://www.league.org/ccph/
Community Colleges & Public Health Next Steps
League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, in
collaboration with public health organizations, will:
• Disseminate the report to all community colleges
• Put out “call for planning” in early 2015
• Sponsor series of webinars with collaborating organizations to provide
information for community colleges
• Develop network to assist community college in developing programs that
can articulate with bachelor’s degree programs
Association of American Colleges and Universities
(AAC&U)
• Educated Citizen and Public Health including sessions
at national meetings
• Website and list serve:
http://www.aacu.org/public_health/index.cfm
• Scientific Thinking and Integrative Reasoning Skills
(STIRS) project: http://www.aacu.org/stirs/index.cfm
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
(ASPPH)
• 4th Annual Undergraduate Public Health Summit—nearly 200
faculty attended in November 2014. Plans are being
developed for 5th Annual Summit
• ASPPH first standalone annual meeting will take place on
March 22-24, 2015 in Washington D.C.—Theme: Framing the
Future
• For more information on ASPPH see http://www.aspph.org/
Essential Public Health Series
• Introductory series—including texts for MPH core,
majors, minors, and community colleges
• Increasing use of technology including student and
faculty websites, interactive eBooks, and
comprehensive Navigate 2 products
Recent Books and Products
• Essentials of Public Health Ethics
• Essentials of Health Behavior, Second Edition
• Public Health 101: Healthy People—Healthy Populations, Second
Edition Includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access
• Essentials of Health Information Systems and Technology
• Essentials of Program Planning and Evaluation for Public Health
Essential Public Health series and
Critical Component Elements
I.
BACKGROUND DOMAINS
A. Content Areas
1.
Science
2.
Social and Behavioral Sciences
3.
Math/Quantitative Reasoning:
Essentials of Biostatistics for Public Health
4.
Humanities/Fine Arts
Essential Public Health series and
Critical Component Elements (cont.)
II.
PUBLIC HEALTH DOMAINS
A. Overview of Public Health
1.
Public Health 101
2.
Global Health 101
B. Role and Importance of Data in Public Health
1.
Epidemiology 101
2.
Essentials of Health Information Systems and Technology
Essential Public Health series and
Critical Component Elements (cont.)
C. Identifying and Addressing Population Health Challenges
1.
Public Health 101
2.
Global Health 101
D. Human Health
1.
Essentials of Public Health Biology
Essential Public Health series and
Critical Component Elements (cont.)
E.
F.
Determinants of Health
1.
Essentials of Health, Culture, and Diversity
2.
Global Health 101
3.
Public Health 101
Project Implementation
1.
Essentials of Planning and Evaluation for Public Health
2.
Essentials of Management and Leadership in Public Health
Essential Public Health series and
Critical Component Elements (cont.)
III.
CULMULATIVE EXPERIENCE and FIELD EXPOSURE
Students should have opportunities to integrate, apply, and synthesize knowledge through
cumulative and experiential activities that include:
A.
B.
Cumulative Experience
1.
Case Studies in Public Health: Putting Public Health into Practice
2.
Case Studies in Global Health: Millions Saved
Field Exposure
1.
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The George Washington University
Milken Institute School of Public Health
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