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The integrated first year experience in the master of public health program

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  • Dewar, D.M.
  • Bloom, M.S.
  • Choi, H.
  • Gensburg, L.
  • Hosler, A.

Abstract

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, environmentalhealth,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.

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  • Dewar, D.M. & Bloom, M.S. & Choi, H. & Gensburg, L. & Hosler, A., 2015. "The integrated first year experience in the master of public health program," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105, pages 97-98.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302558_0
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302558
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