The Educated Citizen and Public Health
Consensus Conference on Undergraduate Public Health Education
The Consensus Conference on Undergraduate Public Health Education, funded by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, took place in November 2006. The Consensus Conference for the first time brought together leaders in public health, arts and sciences, and health professions education. The conference developed plans to fulfill the Institute of Medicine’s recommendation that “…all undergraduates should have access to education in public health.” Participants agreed that undergraduate public health education should result in an “educated citizenry” prepared to address public health challenges from AIDS to aging and avian flu to the cost of health care. It can also prepare students to pursue professional education in the health professions, public health and other disciplines from law to business to international affairs.
The full report of the Consensus Conference is available:
The Educated Citizen and Public Health: A Consensus Report on Public Health and Undergraduate Education
Also available are the following recommended curricular frameworks and learning outcomes presented by the Working Groups.
Consensus Conference Sponsors and Participants
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR)
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and seven of the eight clinical professions that make up the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force also participated in the conference and in the Working Groups.
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