TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovations in public health education
T2 - promoting professional development and a culture of health
AU - Levy, Marian
AU - Gentry, Daniel
AU - Klesges, Lisa M.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - As the field of public health advances toward addressing complex, systemic problems, future public health professionals must be equipped with leadership and interprofessional skills that support collaboration and a culture of health. The University of Memphis School of Public Health has infused innovative strategies into graduate education via experiential learning opportunities to enhance leadership, collaboration, and professional development. Novel training programs such as Day One, Public Health Interdisciplinary Case Competition, and Memphis Healthy U support Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health cross-cutting competencies and prepare Master of Public Health and Master of Health Administration graduates to function effectively at the outset of their careers and become catalysts for creating a culture of health.
AB - As the field of public health advances toward addressing complex, systemic problems, future public health professionals must be equipped with leadership and interprofessional skills that support collaboration and a culture of health. The University of Memphis School of Public Health has infused innovative strategies into graduate education via experiential learning opportunities to enhance leadership, collaboration, and professional development. Novel training programs such as Day One, Public Health Interdisciplinary Case Competition, and Memphis Healthy U support Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health cross-cutting competencies and prepare Master of Public Health and Master of Health Administration graduates to function effectively at the outset of their careers and become catalysts for creating a culture of health.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84923658488&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302351
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302351
M3 - Article
C2 - 25706016
AN - SCOPUS:84923658488
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 105
SP - S44-S45
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
ER -