Open AccessOur Practice Is Our Passion: Development and Delivery of a 21st-Century Doctor of Public Health Program
Author(s) -
Rita DeBate,
Donna J. Petersen,
Deanna Wathington,
Kate Wolfe-Quintero
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302304
Subject(s) - public health , medical education , passion , medicine , face (sociological concept) , health promotion , public relations , nursing , political science , psychology , sociology , social science , psychotherapist
Twenty-first century advances have significantly altered the functions of public health professionals, resulting in a need for advanced level training in community health leadership and practice-oriented research without interruption of professional careers. We present an example of an innovative Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program developed at the University of South Florida College of Public Health. This program incorporates 21st century public health competencies within a competency-based curricular model, delivered in a hybrid format (fall or spring online delivery and a 1-week face-to-face summer institute) in collaboration between academic and practice-based public health professionals at local and national levels. This revised competency-based program is an example of how to meet the needs of the 21st century public health practitioners while maintaining their connections to the practice world.