Training Public Health Advisors

Global public health training.

The debate about whether to call our specialty public health or global health seems rather like angels dancing on a pin head as we face the choppy waters of change. In response to Jeffrey Koplan’s attempt to define differences between global, international and public health the deans in the USA voiced their opinion that since many public health challenges were global, an understanding of the wi...

Public health residency training.

Is DIDN'T KNOW there was such a thing." We have heard this statement repeatedly from intern and practicing physician alike. The "thing" they refer to is the residency program in public health. While residencies in clinical specialties are well known and accepted, such is not the case in the field of public health. Perhaps this is because the specialty is only about 8 years old. By June 30, 1956...

Training tomorrow's public health leaders.

Evaluating community-based public health leadership training.

CONTEXT Addressing the nation's increasingly complex public health challenges will require more effective multisector collaboration and stronger public health leadership. In 2005, the Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute launched an annual, year-long intensive "community teams" program. The goal of this program is to develop collaborative leadership and public health skills among Wisconsin-ba...

Educating and training the public health workforce.

We do not know the number of institutions where public health and its closely related topics are taught and trained. According to current estimates, there are about 400 schools of public health worldwide, plus an unknown number of units or departments specifically devoted to hygiene, epidemiology, social medicine, etc. This number is rising and, interestingly, a large part of the increase is ta...