Council Seeks to Integrate Undergraduate Public Health Learning Outcomes
Dan Gerber, associate dean for academic affairs and director of the undergraduate public health sciences program in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, recently attended the Undergraduate Public Health Learning Outcomes Development Project (UGPH) Integration Meeting held on October 5-6 in Tampa, FL. The goals of the project are to define what every undergraduate should know and be able to do to promote population health both locally and globally and to outline other essential student attributes and characteristics for improving health and eliminating health disparities in populations around the world.
The group used the Association of American Colleges & University’s Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) framework to guide the development of the project. Three workgroups were assigned to identify and specify learning outcomes for one of three domain areas in undergraduate public health education. Gerber, co-chair of the “Intellectual and Practical Skills” domain, joined the integration council in reviewing learning outcomes for all domains plus a fourth domain, which focuses on methods and the best instructional and learning practices, in order to integrate them into a more complete model
The first version of the complete UGPH model will be discussed at a Town Hall Meeting held at the ASPH Annual Meeting on Saturday, November 7 from 3:30-5 p.m. In addition, the UGPH project will be presented as part of the Academic Public Health Caucus on Tuesday, November 9 from 12:30-2 p.m.
For more information about the Undergraduate Public Health Learning Outcomes Development Project, contact Ms. Christine Plepys at cplepys@asph.org or visit the project website.
