5001.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
Oral Session | ||||
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| In this session, each presentation will offer a unique perspective to public health education for international health: a U.S.-based international health program seeking to provide U.S. students with the skills needed to work in other countries, distance-based programs that reach across geographic boundaries, and internationally-based programs that seek to improve the health care capacity in their country. Among the topics to be addressed are student field studies, collaboration with the United Nations organizations, government ministries, and practice-academic linkages with the national health system. Other presentations include an overview of the London School of Public Health’s distance learning program in health administration, challenges involved in development, maintenance, and evaluation of this program; and a South African distance education program in public health at the University of the Western Cape. Both programs seek to increase the capacity of local health professionals to administer health programs. | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Describe challenges in designing public health education programs relating to international health. 2. Discuss alternative methods for increasing the capacity of the international public health workforce. 3. Develop a framework for designing a culturally appropriate international health education program building on the strengths of the host country. | ||||
| Ann Anderson, PhD | ||||
| Public health education in international health: Integrating theory and practice Barbara A. Anderson, DrPH, CNM, David T. Dyjack | ||||
| 'London Calling': A Paper-Based Distance Learning Masters Programme in Health Systems Management Reinhold P Gruen, MD, MSc, Bo Drasar, DSc, Susan Foster, PhD, John Ackers, D Phil | ||||
| Distance education in public health for the new South Africa David Sanders, MB, ChB, MRCP, Debra J. Jackson, RNC MPH DSc, Mickey Chopra, BSc, BM, DCH, MS, Arthur Heywood, MBChB MPH CTPHC, Gavin Reagon, MBChB FCPHM, Kirstie Rendall-Mkosi, BSc(OT) MPH, Uta Lehmann, PhD, Neil Myburgh, BDS MChD, Nikki Schaay, BA Hons, Marion Clifford | ||||
| Cuba's National Public Health School: The boundless classroom Radames E. Borroto, MD, PhD, Yamila E. De Armas, MD, C. William Keck, MD, MPH, Peter G. Bourne, MD, MA, Gail A. Reed, MS | ||||
| Sponsor: | Academic Public Health Caucus | |||
| Cosponsors: | Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Latino Caucus; Public Health Student Caucus; Social Work; Association of Schools of Public Health | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | |||