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Lynn D. Woodhouse, EdD, MPH¹, William C. Livingood, PhD², Deidre Holland³, Nicole Luisi³, and Trang Nguyen, MD, MPH⁴. (1) Public Health Program, East Stroudsburg University, 200 Prospect St., 242 DeNike Building, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, 570 422 3560, lynnwood9@aol.com, (2) Institute for Health, Policy & Evaluation Research, Duval County Health Department - University of Florida, 900 University Blvd North Suite 604, Jacksonville, FL 32211, (3) MPH Program, East Stroudsburg University, 200 Prospect Street, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, (4) School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, 1 University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144

In 1997 a survey was distributed to all General Internal Medicine and Family Practice Residency Directors listed in the Residency Directory. The survey measured the amount of integration between graduate medical education (GME) and public health training. Findings, presented at a APHA Academic Public Health Caucus session, indicated that 9% of the programs responding offered an MPH degree to Residents, 39% of the programs had faculty with formal public health credentials and 31% had a formal relationship with a public health training institution. In January 2004 a follow-up survey was distributed to all General Internal Medicine, Family Practice and Pediatrics Residencies (N>1000). This follow up survey was designed to collect comparative data for Internal Medicine and Family Practice Residencies and to expand the initial data to include Pediatrics Residencies. In addition to measuring the types of integration between GME and public health training mentioned above, the survey collected data on the amount of non-clinical training in communities, training in core public health areas and research requirements. Changes in residency programs in response to the recent IOM report on educating the public health workforce, including training offered to Residents in the additional core areas suggested in the report, was documented. Results of this survey, emphasizing the change over time and documentation of types of integrated public health training, will be reviewed in this presentation. Suggestions for future initiatives will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Participants in this session will be able to discuss the changes in the integration of public health training with specific types of residencies between the 1997 survey and the 2004 survey.
• 2. Participants in this session will be able to describe the amount and types of public health training experiences, especially those reflecting the recommendations in the IOM report, currently offered to Internal Medicine, Family Practice and Pediatric Residents in the responding GME programs.
• 3. Participants in this session will be able to identify future research and future initiatives that could help facilitate more integration of graduate medical education and public health training to help meet the needs documented in the IOM Report.

Keywords: Public Health, Physicians

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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