- Title
- The educated citizen: a case study and guide for teaching public health to undergraduates in Australian universities
- Creator
- Outram, S.; Dundas, K.; Johnson, N.
- Relation
- Focus on Health Professional Education: a multidisciplinary journal Vol. 15, Issue 3, p. 32-40
- Publisher
- ANZAHPE
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- It has been recognised that a lack of understanding of the importance of public health within the community is a significant impediment to improvement in population health. This has prompted organisations in Australia and the United States to implement programs designed to improve the profile of public health. The American Institute of Medicine (IOM), for example, published a report in 2003 entitled 'Who will keep the public healthy?' (Gebbie, Rosenstock, and Herandez, 2003) that challenged tertiary institutions to incorporate public health into non-specialist undergraduate curricula. In response, many tertiary education institutions in the US have begun incorporating public health components into non-specialist undergraduate curricula with the aim of producing graduates who are able to engage with and lead communities in building healthier and more sustainable societies. The University of Newcastle (Australia) was one of the first Australian universities to respond to the IOM report. Our efforts to increase undergraduate public health literacy via the provision of extra-curricular student forums, and the use of internet and Smartphone-based learning alongside more traditional teaching methods, has led to positive feedback from the students enrolled in our courses. We present our experience as a case study detailing the outcomes, potential challenges and recommendations for other institutions who wish to begin equipping students with the knowledge and skills required to lead communities towards a healthier future.
- Subject
- public health; undergraduate; curricula; teaching; case study; recommendations; challenges
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1297115
- Identifier
- uon:19377
- Identifier
- ISSN:1442-1100
- Language
- eng
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