Lee Joel M, Scutchfield F Douglas, Hill Raymond
College of Public Health, 121 Washington Street, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
J Health Adm Educ. 2007 Summer;24(3):269-81.
In the first doctoral education special issue of the Journal of Health Administration Education, the authors presented the University of Kentucky College of Public Health's plans for an innovative new Doctor of Public Health (Dr. P.H.) degree. The degree as designed, prepares graduates for professional practice, and included extensive supervised field experience as part of the academic training linking theory with practice. Based upon the interest that the Kentucky Dr.P.H. degree program received, the authors will share the experience of the degree's initial years of operation through a "lessons learned" paper. As the program evolved there have been many lessons related to trends, curriculum design, admissions, prerequisite requirements, curriculum innovations, scheduling, the comprehensive examination, and attrition. In addition, there are many questions for the future. "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."-- Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra.
在《卫生管理教育杂志》的首期博士教育特刊中，作者介绍了肯塔基大学公共卫生学院创新的新公共卫生博士学位计划。该学位的设计目标是让毕业生为专业实践做好准备，并且将大量的实地督导经验纳入学术培训，以实现理论与实践相结合。基于肯塔基公共卫生博士学位项目所受到的关注，作者将通过一篇“经验教训”论文分享该学位项目最初几年的运作经验。随着项目的发展，出现了许多与趋势、课程设计、招生、先修要求、课程创新、课程安排、综合考试及学生流失率等相关的经验教训。此外，还有许多面向未来的问题。“理论上，理论与实践是相同的。但在实践中，它们并非如此。”——劳伦斯·彼得·“瑜伽熊”·贝拉。
