Schlaff Anthony L
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 Jul-Aug;20(4):368-70. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000070.
Framing the Future Task Force, a group assembled by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health to identify key issues facing public health education as it enters its second 100 years, has recently released a report, "A Master of Public Health Degree for the 21st Century." The report calls for a significant shift in emphasis for the MPH degree away from a generalist, core curriculum in favor of a greater emphasis on areas of specialty. This commentary argues that such a shift would reverse the progress made since the 1988 Institute of Medicine report called on academia to better meet practice needs. Rather, the MPH of the 21st century should continue to focus on methods to better teach core competencies in public health practice at an advanced level.
由公共卫生学院与项目协会组建的“构建未来特别工作组”，旨在确定公共卫生教育进入第二个百年时所面临的关键问题。该工作组最近发布了一份报告《21世纪的公共卫生硕士学位》。报告呼吁公共卫生硕士学位的重点应从通才核心课程大幅转向更加强调专业领域。本评论认为，这种转变将扭转自1988年医学研究所报告呼吁学术界更好地满足实践需求以来所取得的进展。相反，21世纪的公共卫生硕士应继续专注于以更高水平更好地教授公共卫生实践核心能力的方法。
