Division of Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences, Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
Ann Epidemiol. 2019 Aug;36:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.06.005. Epub 2019 Jun 26.
The purpose of the study was to compile and describe the range of competencies imparted by doctoral programs in epidemiology using publicly available information.
Through the Council on Education for Public Health database, institutions conferring doctoral (PhD, ScD, DrPH) degrees in epidemiology were identified. The competencies listed on the corresponding institutions' websites were extracted and summarized.
Forty-eight PhD and thirteen DrPH institutions indicate that their graduates will gain 11 common competencies. The most frequently noted competency for both PhD (93.7%) and DrPH (100%) degrees is related to the communication domain, reflecting the need for graduates to be able to effectively communicate epidemiologic information to others (epidemiology peers, other scientists, policy makers, students).
Although variations in the listed competencies exist among doctoral programs in epidemiology, there are common competencies across programs. Further examination of these programs is required to capture information beyond that conveyed on the websites. This preliminary report, along with those findings presented in previous reports on doctoral education, may stimulate further discussion with a group of faculty teaching at the doctoral level, employers of doctoral graduates, and/or the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health representatives.
本研究旨在利用公开信息，汇编并描述流行病学博士课程传授的能力范围。
通过公共卫生教育理事会数据库，确定授予流行病学博士（PhD、ScD、DrPH）学位的机构。从相应机构的网站上提取并总结列出的能力。
48 所 PhD 和 13 所 DrPH 机构表示，其毕业生将获得 11 项共同能力。对于 PhD（93.7%）和 DrPH（100%）学位，最常提到的能力都与沟通领域有关，反映了毕业生需要能够将流行病学信息有效地传达给他人（流行病学同行、其他科学家、政策制定者、学生）的能力。
尽管流行病学博士课程之间的列出的能力存在差异，但各个项目之间存在共同的能力。需要进一步研究这些项目，以获取网站上未传达的信息。本初步报告以及之前关于博士教育的报告中的发现，可以激发与在博士层次教学的教师、博士毕业生的雇主以及/或公共卫生学校和项目协会的代表进行进一步的讨论。
