Appendix 2.6.c. Public Health Practice MPH Programs

The Public Health Practice Major brings together the science and art of public health. In addition to obtaining a broad background in core competencies public health practice students design a focus area based on their academic goals in population science. The Focus Area Curriculum gives the student the opportunity to investigate specific public health applications. Students are required to choose across four Goals incorporating public health practice domains as established by the Council on Linkages found at http://trainingfinder.org/competencies/:

Sub-competencies: Executive Program in Public Health Practice

The Executive Program in Public Health Practice (EPHP) is an MPH for working health and human service professionals with completed advanced degrees. EPHP focuses on public health knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to understand, assess, evaluate and manage population health in public health, health care, and human service settings. Coursework blends knowledge and skills drawn from the core public health competencies plus areas of public health focus based on career goals. The combination of core and focused competencies provides students the tools to improve public health decision-making and public health practice. In addition to core competencies of the PHP major additional competencies include the development of collaborative leadership skills (http://www.collaborativeleadership.org/pages/resources.html#publications) and community action for health improvement.

Competency Area
Specific Competencies	Learning Opportunities	Evaluation Opportunities
Executive Program in Public Health Practice
Apply a population perspective for health promotion and disease/injury prevention.	PubH 6299 Elective Course in Assessment/Basic Sciences Elective Course in Policy/Systems	Course evaluations Examinations
Describe the principles and practices of health promotion and disease/injury prevention and protection of human populations from environmental hazards	PubH 6299 PubH 6320 PubH 6752 PubH 6102 Elective course in Intervention	Course evaluations Examinations
Integrate public health principles into the practice of health and human services	PubH 6299 PubH 6320 PubH 6414 Elective Course in Intervention Elective course in Assessment/Basic Sciences	Course evaluations Examinations
Address the social, cultural and environmental factors that affect community health	PubH 6020 PubH 6102 Elective course in Policy/System Elective course in Management/Communications	Course evaluations Examinations
Describe public health as a social system	Elective course in Policy/System Elective course in Intervention Elective course in Management/Communications	Course evaluations Examinations
Identify the ethical issues in disease/injury prevention and health systems policy	PubH 6741 Elective course in Policy/Systems	Course evaluations Examinations
Analyze a current public health issue or program	Elective Course in Assessment/Basic Sciences Elective course in Policy PubH 7294	Course evaluations Examinations Project
Apply public health tools to the evaluation and control of a specific health issue	Elective course in Policy/Systems Elective course in Intervention Elective course in Assessment/Basic Sciences Elective course in Management/Communications PubH 7294 PubH 7296	Course evaluations Examinations Project
Apply collaborative leadership skills in a community practice setting	PubH 7296	Course evaluations Oral examinations
Advocate community action for health improvement	PubH 7296	Course evaluations Oral examinations

Sub-competencies: Public Health Medicine

Public Health Medicine is a dual MD/MPH degree program in which medical students learn the application of public health principles and practices to clinical medicine. The Program in Public Health Medicine was designed to expose medical students to the public health component of medical practice: population-based approaches to needs assessment, quality assurance, information management, policy development, and care delivery.

Competency Area
Specific Competencies	Learning Opportunities	Evaluation Opportunities
Public Health Medicine
Evaluates health and disease as problems of populations and individuals.	Elective Course in Epidemiology PubH 6210 PubH 6299 PubH 6320	Course evaluations Examinations
Applies the principles and practices of health promotion and disease prevention to the treatment of patients.	Elective course in Intervention PubH 6210 PubH 6299 PubH 6320 PubH 6752	Course evaluations Examinations
Integrates public health skills into the practice of evidence-based clinical medicine	PubH 6210 PubH 6299 PubH 6320 PubH 6414 PubH 6415 Elective Course in Epidemiology Elective Course in Intervention Elective Course in Management	Course evaluations Examinations
Identifies the social and environmental factors that affect health.	Elective course in Policy Elective Course in Epidemiology PubH 6020 PubH 6102 PubH 6320	Course evaluations Examinations
Recognizes health care delivery as a social system	PubH 6862 PubH 6852 Elective course in Intervention Elective course in Management	Course evaluations Examinations
Analyzes a common health problem from a public health perspective	PubH 7294 Elective course in Epidemiology Elective course in Policy	Course evaluations Examinations Thesis
Applies public health tools to a specific health problem	PubH 7294 PubH 7296 Elective course in Policy Elective course in Intervention Elective course in Epidemiology Elective course in Management	Course evaluations Examinations Thesis
Applies public health skills in a clinical practice setting	PubH 6296	Course evaluations Oral examination

Sub-competencies: Veterinary Public Health

Veterinary Public Health Focuses on knowledge, skills and attitudes to understand, assess and manage population health issues at the interface of wildlife, domestic animals, humans and the environment. Coursework addresses core public health competencies for applied biostatistics, surveillance in animal and human populations, infectious disease epidemiology, zoonses and other animal diseases with significant public health implications and environmental health as outlined in Appendix F of the DVM/MPH guidebook (http://www.sph.umn.edu/students/studentservices/applicants/majors/practice/veterinary/home.html)

Competency Area
Specific Competencies	Learning Opportunities	Evaluation Opportunities
Veterinary Public Health
Develop a population perspective on health and disease/injury.	Elective course in Assessment/Basic Sciences Elective course in Policy/Systems PubH 6299	Course evaluations Examinations
Apply the principles and practices of health promotion and disease/injury prevention and protection of human populations from environmental hazards	PubH 6299 PubH 6320 PubH 6752 PubH 6201 Elective course in Intervention	Course evaluations Examinations
Integrate public health skills into the practice of veterinary medicine	PubH 6299 PubH 6320 PubH 6414 Elective course in Assessment/Basic Sciences Elective course in Intervention Elective course in Management and Communications	Course evaluations Examinations
Appreciate the social, cultural and environmental factors that affect community health	PubH 6020 PubH 6102 PubH 6103 PubH 6104 Elective course in Policy Elective course in Management and Communications	Course evaluations Examinations
Recognize public health as a social system	Elective course in Intervention Elective course in Management and Communications Elective course in Policy/Systems	Course evaluations Examinations
Identify the ethical issues in disease/injury prevention and health systems policy	PubH 6741 PubH 6742 Elective course in Policy/Systems	Course evaluations Examinations
Develop a public health analysis of a current public health issue or problem	Elective course in Assessment/Basic Sciences Elective course in Policy PubH 7294 PubH 6852	Course evaluations Examinations Project
Apply public health tools to the evaluation and control of a specific health issue	Elective course in Policy/Systems Elective course in Intervention Elective course in Assessment/Basic Sciences Elective course in Management and Communications PubH 7294 PubH 7296 PubH 6852	Course evaluations Examinations Project
Apply public health skills in a community setting	PubH 7296	Course evaluations Oral examinations
Apply biostatistics to veterinary public health practice in populations of animals & humans	PubH 7200 EpiInfo Software in Epi GIS Intro to Biostats Intro to SAS Intro to Inform Mgmt	Course evaluations Oral examinations
Design and interpret surveillance in human & animal populations	PubH 7200 Surveillance and Monitoring of Animals and Plants Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases in Humans Vector Eco Field Survey	Course evaluations Examinations
Apply and interpret the principles, application and interpretation of infectious disease epidemiology	PubH 7200 Infec Dis Prin AI EPI & Eco of Mycobac Dis Global Infec Dis Zoonotic Dis Emerg Infect Dis U of MN, CVM 6222 MSU VM 533	Course evaluations Examinations
Identify zoonoses and other animal diseases with significant public health implications	PubH 7200 Antimicrobial Resistance AI Emerg Infect Dis Infec Dis Prin Zoonotic Dis U of MN, CVM 6030 U of MN, VMed 8090 MSU, VM 544	Course evaluations Examinations
Integrate knowledge of environment health principles to the study of populations health issues	PubH 6103 Exposure to Environmental Hazards PubH 6104 Environmental Health Effects: Introduction Toxicology PubH 7200 Environmental Safety and Preparedness Safety of Bldg Envir; Toxic Agents in the Workplace Prnl Protect Equip Prepare for Bldg Sanitation & Disinfect Water and Waste Mgmt Clean & Sanitation Food Facilities	Course evaluations Oral examinations
Apply biostatistics to veterinary public health practice in populations of animals & humans	PubH 7200 EpiInfo Software in Epi GIS Intro to Biostats Intro to SAS Intro to Inform Mgmt	Course evaluations Oral examinations

Appendix 2.6.c. Public Health Practice MPH Programs

Pubic Health Practice Major Competency Statement

Sub-competencies: Executive Program in Public Health Practice

Competency Area

Sub-competencies: Public Health Medicine

Competency Area

Sub-competencies: Veterinary Public Health

Competency Area