Teaching public health in UK medical schools: ‘things have improved: teaching no longer feels like an expensive hobby’
| Autor: | Anna Lyon, Steve Gillam, Eleanor J Hothersall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
020205 medical informatics media_common.quotation_subject Teaching method education Staffing 02 engineering and technology Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans Medicine Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine Schools Medical media_common Response rate (survey) Medical education business.industry Teaching Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Witness United Kingdom Cross-Sectional Studies Health promotion Sustainability Public Health business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health. 38:e309-e315 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3850 1741-3842 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/pubmed/fdv127 |
| Popis: | Background Recent policy initiatives in the UK have underlined the importance of public health education for healthcare professionals. We aimed to describe teaching inputs to medical undergraduate curricula, to identify perceived challenges in the delivery of public health teaching and make recommendations that may overcome them. Methods We undertook a cross-sectional survey; questionnaires were sent electronically to 32 teaching leads in academic departments of public health in UK medical schools and followed up by telephone interviews. Results We obtained a 75% response rate; 13 public health teaching leads were interviewed. We found much variability between schools in teaching methods, curricular content and resources used. Concerns regarding the long-term sustainability of teaching focus on: staffing levels and availability, funding and the prioritization of research over teaching. We give examples of integration of public health with clinical teaching, innovative projects in public health and ways of enabling students to witness public health in action. Conclusions There is a need to increase the supply of well-trained and motivated teachers and combine the best traditional teaching methods with more innovative approaches. Suggestions are made as to how undergraduate public health teaching can be strengthened. |
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