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Tuesday, March 24, 2015: 9:45 AM-11:15 AM
Potomac 3 (Hyatt Regency Crystal City)
Summary: The workshop will comprise the following four sessions: 1) “Be the change you want to see in the world”: Preparing for 21st century public health paradigm changes. This session will review strategies and lessons learned for changing public health educational paradigms within your college, departments, and university. Strategies and methods for diffusing 21st century educational paradigms, increasing adoption within your college, and mobilizing your faculty will also be addressed; 2) Know, Do, Be: Translating 21st century public health content/skills into competencies. This session will begin with an overview of competency-based vs. competency-informed curricular designs followed with strategies for translating the recommended 21st century public health content and skills into multi-level competencies. Lessons learned will also be presented regarding best methods for translation of competencies according to chosen curricular design; 3) Create & Innovate: Developing an innovative core curriculum. The third session will focus on methods for translating competencies into innovative interdisciplinary core courses. Frameworks for creating interdisciplinary courses within a competency-based/informed structure and function will be presented. Lessons learned regarding fueling creativity within potentially stifling university systems will also be addressed. 4) Ready, Set, Evaluate: Piloting and revising your program of study: The last session will present experiences and lessons learned with regard to piloting the revised core courses. An example of design, methods, instruments, and analyses will be presented.
Learning Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will:
• Describe the challenges and strategies for 21st century public health educational paradigm changes;
• Describe the difference between competency-based and competency-informed curriculum and implications for assessing outcomes;
• Identify frameworks and methods for translating “Framing the Future” recommendations into a 21st century public health curriculum;
• Discuss methods and strategies for evaluating process of change and revisions via a pilot evaluation.
Description: Background: Responding to expanding roles of the 21st century public health professional, the ASPPH report, Framing the Future: The second 100 years of education for public health, presents key considerations and design features to facilitate the transition of MPH programs of study to 21st century models of public health education. Purpose: The purpose of this workshop is to describe and illustrate how the University of South Florida’s College of Public Health innovatively transformed their MPH curriculum to align with critical 21st century public health content and design features. The workshop will comprise the following four sessions: 1) “Be the change you want to see in the world”: Preparing for 21st century public health paradigm changes. This session will review strategies and lessons learned for changing public health educational paradigms within your college, departments, and university. Strategies and methods for diffusing 21st century educational paradigms, increasing adoption within your college, and mobilizing your faculty will also be addressed; 2) Know, Do, Be: Translating 21st century public health content/skills into competencies. This session will begin with an overview of competency-based vs. competency-informed curricular designs followed with strategies for translating the recommended 21st century public health content and skills into multi-level competencies. Lessons learned will also be presented regarding best methods for translation of competencies according to chosen curricular design; 3) Create & Innovate: Developing an innovative core curriculum. The third session will focus on methods for translating competencies into innovative interdisciplinary core courses. Frameworks for creating interdisciplinary courses within a competency-based/informed structure and function will be presented. Lessons learned regarding fueling creativity within potentially stifling university systems will also be addressed. 4) Ready, Set, Evaluate: Piloting and revising your program of study: The last session will present experiences and lessons learned with regard to piloting the revised core courses. An example of design, methods, instruments, and analyses will be presented. In addition, lessons learned regarding piloting and evaluation of a revised core will be discussed. The four sessions will be followed with a 20 minute question and answer period to facilitate discussion and spark innovative and creative ideas for those preparing to redesign their MPH program of study.
Panelist:
Kate Wolfe-Quintero, PhD, Director of Innovative Academic Initiatives, University of South Florida
Presenters:
Rita DeBate, PhD, MPH, FAED, FAAHB, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, University of South Florida
and
Jaime Corvin, PhD, MSPH, CPH, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Moderator:
Donna J. Petersen, ScD, MHS, CPH, Dean, University of South Florida, College of Public Health