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Undergraduate Training in Public Health Should Prepare Graduates for the Workforce
Frontiers in Public Health
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Article
Publication Date
1-5-2015
Description
There has been a rapid growth in the number of programs awarding undergraduate degrees in public health and the number of students receiving such degrees (1). There has not, however, been a significant discussion of the purpose of such degree programs. What, if anything, are the recipients of these degrees being trained to do? What careers, if any, are they being prepared to enter? Is the degree designed primarily to prepare students to enter graduate training in public health or some other graduate or health professional programs? Alternatively, does the degree exist because “an understanding of public health is a critical component of good citizenship and a prerequisite for taking responsibility for building healthy societies”? (2).
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Randy Wykoff, Amal Khoury, J. Michael Stoots and Robert P. Pack. "Undergraduate Training in Public Health Should Prepare Graduates for the Workforce" Frontiers in Public Health Vol. 2 (2015) ISSN: 2296-2565 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert-pack/12/
© 2015 Wykoff, Khoury, Stoots and Pack