Curriculum

The public health workforce, both at the national and local levels, need additional training to meet new challenges posed by globalization, medical advances, and an aging and increasingly diverse population, as stated in the IOM Report, November 4, 2002, titled Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century. The public health leadership curricula has placed a greater emphasis on leadership skills, communication, team building, partnerships, and strategic alliances. To ensure effective training to provide essential public health services, the Institute will:

1. Develop critical thinking and reflection from a systemic perspective.

2. Build inter-organizational working teams.

3. Address the needs to develop collaborative work.

4. Stimulate the organizational learning that promotes changes and innovation.

The curriculum is based on the Competency Model, Adult Learning Theory and Experiential Learning Theory. The competency areas to be developed during the first year of the program are:

1. Visionary Leadership

2. Cultural Diversity

3. Risk and Communication

4. Team Building

5. Mentoring and Coaching

6. Strategic Planning, Evaluation and Quality Improvement

7. Negotiation, Conflict Management and Human Resources

8. Systemic Thinking

9. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

10. Emergency Preparedness

During the second year, scholars will work on and complete an applied research project under the guidance of the team mentor. An attractive component of the program is the coaching system. The coach or mentor will be a leader in public health with vast experience in one of the 11 essential functions of Public Health.

This website is supported by a Research Centers in Minority Institutions Award, G12RR-03051,
from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health