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How to integrate public health content in to medical training: a case study from University of Newcastle and University of New England. Erica L James , 1 Tazeen Majeed, 1 Kate Dundas, 1 Conor Gilligan, 1 Mark McEvoy, 1 Belinda Suthers, 1 Stuart Wark 2 1 University of Newcastle, NSW
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How to integrate public health content in to medical training: a case study from University of Newcastle and University of New England Erica L James,1 Tazeen Majeed, 1 Kate Dundas, 1 Conor Gilligan, 1 Mark McEvoy, 1 Belinda Suthers,1 Stuart Wark2 1 University of Newcastle, NSW 2 University of New England, NSW CAPHIA 2018
What happens in Australia? Need an MPH to be eligible to commence training – specialist training
What happens in Australia? • Population health • Social determinants • Advocacy • ATSI health • Screening, prevention • Environmental and lifestyle risks • Quality & safety • Health systems • Global health Domain 1: “Science and Scholarship” has EBM concepts like critical appraisal, formulation of RQ, selection of study designs
Spiral integrated curriculum e.g., global health, rural health
How we operationalised the AMC standards & scaffolded learning Step 1: Expand each domain into learning objectives
Align learning objectives according to levels of complexity and specificity
Identify opportunities to integrate content • Via PBL/CBL
Identify opportunities to integrate content • Via PBL/CBL • As a self-directed content package Assessment package (MCQs, OSCE) Online task + formative assess Short expert video
Discussion The process described here • ensures that public health content is included in the curriculum and is appropriately assessed throughout, • allows teaching staff to simply and explicitly see where their teaching activity fits within the program, • ensures appropriate reinforcement of important concepts, and • ensures that teaching builds on previous knowledge (allowing students to achieve higher order outcomes such as critique and analyse)