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A Graduate Curriculum in Emergency Public Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Steven J. Rottman ,
Kimberley I. Shoaf  and
Samuel J. Stratton
Steven J. Rottman*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Public Health and Disasters, Los Angeles, California, USA David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Kimberley I. Shoaf
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Public Health and Disasters, Los Angeles, California, USA
Samuel J. Stratton
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Public Health and Disasters, Los Angeles, California, USA
*
Adj. Professor, Emergency Medicine and Community Health Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA School of Public Health, Director, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, 1145 Gayley Avenue, Suite 304, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA E-mail: rottman@ucla.edu
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Abstract

The increase in adverse health impacts of disasters has raised awareness of the need for education in the field of emergency public health. In the past, most traditional models of graduate education in schools of public health have not incorporated the theory and practice of disaster public health into their curricula. This paper describes the development of a curriculum in emergency public health within a US masters program in public health, and provides a description of the courses that comprise an area of specialization in the field. The interdisciplinary nature of the faculty, close ties with public health practitioners, and practical applications of the nine courses in this program are highlighted. The curriculum is presented as one model that can be used to meet the educational needs of professionals who will assume the responsibility for planning for and responding to the public health impacts of mass-populations disasters.

Keywords

disastereducationgraduate curriculumpublic healthtraining
Type
Special Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 213 - 216
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2010

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