Teaching Public Health
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
Hiebert Lounge
72 East Concord Street
Boston
#BUSPHSymposia
Academic public health has been growing substantially over the past two decades, and, commensurately, teaching in academic public health has been growing at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Coincident with this growth, established graduate schools and programs of public health are redesigning curricula to meet the changing needs of incoming students and to ensure that graduates have the knowledge, skills, and attributes to meet the needs of a changing workforce. This symposium aims to turn our lens on the state of teaching in public health, bringing together a state-of-the-field collection of presentations that can serve as a touchstone for the rapid evolution of this field. The symposium will summarize the evolution of public health teaching over time; discuss challenges faced by public health teaching; address the principles and practice of state-of-the-science teaching of public health at each level of education; spotlight innovations in public health education; and look to the future, anticipating where trends in public health education are heading.
TEACHING PH: THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
ACTIVE LEARNING
ENGAGING STUDENTS
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
ENHANCING THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
PH TEACHING IN NONTRADITIONAL SETTINGS
PH TEACHING ACROSS THE LIFECOURSE
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Agenda
8 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast and Informal Greetings
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
OPENING REMARKS
Welcome
Jean Morrison, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Boston University
Introduction
Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Lisa Sullivan, Associate Dean for Education and Professor, Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health
Master of Ceremonies
Carey Goldberg, Editor, CommonHealth Blog, WBUR
8:45 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
TEACHING PUBLIC HEALTH: THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
Creating a Pipeline for Public Health
Georges C. Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Teaching Public Health Today
Donna Petersen, Senior Associate Vice President, USF Health, and Dean, College of Public Health, University of South Florida
A Conceptual Orientation to Public Health Teaching
Randy Wykoff, Dean, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University
Moderator
Alfredo Morabia, Professor of Epidemiology, Barry Commoner Center, Queens College, CUNY and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Editor in Chief, American Journal of Public Health
9:25 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
ACTIVE LEARNING
Active Learning
David Kleinbaum, Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Teaching by the Case Method
Nancy Kane, Professor of Management and Co-Chair, Task Force on Educational Quality, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Practice-Based Teaching and Learning
Jacey Greece, Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
James Wolff, Associate Professor, Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Moderator
Lloyd F. Novick, Editor in Chief, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, and Professor Emeritus, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
ENGAGING STUDENTS
Service Learning
Daniel S. Gerber, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
Group Projects
Laura A. Linnan, Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill
Team Based Learning
LuAnn White, Senior Associate Dean for Academics, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
Maximizing Student Engagement
Kathryn Cardarelli, Assistant Provost for Faculty Advancement, University of Kentucky
Moderator
Audrey Ceschia, Editor in Chief, The Lancet Public Health
11:10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Cultural Competence
Linda A. Alexander, Senior Associate Dean for Academic, Student and Faculty Affairs, School of Public Health, West Virginia University
Effective Teaching in Diverse Classrooms
Lorraine Conroy, Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
Managing Difficult Conversations
Sophie Godley, Director of Undergraduate Programs and Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
Yvette Cozier, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health
Moderator
James R. Dunn, Co-Editor in Chief (Canada), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, and Chair, Department of Health, Aging, and Society, McMaster University
11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
ENHANCING THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Support—Training and Supporting Teaching Assistants
Greg Evans, Dean and Professor, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University
Teaching with Technology: Incorporating Technology in the Classroom
Wayne LaMorte, Assistant Dean for Education and Professor, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health
Innovations in Evaluating and Valuing Public Health Teaching: The Challenge of Course Evaluations
Delia Lang, Research Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Moderator
T. Stephen Jones, Associate Editor, Public Health Reports
12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Lunch
1 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH TEACHING IN NONTRADITIONAL SETTINGS
Public Health for High School Students
Perry N. Halkitis, Dean and Professor of Biostatistics and Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Rutgers University
Undergraduate Education in Public Health
Lauren D. Arnold, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, and Director of Undergraduate Public Health Programs, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University
Community Colleges and Public Health Education
Richard Riegelman, Professor and Founding Dean, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University
Moderator
Matthew L. Boulton, Editor in Chief, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, and Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health
1:40 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
PUBLIC HEALTH TEACHING ACROSS THE LIFECOURSE
Masters of Public Health Education
Marie Diener-West, Chair, Master of Public Health Program and Abbey-Merrell Professor of Biostatistics Education, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Doctor of Public Health Education
Eugene Declercq, Assistant Dean for Doctoral Education, DrPH Program and Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
Lifelong Learning
Joel Lee, Professor, Healthcare Administration, College of Public Health, University of Georgia
Interprofessional Education
Tanya Uden-Holman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa
Moderator
John Allegrante, Editor in Chief, Health Education & Behavior and Professor, Teachers College and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
CONCLUSION
Challenges, Promise, and Potential: the Future of Public Health
Laura Magaña Valladares, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Closing Remarks
Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Lisa Sullivan, Associate Dean for Education and Professor, Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health