The University of San Francisco’s new master of public health (MPH) program received a ringing endorsement recently from Barbara Garcia, San Francisco’s public health director, who called the program a much-needed training ground for the next generation of public health leaders.
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Showing posts with label health professions. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
School of Nursing Adds Health Professions
The University of San Francisco’s School of Nursing has changed its name to the School of Nursing and Health Professions.
The name change reflects the college’s recent expansion to include a master of public health (MPH) degree beginning this fall.
The MPH program is expected to draw recent graduates and professionals interested in careers in fields such as health promotion, community organizing, and healthy lifestyle leadership, allowing them to choose an emphasis in community health, global health, or health promotion education.
“Advancing health professions programming at USF has become a university priority,” said Judith Karshmer, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions.
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The name change reflects the college’s recent expansion to include a master of public health (MPH) degree beginning this fall.
The MPH program is expected to draw recent graduates and professionals interested in careers in fields such as health promotion, community organizing, and healthy lifestyle leadership, allowing them to choose an emphasis in community health, global health, or health promotion education.
“Advancing health professions programming at USF has become a university priority,” said Judith Karshmer, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Master of Public Health Degree
The School of Nursing at the University of San Francisco is set to launch a Master of Public Health degree beginning in fall 2011.
Students will study epidemiology, biostatistics, public health care leadership and administration, social science applications to behavioral health, and environmental health considerations.
“We want to provide an advanced degree option to those who are interested in the health care field but do not want to seek a licensed degree,” said Kia James, program director and assistant professor of nursing at USF.
As the U.S. moves to rein in health care costs and deliver health care to more people through preventative medicine, the School of Nursing’s MPH degree will prepare students to move into this expanding field, working closely with communities.
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Students will study epidemiology, biostatistics, public health care leadership and administration, social science applications to behavioral health, and environmental health considerations.
“We want to provide an advanced degree option to those who are interested in the health care field but do not want to seek a licensed degree,” said Kia James, program director and assistant professor of nursing at USF.
As the U.S. moves to rein in health care costs and deliver health care to more people through preventative medicine, the School of Nursing’s MPH degree will prepare students to move into this expanding field, working closely with communities.
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
SON Dean Judith Karshmer to Lead the USF President's Commission on Health Professions Education
Building on current strength in the delivery of professional education in nursing, the commission will seek to expand the scope and depth of health professions education at the graduate level with a focus on emerging fields, high demand areas for national and global health priorities, and areas of practice that will link the educational endeavor to providing health-related services in innovative and sustainable patterns of outreach.
Potential outcomes may include increased collaboration between health-related programs, initiation of new health and human-services programs, development of strategic ties with external partners, and increased resources.
The Commission will meet four times, June, September, January, and March.
The final meeting (date TBD) will be a presentation of the commission’s recommendations and strategies for implementation to USF President Steven Privett, S.J
Potential outcomes may include increased collaboration between health-related programs, initiation of new health and human-services programs, development of strategic ties with external partners, and increased resources.
The Commission will meet four times, June, September, January, and March.
The final meeting (date TBD) will be a presentation of the commission’s recommendations and strategies for implementation to USF President Steven Privett, S.J
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Master's Degree in Public Health Offered in Fall 2011
The University of San Francisco is launching a new degree program which will combine our strength in health professions with our commitment to community with a new Master's degree program beginning in Fall 2011. The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree will be housed in the School of Nursing and is designed to prepare graduates as leaders in public health practice.
Upon completion of the MPH program, the graduate will be able to:
1. Enhance health in human populations through organized community effort.
2. Identify and assess public health needs of populations with a focus on strategies and practices with a prevention orientation.
3. Utilize an ecological approach that recognizes the interactions and relationships among multiple determinants of health, including environmental conditions and locale.
4. Utilize epidemiology data to assess community needs and policy program implications, including distributions and determinants of disease, disabilities and death in human populations, the characteristics and dynamics of human populations, the natural history of disease, and biologic and nutritional basis of health.
5. Demonstrate competence in collection, storage, retrieval, analysis and interpretation of health data, design and analysis of health-related surveys and experiments.
6. Successfully plan, organize, manage and evaluate culturally competent public health programs including consideration of the policy and legal aspects that advance or inhibit effective implementation.
7. Utilize knowledge and skill from the social and behavioral sciences to identify and create solutions to public health problems and propose and address research questions.
8. Employ effective problem-solving skills, interprofesssional communication and collaboration in public health practice.
9. Develop and evaluate effective strategies for managing the ethical dilemmas inherent in public health practice, advancing information technology, and conducting public health research.
10. Develop leadership, career, and professional development skills in order to promote lifelong learning.
11. Focus on the global and locale factors impacting public health of communities and demonstrate cultural competence as a practitioner.
12. Advance the mission and core values of the University of San Francisco.
Applications will be accepted from March 1 until June 15. Apply here!
Upon completion of the MPH program, the graduate will be able to:
1. Enhance health in human populations through organized community effort.
2. Identify and assess public health needs of populations with a focus on strategies and practices with a prevention orientation.
3. Utilize an ecological approach that recognizes the interactions and relationships among multiple determinants of health, including environmental conditions and locale.
4. Utilize epidemiology data to assess community needs and policy program implications, including distributions and determinants of disease, disabilities and death in human populations, the characteristics and dynamics of human populations, the natural history of disease, and biologic and nutritional basis of health.
5. Demonstrate competence in collection, storage, retrieval, analysis and interpretation of health data, design and analysis of health-related surveys and experiments.
6. Successfully plan, organize, manage and evaluate culturally competent public health programs including consideration of the policy and legal aspects that advance or inhibit effective implementation.
7. Utilize knowledge and skill from the social and behavioral sciences to identify and create solutions to public health problems and propose and address research questions.
8. Employ effective problem-solving skills, interprofesssional communication and collaboration in public health practice.
9. Develop and evaluate effective strategies for managing the ethical dilemmas inherent in public health practice, advancing information technology, and conducting public health research.
10. Develop leadership, career, and professional development skills in order to promote lifelong learning.
11. Focus on the global and locale factors impacting public health of communities and demonstrate cultural competence as a practitioner.
12. Advance the mission and core values of the University of San Francisco.
Applications will be accepted from March 1 until June 15. Apply here!
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