4311.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 - 9:30 PM

Abstract #3482

Challenges in Curriculum Design and Resource Development for Disability, Public Health and Associated Disciplines

Allan Meyers, PhD, Department of Health Services, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, (617) 638-4510, N/A, Patricia Welsh, MSSA, Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis, MO, (618) 453-2243, N/A, Elaine T. Jurkowski, MSW, PhD, School of Social Work, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, (618) 453-2243, etjurkow@siu.edu, and David Gray, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, N/A, N/A.

This session will address educational strategies for curriculum design and implementation within public health, social work and rehabilitation. Challenges facing these professions within training and higher education will be identified, and discussed. The session will conclude with a summary of potential educational strategies that can be implemented to develop the public health advocate and professional.

Learning Objectives: At the end of the session participants will: 1.Address educational strategies for curriculum design and implementation within public health, social work, and rehabilitation. 2.Identify challenges in research, policy, practice, and resource development within academic curriculum. 3.Glean audience perspective on educational strategies

Keywords: Disability, Public Health Curricula

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA