Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #102667

Eugene R. Declercq, PhD, Maternal and Child Health Department, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118, 617-638-7795, declercq@bu.edu

The purpose of this panel will be to draw together those involved in leading Doctor of Public Health programs for a discussion of the role of the DrPH in contemporary public health practice education and the different approaches that have been taken in creating, reexamining or refining these programs.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to

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• Articulate the trends in DrPH Education (
• Describe the approaches that different schools have taken toward DrPH programs (
• Discuss the challenges in developing or restructuring DrPH programs

Keywords: Public Health Education, Distance Education Development

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.