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310151
Using a web portal to identify public health fieldwork preceptors and research collaborators in northeast Pennsylvania
Monday, November 17, 2014
Alberto J.F. Cardelle, PhD, MPH
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Department of Health Studies, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA
Vanessa Wheeler Kerr, MPH Candidate
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Department of Health Studies, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA
Shalane Vitris, MPH Candidate
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Department of Health Studies, East Stroudsburg, PA
Mark White, MD, MPH
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Department of Family, Community, and Rural Health, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton
Simoyan Olapeju, MD, MPH, BDS, FAAFP
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Department of Family, Community, and Rural Health, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, PA
Janet Townsend, MD
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Department of Family, Community, and Rural Health, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, PA
Erica Townsend
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Department of Family, Community, and Rural Health, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, PA
The Commonwealth Medical College and East Stroudsburg University were funded by HRSA to provide a joint MD/MPH degree program designed to integrate public health and health care training for physicians that will care for the underserved in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As the only rural public health training program in Pennsylvania, ESU’s program contributes significantly to the region’s health, through faculty efforts and its contribution to the public health workforce. TCMC, a new allopathic medical school has distinguished itself for its community engaged values and partnerships. A web portal was developed as an electronic information exchange for students to investigate potential fieldwork preceptors and research collaborators for 12 identified health priority areas (i.e., access to care, asthma; behavioral health; to name a few) within a 12 county wide region of northeast Pennsylvania. The portal provides information about the duel degree program, along with community health research projects and fieldwork requirements. In addition, Web 2.0 applications including video streaming success stories, a wiki, and twitter link are used to help students identify opportunities for fieldwork, and research collaboration with the public health workforce in the region. The web portal also serves as an information exchange for healthcare professionals about various services available for targeted areas of need for the region. The presenters will describe the implementation process to achieve HRSA grant deliverables, and how the web portal has identified resources in the region for future collaborative efforts in prevention.
Learning Areas:
Communication and informatics
Public health or related education
Learning Objectives:
Describe how web portals can be used as an information exchange for fieldwork and research opportunities in a rural geographic region;
Demonstrate Web 2.0 applications for educating students and health care professionals about public health initiatives;
Discuss how web portals can function as a mechanism to achieve quality internship placements within an under-served geographic region.
Keyword(s): Information Technology, Local Public Health Agencies
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have over 25 years experience in public health. I am the Co-Director of the HRSA funded duel MD/MPH degree program. I have an expertise in public health informatics.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
