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An analysis of the degree of satisfaction on public health education among graduate students in Republic of Korea


Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Sarah Yu, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Haejoo Chung, RPh, MSc, PhD, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Daseul Moon, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Sujin Cha, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
MinJin Jo, RN, Department of Public Health Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Yujin Byun, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Hongjo Choi, MD, MA, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Taeyoung Jung, MA, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Xianhua Che, PhD Student, Department of Public Health Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Jin Sung Kim, MA, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
The role of professional public health educational institutions becomes essential in the United States as well as in South Korea. A clear understanding of the student satisfaction is a fundamental way to improve the quality of education and the institutional efficiency. The goal of this study was to understand the quality of public health education in South Korea.
We surveyed 371 MPH and PhD students from seven academic, professional, and vocational public health graduate schools in South Korea between June 3rd and June 17th, 2014. The questionnaire measured the degree of student satisfaction in 9 different areas; overall, curriculum, lectures, counseling, student support and scholarships, faculties, facilities, welfare and private research spaces, and community.
Students’ overall satisfaction scored 3.36(±0.95). Students were generally satisfied with the curriculum (3.27±0.76), lectures (3.35±0.83), and facilities (3.13±0.88). Satisfaction in student support (2.47±1.04) and community outreach (2.60±1.12) was the lowest compared to other areas. A significant difference in satisfaction was found in curriculum (academic 3.01±0.96; professional 3.21±0.58; vocational 3.39±0.73) and counseling (academic 2.56±1.19; professional 2.26±1.05; vocational 2.90±1.02) among MPH students between three types of school and in counseling among doctoral students between two types of school (academic 3.00±0.92 and professional 2.04±1.05).

Students satisfaction of current public health education in Korea was relatively high and we found the lowest satisfaction in students support and community outreach. In curriculum and counseling we found variations among different types of schools. In designing the MPH accreditation schemes in South Korea, the accreditation committee should find ways to leverage variations in student satisfaction found in this first-ever survey.

Learning Areas:

Administration, management, leadership
Advocacy for health and health education
Environmental health sciences
Other professions or practice related to public health
Program planning
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate the student satisfaction of professional public health educational institutions and understand the quality of public health education in South Korea.

Keyword(s): Accreditation

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the professional public health school student who has been studying about statistics. I have been researching about the accreditation of other countries and analyzing the survey.
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.

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