INTRODUCTION TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AOC

Jason Sanders

sanders.jason@medstudent.pitt.edu

The PH AOC is finally here!

The students demanded public health training…

We created a program that…

Provides AWESOME public health training…

And FUN

Goal of the PH AOC

Provide students a rich, integrated, longitudinal, individualized, awesome training program in the theory and practice of medicine and PH.

This synergistic training program will help future physicians optimize their practice, allowing them to become consummate physicians and care for individuals and populations.

Your AWESOME training…it’s all here!

PH journal club PH interest group sessions Summer internship Completion of Scholarly Project with PH

focus Leadership training seminar 3rd/4th year electives Self-evaluation

AOC timeline

MS1

Summer

MS2

MS3

MS4

Journal clubInterest groupFind internshipInternship

Journal clubInterest groupDetermine SP

Leadership training seminar

≥4 week PH electiveSP research

Self evaluation

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PH journal club (MS1 and 2)

>75% attendance Open to PH AOC students and faculty Students present a faculty-chosen paper

related to PH research and practice (1 presentation)

PH interest group sessions (MS1 and 2)

>75% attendance A larger group that encompasses AOC

students and non-AOC students; lunch talk format

Presentations by expert faculty Training exercises using real situations,

such as case studies published by the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the CDC

Summer internship (following MS1) A real-world PH experience May be:

A rotation with local, state, or national PH offices Involvement with PH community interventions PH research

A poster presentation, abstract, or manuscript summarizing the summer experience is required following the rotation

Funding may be found within Pitt or from outside sources and will be determined on an individual basis

Scholarly project (variable)

Scholarly Projects conducted in PH will be approved by the PH AOC Director and will follow the Scholarly Project format already in place

Leadership training seminar (variable)

1-day seminar developed by the Pennsylvania Preparedness Leadership Institute and Center for Public Health Preparedness

Skill building in the following areas: Leadership, team building, multidisciplinary

problem solving, meeting planning, interagency collaboration, project management, and negotiation

Students’ will have enhanced leadership skills and be able to apply them in real-world settings

3rd/4th year rotations

≥4 weeks during MS3/4 in PH related electives PH Field Practicum

Work with a PH professional on a variety of core PH functions

Disease surveillance and early warning; communicable disease control (outbreaks and food safety); environmental health; disaster preparedness, planning and response; health policy and planning; vector and pest control; and applied epidemiology

Spend time at the Health Department and other county agencies

Spend substantial time in the field Weekly seminars and 3-5pg final paper

May spend 4 weeks working on Scholarly Project (research elective)

Self evaluation (after finishing AOC)

You evaluate…yourself And suggest program improvements

Core Leadership

Sam Stebbins, MD MPH – Asst. Prof of Epidemiology; Director Center for Public Health Preparedness

Bruce Pitt, PhD – Chair Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health

Jeannette South-Paul, MD – Andrew W. Mathieson Chair Dept. of Family Medicine

Ron Voorhees, MD MPH – Chief of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Allegheny County Health Department

MS1 and MS2 student leaders

Some faculty interests

Disease surveillance and early warning Environmental healthCommunicable disease control Vector and pest controlDisaster preparedness and response Applied epidemiologyHealth policy, management, and financing Conservation medicineDisease modeling and bioinformatics Preventive medicineCommunity psychiatry and mental health Toxicology and PHPre-hospital medicine systems/EMS Cultural competencySociology and behavioral aspects of PH Occupational healthTobacco and substance controlCommunity health organization, planning, and evaluation

Nearly everything falls under PH: EXPLORE!

Acknowledgements

Donald Burke, MD – Dean GSPH, UPMC-Jonas Salk Chair in Global Health, Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health, Director Center for Vaccine Research

Joan Harvey, MD – Dean of Students, SOM

John Mahoney, MD – Dean of Medical Education, SOM

Dan Beswick, Emily Rosenberger, Mirat Shah, Jacqui Moreau

Faculty mentors

Curriculum Committee