[An innovative program for public health training at the University of Geneva. Program during employment centered on the student and oriented to the population's health needs].
Switzerland's first Master degree course in public health was launched in the autumn of 1990 at the Geneva University School of Medicine. It is a 3 year, part-time course, which is learner-centred and community-oriented. The aim of the course is to prepare students to use a multi-disciplinary approach to plan, implement and evaluate activities intended to solve public health problems. Throughout the course, studies plan, implement and evaluate projects concerning health problems they have encountered in their work as health professionals. The curriculum includes individual and group work, discussions and seminars with teachers and students, and brainstorming sessions with specially trained facilitators. The students can thus identify and fulfil individual educational objectives while working on community-related health projects. Priority health needs of individuals and communities are thus the pivotal points of the novel approach to public health training.
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Institut de médecine sociale et préventive, Faculté de médecine, Université de Genève, Suisse.
Durieux
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Brenner
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Guilbert
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Rougemont
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D003479:Curriculum; D006292:Health Priorities; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D012581:Schools, Public Health / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013334:Students; D013557:Switzerland
Un programme innovateur de formation en santé publique à l'université de Genève. Programme en cours d'emploi centré sur l'étudiant et orienté vers les besoins de santé de la population.