title: [Common competencies and contents in public health in graduate programs].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify fundamental public health competencies and contents in nursing, pharmacy, teaching, medicine, human nutrition and dietetics, optics and optometry, labor relations and human resources, and social work in graduate programs and to formulate proposals for their improvement.
  
  
  METHODS
  The workshop on Public health contents in graduate programs in the XXI Menorca Public Health School was organized as follows: eight groups were set up, coordinated by 37 Spanish university teachers participating in the workshop and selected through key informants and snowball techniques. Two studies on public health professional competencies and the participants' own graduate programs were used to discuss public health professional competencies and contents and establish recommendations to improve public health programs. Each group worked on a particular degree course and the results were shared in plenary.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Professional competencies for the three essential public health functions were indentified in all the degrees, except teaching, optics and optometry, and social work. Some of the competencies included in degrees in nursing, teaching, human nutrition and dietetics, and social work were rewritten to highlight the role of each type of professional in public health functions. The groups agreed on the introductory topics (basic concepts and health determinants) and intervention strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Common competencies and contents were identified in graduate programs. Updating public health contents in graduate programs would help to define and promote the profile of public health professionals.
authors.affiliation: Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España. mdavo@ua.es
authors.forename: M A Carmen
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Davó
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vives-Cases
authors.forename: Fernando García
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Benavides
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Dardet
authors.forename: Andreu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segura-Benedicto
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Icart
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Astasio
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: M Del Rocío
authors.initials: Mdel R
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ronda
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bosch
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004046:Dietetics / Q000193:education; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000592:standards; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate / Q000592:standards; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000592:standards*; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000193:education; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education; D011361:Professional Competence; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D012942:Social Sciences / Q000193:education; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education; D013030:Spain; D013663:Teaching