title: [Public health competencies and contents in Spanish university degree programs of physical therapy, occupational therapy, environmental science, dentistry and veterinary science].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the basic competencies and contents related to public health to be included in degree programs according to the perspective of lecturers from various Spanish universities.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the context of the Second Workshop on Public Health Contents in Degree Programs (Mahon, 19 to 20 September 2012), 20 lecturers from different Spanish universities were distributed in five working groups. The lecturers had been selected from the instructional guides on public health and epidemiology published on the web sites of the Rectors' Conference of Spanish Universities. Each group worked on a degree program and the results were discussed in plenary sessions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The activities and competencies related to the three basic functions of public health were identified in all degree programs. Most of the professional competencies identified were related to the function of «assessment of population health needs». The contents proposed by the working groups related to epidemiology, basic concepts in public health, public health intervention, health management, and health policy. The main common topics among the degrees concerned the first three contents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Public health professional competencies and contents were identified in the degree programs examined. These results may serve as a starting point for a more detailed review of public health programs across degree levels and the search for a consensus on the common content that should be included in each of them.
authors.affiliation: Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España. Electronic address: mdavo@ua.es.
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Davó-Blanes
authors.affiliation: Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vives-Cases
authors.affiliation: Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Dardet
authors.affiliation: Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España; Plan Interdepartamental de Salut Pública, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Andreu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segura-Benedicto A
authors.affiliation: Fundación Dr. Antonio Esteve, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Fèlix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bosch Llonch
authors.affiliation: CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España; Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: G Benavides
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004463:Ecology / Q000193:education*; D004497:Education, Dental; D004501:Education, Medical; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D013030:Spain; D014495:Universities
keywords: Competencias profesionales; Degree programs; Professional competence; Programas de grado; Public health; Salud pública