title: Bridging graduate education in public health and the liberal arts.
abstract: The University of Massachusetts Amherst is part of Five-Colleges Inc, a consortium that includes the university and four liberal arts colleges. Consortium faculty from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the university and from the colleges are working to bridge liberal arts with public health graduate education. We outline four key themes guiding this effort and exemplary curricular tools for innovative community-based and multidisciplinary academic and research programs. The structure of the consortium has created a novel trajectory for student learning and engagement, with important ramifications for pedagogy and professional practice in public health. We show how graduate public health education and liberal arts can, and must, work in tandem to transform public health practice in the 21st century.
authors.affiliation: C. Marjorie Aelion is with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Aline C. Gubrium is with the Program of Community Health Education, Department of Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Felicity Aulino, Elizabeth L. Krause, and Thomas L. Leatherman are with the Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
authors.forename: C Marjorie
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Aelion
authors.forename: Aline C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gubrium
authors.forename: Felicity
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aulino
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Leatherman
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003469:Culture; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D040381:Education, Public Health Professional / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006809:Humanities / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012581:Schools, Public Health / Q000458:organization & administration