title: [Public health competencies and contents in Spanish undergraduate medical degrees].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To reach a consensus among public health faculty from various Spanish universities about the core public health competencies that should be integrated into undergraduate medical degrees.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 2nd Forum of University Teachers was held at the Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid, 11-12 December 2014). Twenty-four university professors and lecturers from 19 Spanish universities imparting medical degrees participated in the forum. They were distributed in three working groups during three working sessions. In the first session, they were asked to identify and classify core public health competencies for medical degrees. In the second, they were asked to propose public health contents for the identified competencies. In the third session, the participants organized these contents in thematic blocks. The results were discussed in distinct plenary sessions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The highest number of core competencies was identified in the activities related to the public health functions «Assessment of the population's health needs» and «Developing health policies». The final programme included basic contents organised into five units: Concept of health, public health and its determinants; Epidemiology and health research; Determinants and health problems; Strategies, interventions and policies; and health systems, clinical and healthcare management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The public health core competencies and contents identified in this Forum may be considered as a starting point to improve and update public health training programmes for future medical professionals.
authors.affiliation: Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España. Electronic address: maridavo@gmail.com.
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 Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón (Madrid), España.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Barrio-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona e Instituto de Investigación Médica del Hospital del Mar (IMIM), Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porta
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y de la Vida, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España.
authors.forename: Fernando G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Benavides
authors.affiliation: Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón (Madrid), España.
authors.forename: Ángel Gil
authors.initials: ÁG
authors.lastname: de Miguel
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013030:Spain
keywords: Competencias profesionales; Educación médica; Medical education; Medicina; Medicine; Professional competencies; Public health; Salud pública; Universidad; University