Credentialing Public Health Professionals in a Changing World
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Presenter(s): Bernard D. Goldstein, MD
Air Date: 1/8/2007
Air Time: 12:00 PM EST to 1:00 PM EST
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Watch: Credentialing Public Health Professionals in a Changing World
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Welcome by Margaret Potter, JD, Associate Dean and Director of the Center for Public Health Practice, Graduate School of Public Health,
University of Pittsburgh
Presented by Dr. Goldstein, Chair of the National Board of Public Health Examiners |
Download Dr. Bernard Goldstein's Powerpoint Presentation
ABOUT THIS EVENT
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As inaugural Chairperson of the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE), Dr. Bernard Goldstein,
Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Graduate School of Public Health of the University of Pittsburgh,
addressed the status of the Boards work. The launching of the Board is significant as public health is the
single health profession without a credential. It has even been suggested that
a national credential
for our graduates will have a similar impact the public school teachers have seen when they instituted their
exam 15 years ago: better career ladders, better salaries, better retention and increased portability
moving around the country.
The Board views credentialing as one pathway to improve the quality of education public
health students receive, to improve the overall effectiveness of public health practitioners
and to heighten recognition of graduate-trained public health professionals who have attained the credential.
The process currently under way includes developing, preparing, administering and evaluating a voluntary
certification examination that tests whether students and graduates of CEPH-accredited schools and programs
have mastered the core knowledge and skills relevant to contemporary public health. This new credentialing
process is occurring at a time of heightened interest, when new knowledge, skills, and competencies are required
to practice public health, the diversity of our nation is increasing, and rapid turnover in the public health
work force is anticipated.
As Dr. Goldstein explained, the Board and the proposed credentialing process shall assure graduates
from the accredited schools and programs over 8,000 per year have mastered required competencies in
the core public health disciplines: biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, health policy and
management and social and behavioral sciences. With the existence of the credential, those seeking to hire
credentialed graduates will be assured that these candidates have a fundamental breadth and depth of public
health knowledge.
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