Course Design for Public Health: A Competency Based Approach

by Hannelore Vanderschmidt, Ascher Segall, Domenic A Screnci Jr

Overview

Course Design for Public Health: A Competency-Based Approach is designed for public health students and practitioners. This practical book is founded on the authors' collective classroom and field experience. The book enables a broad range of health professionals to design and deliver courses and educational programs. The authors have field tested the book in more than twenty countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States.

This 'form based' systematic approach leads the reader step-by-step through the instructional design and evaluation process. Learning experiences build on one another. The book includes a variety of examples drawn from student projects. The model is flexible and easily adaptable to other fields and disciplines.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158218842
Publisher:	Publish Green
Publication date:	05/25/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Hannelore Vanderschmidt, PhD, EdM, served as Co-Director of the Center for Educational Development in Health at Boston University 1984-2012. She was a member of the BU School of Public Health faculty in the Department of International Health and Social and Behavioral Sciences 1976-2012.

Ascher J. Segall MD, DrPH holds a doctorate in epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health and an MD from University of Lausanne, School of Medicine. He has been Co-Director of the Center for Educational Development at BU School of Public Health since 1976. Dr. Segall was Chief Medical Officer Health Manpower Research at the WHO in Geneva, Switzerland 1984-1988.

Domenic Screnci, EdD is the Executive Director for Educational Technology, Training and Outreach at Boston University, serving as an educational technologist, instructional designer and a producer of curriculum materials. Dr. Screnci has a Master’s degree in Educational Media & Technology and a Doctorate in Curriculum & Teaching.