A review of the status of the doctor of public health degree and identification of future issues

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-183

  Lee, Joel M ^a   Furner, Sylvia E ^b   Yager, James ^c   Hoffman, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ACCREDITATION; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650074527     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400123     Document Type: Review

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