Public Health Grand Rounds at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Evaluation Feedback From a Broad Community of Learners

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• Alternative Title:
  J Public Health Manag Pract
• Personal Author:
  Iskander, John ; Ari, Mary ; Chen, Bin ; Hall, Sharon ; Ghiya, Neelam ; Popovic, Tanja
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  To evaluate the relevance and educational benefit of monthly Public Health Grand Rounds (GR), an hour-long interactive lecture series featuring 1 current, relevant public health topic.
  
  Design:
  
  Quantitative and qualitative analysis of data evaluating GR format and content submitted by 2063 continuing education (CE) participants.
  
  Setting:
  
  Survey data submitted electronically to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention online CE system from January 2010 through December 2011.
  
  Participants:
  
  Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, health education specialists, and other health care professionals seeking CE credits for Public Health GR.
  
  Main Outcome Measures:
  
  Proportion of respondents agreeing or strongly agreeing that GR is using educational strategies that enhance user learning and is meeting preidentified learning objectives.
  
  Results:
  
  On questions involving instructional strategies and delivery methods, 95.0% and 95.6% of respondents, respectively, agreed or strongly agreed that the GR was conducive to learning. More than 90% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that they could describe the burden of the disease/condition in question and identify key preventive interventions, knowledge gaps, and measures of public health progress.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  These evaluation results indicate that the GR is meeting content-specific and educational needs of diverse health care professionals. The GR models organized scientific discussions on evidence and translation into real-world impacts of decreased morbidity, mortality, and health care costs, and links public health to clinical practice. This promotes a greater understanding of the interplay of different health fields and may lead to greater and cross-disciplinary collaborations.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Attitude Of Health Personnel Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, U.S. Education, Continuing Feedback Female Health Personnel Humans Male Public Health Teaching Rounds United States

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• Keywords:
  Continuing Education Evaluation Public Health
• Source:
  J Public Health Manag Pract. 20(5):542-550
• Pubmed ID:
  24100242
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6529180
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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