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Alternative Title:
J Public Health Manag Pract
Personal Author:
Iskander, John ; Ari, Mary ; Chen, Bin ; Hall, Sharon ; Ghiya, Neelam ; ... More +
Iskander, John ; Ari, Mary ; Chen, Bin ; Hall, Sharon ; Ghiya, Neelam ; Popovic, Tanja Less -
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.


Subject:
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Attitude Of Health Personnel
Education, Continuing
Feedback
Female
Health Personnel
Humans
Male
Public Health
Teaching Rounds

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 HHS/United States
Name as Subject:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
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