introduction to public health

Specialty Block BFC&H Module Year 4

Manchester Medical School

Introduction to Public Health

What is public health?

• The science and art of promoting and protecting health and well-being, preventing ill-health and prolonging life through the organised efforts of society.

UK Faculty of Public Health

Evidence Based

High Quality Research

Public Health

Health Improvement

Health Services

Health Protection

Standards

Public Health in 2014Clinical

commissioning groups

Public Health England

NHS Commissioning

Board

PH in LA

Local clusters

Universities Acute and community trusts

Tomorrow’s Doctors 2009

The Doctor as a Scholar and Scientist - Section 11 outcomes

“The graduate will be able to apply to medical practice the principles, method and knowledge of population health and the improvement of health

and healthcare”

What you have learnt so far

• Evidence based medicine• Public Health resources within PBL cases

PH in Year 4

• E learning– Module 1– Module 2– Module 3– Module 4

• Workshop in Paeds• Workshop in O&G• Fuze debrief• OSCE questions

Knowledge

Skills and attitudes

Consolidation

Assessment

PH workshops: how to get the best experience

We don’t have clinics

PH is not a spectator sport so..Workshops

Do the elearning before the workshopGet involved!It’s all about logical thinkingUse the facilitatorsThere are no stupid questions

How do the e-cases fit in?

• Underpinning knowledge applied in workshops

• Preparatory work for workshops

• Resources for national guidelines

Assessment

Attendance (registration in all morning and afternoon sessions)

Questions in Progress Tests

OSCEs at end of moduleincluding Public Health questions (new for 2014-15)

Rest of the day Group A Group B09.30 REGISTRATION

Public Health InductionScreeningHealth Service Public Health

10.30 Introduction to Group Work 1: Rationing Health ServicesIntroduction to Group Work 2: Screening

10.50 Break/ Move to break out rooms

11.00 REGISTRATIONRationing Health Services

REGISTRATIONScreening

13.00 Lunch

14.00 REGISTRATIONScreening

REGISTRATIONRationing Health Services

16.00 REGISTRATIONFeedback and review of ILOs

Public Health Resources

• eLearning – 4 cases• BMJ Epidemiology for the uninitiated• Public health and epidemiology at a glance

(available from DawsonEra via the University Library)

• IEA Dictionary of epidemiology (available from MyiLibrary via the University Library)

• CDC app on outbreak investigation