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II.7 Toward Transdisciplinary Professionalism in the Teaching of Public Health--Jacquelyn Slomka
II.7 Toward Transdisciplinary Professionalism in the Teaching of Public Health--Jacquelyn Slomka
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In considering transdisciplinary professionalism, it may be useful to think of public health not as a discipline per se, but as a concept or a unifying idiom that spans health care delivery, disease prevention, health promotion, and health policy. Transdisciplinary thinking, then, would imply attention to the connections and dynamic relationships among clinical care, measures to prevent disease and promote health, and policies that direct and support the health of the public.
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. The 9/11 terrorist attacks, rapid advances in medicine and information technology, and broad socioeconomic changes in health care led to renewed interest in public health processes and modes of thinking and recognition of a need for collaboration and cooperation across medicine and public health (McGinnis, 2006)
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. Strategies for Teaching Transdisciplinary Professionalism in Public Health One aspect of teaching transdisciplinary professionalism to public health students is engaging them in the critical examination of a "medicine–public health divide" and encouraging evaluation of an alternative perspective of "public health" as a holistic system encompassing all of health care -- the public's health.
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Students who enter public health graduate programs without another professional degree may find clinical aspects of health care discussions intimidating. These students may not be attuned to issues such as "fiduciary relationships" or relationships of trust between health professionals and patients and may need additional experience in the clinical aspects related to transdisciplinary professionalism.
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The incorporation of transdisciplinary professionalism into public health will require changes in thinking by health professionals and the public. Attitudes and behaviors may be difficult, but not impossible, to change, especially in a health care system in which change is constant and inevitable.
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2008. Professionalism and ethics in the public health curriculum.
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