Program Learning Goals
The goals of the MPH program are to prepare public health professional and educators who emulate, demonstrate, and integrate the following characteristics and behaviors:
- Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health: Describe epidemiological methods, use data collection methods and interpret results of data analysis for improvement to public health research, policy or practice
- Public Health & Health Care Systems: Apply public health theory and evidence to develop and manage project, partnerships, programs and institutional strategies to reduce community and individual health risks to mitigate the impact of disease
- Planning & Management to Promote Health: Describe how health systems performance is affected by various approaches to health care organization, health law, health workforce development and health care financing
- Policy in Public Health: Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
- Leadership: Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision-making
- Communication: Communicate culturally-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation
- Interprofessional Practice: Perform effectively on interprofessional teams
- Systems Thinking: Apply systems thinking tools to public health issues