Applied Learning for Undergraduates: Integrating NCHEC Competencies and CEPH Public Health Domains in a Public Health Practice Course

Journal of Community Health
Lenis P Chen-EdinboroKerry Whipple

Abstract

To meet Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation standards for a standalone undergraduate public health program, faculty at the University of North Carolina Wilmington conducted a matrix exercise to assess curricular alignment with the CEPH Domains of Public Health (PHDs) and the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC) competencies. Addressing gaps in the undergraduate public health program identified by the matrix exercise drove development of a new course, Public Health Practice. The course was designed to use real world experience to provide students with the tools and skills needed for the practice of public health. Written assignments such as a needs assessment and a logic model were used to simultaneously expose and prepare students to address real-life public health challenges and to introduce students to selected CEPH PHDs and NCHEC competencies. This integration of competencies and domains into a course curriculum may be of benefit to undergraduate public health programs seeking to develop courses with applied learning aligned with CEPH and NCHEC requirements.

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