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. 2014 Mar;90(3):560-5.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0537. Epub 2014 Jan 20.

Improving global health education: development of a Global Health Competency Model

Elizabeth Ablah  1 , Dorothy A Biberman, Elizabeth M Weist, Pierre Buekens, Margaret E Bentley, Donald Burke, John R Finnegan Jr, Antoine Flahault, Julio Frenk, Audrey R Gotsch, Michael J Klag, Mario Henry Rodriguez Lopez, Philip Nasca, Stephen Shortell, Harrison C Spencer
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Improving global health education: development of a Global Health Competency Model

Elizabeth Ablah et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

Although global health is a recommended content area for the future of education in public health, no standardized global health competency model existed for master-level public health students. Without such a competency model, academic institutions are challenged to ensure that students are able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) needed for successful performance in today's global health workforce. The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) sought to address this need by facilitating the development of a global health competency model through a multistage modified-Delphi process. Practitioners and academic global health experts provided leadership and guidance throughout the competency development process. The resulting product, the Global Health Competency Model 1.1, includes seven domains and 36 competencies. The Global Health Competency Model 1.1 provides a platform for engaging educators, students, and global health employers in discussion of the KSAs needed to improve human health on a global scale.

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Flow of recommendations among participants throughout the initiative.
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Global Health Competency Model 1.1.
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