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. 2015 Mar;105 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S99-S103.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302462.

Methodological innovations in public health education: transdisciplinary problem solving

Edward F Lawlor  1 , Matthew W Kreuter, Anne K Sebert-Kuhlmann, Timothy D McBride
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Methodological innovations in public health education: transdisciplinary problem solving

Edward F Lawlor et al. Am J Public Health. 2015 Mar.

Abstract

In 2008, the faculty of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis designed a Master of Public Health program centered on transdisciplinary problem solving in public health. We have described the rationale for our approach, guiding principles and pedagogy for the program, and specific transdisciplinary competencies students acquire. We have explained how transdisciplinary content has been organized and delivered, how the program is being evaluated, and how we have demonstrated the feasibility of this approach for a Master of Public Health degree.

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