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Llimós M, Vives-Cases C, Davó-Blanes MC, Carrasco-Garrido P, Garin O, Ronda E, Benavides FG. [Characteristics and contents of the Master's programs in public health in Spain]. GACETA SANITARIA 2022; 36:127-138. [PMID: 32493582 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2020.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the main academic characteristics and contents of the different master's programs in public health currently offered in Spain. METHOD A systematic search has been carried out in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. The main academic characteristics and the contents (mandatory and optional) of the programs of 11 official master's degrees with the renewed accreditation in 2018 were analyzed based on the data published on the universities' web pages. RESULTS Most programs are 60 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), face-to-face, taught in Spanish, include in their curriculum the completion of a master's thesis but not professional practices. Only contents related to statistics and basic epidemiology, and the training activity of master's thesis, are offers by all programs. CONCLUSIONS The majority of public health master's programs in Spain shows a certain homogeneity regarding their academic characteristics, but a great heterogeneity in relation to their contents. There is also a great heterogeneity in the credits granted to the different subjects, especially optional subjects. It would be advisable to standardize a common core, especially in the mandatory contents.
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- Mireia Llimós
- Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España.
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- Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España
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- Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España
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- Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, España
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- Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España; Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas (IMIM), Barcelona, España
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- Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España; Centro de Investigación en Salud Laboral (CiSAL), Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España
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- Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España; Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas (IMIM), Barcelona, España; Centro de Investigación en Salud Laboral (CiSAL), Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España
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Soares P, Vives-Cases C, Clemente-Gómez V, Ortiz-Moncada R, Lobo-Escolar E, Rada-Fernández de Jauregui D, Arija V, Zapata-Moya ÁR, Davó-Blanes MC. Professional competencies and public health content in the human nutrition and dietetics degree program: A qualitative study based on experts' consensus. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0246268. [PMID: 33513203 PMCID: PMC7845966 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To gather consensus on professional competencies and basic public health content for the degree program in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (HND). DESIGN In 2018, the Fifth Meeting of University Public Health Professors took place in Zaragoza (Spain). Fourteen lecturers in the HND degree program participated from 11 Spanish universities. They identified competencies and basic content for training for the HND degree using group dynamics and consensus strategies. RESULTS The professors identified 51 basic competencies, distributed in the areas of "evaluation of population health needs" (n = 20), "development of health policies" (n = 23), and "guaranteeing provision of health care services" (n = 8). In order to reach these competencies, 35 topics were proposed organized into six thematic blocks: foundations of public health, nutritional epidemiology, health problems and diet and nutrition strategies, food security, health in all policies and health promotion and education. CONCLUSION The consensus reached serves as a reference to orient and update public health education as a part of the HND degree.
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- Panmela Soares
- Public Health Research Group, Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
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- Public Health Research Group, Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
- CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
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- Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
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- Public Health Research Group, Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
- Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Institute of Health Research of Aragon (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Comunidad de Aragón, Spain
- Center for Network Biomedical Research in Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Ministry of Science and Innovation, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Pais Vasco, Spain
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- Nutrition and Public Health Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Social Anthropology, Basic Psychology and Public Health, Pablo de Olavide University, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain
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- Public Health Research Group, Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
- Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
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