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Reply: "Building the pipeline: programs to introduce middle school, high school, medical, and veterinary students to careers in epidemiology and public health"
Cordell RL , Cordeira KL , Cohen LP , Bensyl DM . Ann Epidemiol 2018 28 (9) 655 We appreciate the author’s support for the movement to introduce epidemiology into middle and high schools. The author provides great insights into the opportunities and benefits of bringing epidemiology and public health sciences (EPHS) education into classrooms nationwide. They also appropriately emphasized the importance of using evaluation data to drive program development and enhancement. | | As we continue to implement the programs described in our report, we rely on evaluation data to guide our activities. For example, we have identified important patterns and trends over the last decade, including those the author mentions, such as who is being served by our national Science Ambassador program and an increased interest in teaching EPHS in middle and high school. These data have guided modifications of our recruitment and outreach strategies to expand our overall program reach to now include teachers and educational leaders representing 46U.S. states and territories and five countries in 2018. It also led to the 2018 piloting of 2-day regional training programs to reach over 120 additional teachers representing schools in targeted geographic areas, including those that are underserved. Furthermore, the transition of the national Science Ambassador program from a week-long workshop to a year-long fellowship in 2017 will enable us to evaluate how and to whom our curricula are taught in schools over the course of the following academic year. We look forward to sharing such information in the near future to guide additional efforts beyond our programs. |
Building the pipeline: programs to introduce middle school, high school, medical, and veterinary students to careers in epidemiology and public health
Cordell RL , Cordeira KL , Cohen LP , Bensyl DM . Ann Epidemiol 2017 27 (11) 752-755 PURPOSE: This report describes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs that expose students to epidemiology and public health sciences (EPHS). METHODS: The Science Ambassador workshop targets middle and high school teachers and promotes teaching EPHS in the classroom. The National Science Olympiad Disease Detectives event is an extracurricular science competition for middle and high school students based on investigations of outbreaks and other public health problems. The Epidemiology Elective Program provides experiential learning activities for veterinary and medical students. RESULTS: As of 2016, 234 teachers from 37 states and territories and three other countries participated in SA workshops. Several are teaching units or entire courses in EPHS. The National Science Olympiad Disease Detectives event exposed approximately 15,000 middle and high school students to EPHS during the 2015-2016 school year. The Epidemiology Elective Program has exposed 1,795 veterinary and medical students to EPHS. CONCLUSIONS: Students can master fundamental concepts of EPHS as early as middle school and educators are finding ways to introduce this material into their classrooms. Programs to introduce veterinary and medical students to EPHS can help fill the gap in exposing older students to the field. Professional organizations can assist by making their members aware of these programs. |
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