Undergraduate Education

The 'Undergraduate Public Health Education in Europe' task force was set up to examine the undergraduate training in public health, including the ongoing and planned bachelor programmes in Europe to analyse and reflect on their curricula and contents, and to ascertain their need for support in defining best practice and core competences for bachelor graduates to foster employability and accreditation of bachelor programmes. This content was examined through a survey.

Aims:

1. To create and disseminate knowledge about current and best practices among public health bachelor degree training programmes in public health across Europe;
2. To promote collaboration initiatives on bachelor programmes across Europe among academic institutions;
3. To support institutions to establish bachelor programmes;
4. To generate knowledge on career progression and employability resources for graduates; and
5. To define core competencies for bachelor graduates to foster employability and accreditation of bachelor programmes.

The final and main output of the study is the creation of the ASPHER Core Curriculum grounded on a cohesive and integrative definition of the core knowledge and skills of public health practitioners at bachelor level in the European Region.