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CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND PEDAGOGY article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1467002

Developing Intensive, Short-term Courses for Public Health -Creation and Outcome Evaluation of the Skills for Health and Research Professionals Program (SHARP) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

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Abigail L. Welbourn Abigail L. Welbourn *Kasey J. Brennan Kasey J. Brennan Andrea A. Baccarelli Andrea A. Baccarelli *
  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States

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    Short, intensive education programs provide an under-utilized avenue for public health professionals to learn and apply the latest methods and technologies. We report on the creation and implementation of the Skills for Health and Research Professionals (SHARP) program at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The self-sustaining, concise, intense educational format equips participants with concrete skills, better enabling them to respond to complex public health challenges.

    Keywords: Epidemiology, Continuing education, Professional Education, workshop, Program Evaluation

    Received: 19 Jul 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Welbourn, Brennan and Baccarelli. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Abigail L. Welbourn, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States
    Andrea A. Baccarelli, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States

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