Translating knowledge to practice: application of the public health apprenticeship
As public health challenges continue to grow and deepen in complexity, public health workforce roles are becoming increasingly difficult to fill. As a result, the public health educational system must adapt to address these dynamic workforce needs. Health-related professions commonly utilize experie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Public Health |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1632118/full |
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| Summary: | As public health challenges continue to grow and deepen in complexity, public health workforce roles are becoming increasingly difficult to fill. As a result, the public health educational system must adapt to address these dynamic workforce needs. Health-related professions commonly utilize experiential learning models such as post-graduate programs, practicums or applied practice experiences, apprenticeship, and mentorship. However, there is a gap in practice-based, post-master’s programs to develop these skills for Master of Public Health graduates. Accordingly, this paper proposes the public health apprenticeship, guided by the Cognitive Apprenticeship Theory, as a solution to fill this gap. A real-world application of the public health apprenticeship is described, and development of public health competencies are measured to evaluate the effectiveness of the public health apprenticeship model. |
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| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |