[Common competencies and contents in public health in graduate programs]. / Competencias y contenidos comunes de salud pública en los programas universitarios de grado.

OBJECTIVE: To identify fundamental public health competencies and contents in nursing, pharmacy, teaching, medicine, human nutrition and dietetics, optics and optometry, labor relations and human resources, and social work in graduate programs and to formulate proposals for their improvement. METHODS: The workshop on Public health contents in graduate programs in the XXI Menorca Public Health School was organized as follows: eight groups were set up, coordinated by 37 Spanish university teachers participating in the workshop and selected through key informants and snowball techniques. Two studies on public health professional competencies and the participants' own graduate programs were used to discuss public health professional competencies and contents and establish recommendations to improve public health programs. Each group worked on a particular degree course and the results were shared in plenary. RESULTS: Professional competencies for the three essential public health functions were indentified in all the degrees, except teaching, optics and optometry, and social work. Some of the competencies included in degrees in nursing, teaching, human nutrition and dietetics, and social work were rewritten to highlight the role of each type of professional in public health functions. The groups agreed on the introductory topics (basic concepts and health determinants) and intervention strategies. CONCLUSION: Common competencies and contents were identified in graduate programs. Updating public health contents in graduate programs would help to define and promote the profile of public health professionals.

Competencias y contenidos comunes de salud pública en los programas universitarios de grado / Common competencies and contents in public health in graduate programs

Objetivo Identificar competencias y contenidos básicos de salud pública en los programas de grado de enfermería, farmacia, magisterio, medicina, nutrición humana y dietética, óptica y optometría, relaciones laborales y recursos humanos, y trabajo social, y realizar propuestas de mejora. Métodos Organización del taller Contenidos de salud pública en los programas de grado en la XXI Escuela de Salud Pública de Menorca. Formación de ocho grupos coordinados por 37 profesores de universidades españolas seleccionados a través de informantes clave y bola de nieve. Se utilizaron dos estudios sobre competencias profesionales en salud pública, y los programas de los participantes, para analizar las competencias profesionales de salud pública, los contenidos y las recomendaciones para mejorar los programas de salud pública. Cada grupo trabajó sobre un grado y se compartieron los resultados. Resultados Se identificaron competencias profesionales para las tres funciones esenciales de salud pública en todas las titulaciones excepto en magisterio, óptica y optometría, y trabajo social. En enfermería, magisterio, nutrición humana y dietética, y trabajo social, se rescribieron competencias para destacar el papel de cada profesional en las funciones de salud pública. Los grupos coincidieron en los temas de introducción (conceptos fundamentales y determinantes de la salud) y en las estrategias de intervención. Conclusión Se identifican competencias y contenidos comunes en los grados. La actualización de contenidos de salud pública contribuiría a definir y visibilizar el perfil salubrista de los distintos profesionales(AU)

Objective To identify fundamental public health competencies and contents in nursing, pharmacy, teaching, medicine, human nutrition and dietetics, optics and optometry, labor relations and human resources, and social work in graduate programs and to formulate proposals for their improvement. Methods The workshop on Public health contents in graduate programs in the XXI Menorca Public Health School was organized as follows: eight groups were set up, coordinated by 37 Spanish university teachers participating in the workshop and selected through key informants and snowball techniques. Two studies on public health professional competencies and the participants’ own graduate programs were used to discuss public health professional competencies and contents and establish recommendations to improve public health programs. Each group worked on a particular degree course and the results were shared in plenary. Results Professional competencies for the three essential public health functions were indentified in all the degrees, except teaching, optics and optometry, and social work. Some of the competencies included in degrees in nursing, teaching, human nutrition and dietetics, and social work were rewritten to highlight the role of each type of professional in public health functions. The groups agreed on the introductory topics (basic concepts and health determinants) and intervention strategies. Conclusion Common competencies and contents were identified in graduate programs. Updating public health contents in graduate programs would help to define and promote the profile of public health professionals (AU)