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Abstract
Population health is a critical concept in healthcare delivery today. Many healthcare administrators are struggling to adapt their organization from fee-for-service to value delivery. Payers and patients expect healthcare leaders to understand how to deliver care under this new model. Health administration programs play a critical role in training future leaders of healthcare organizations to be adaptable and effective in this dynamic environment. The purpose of this research was to: (a) engage current educators of health administration students in a dialogue about the best practices of integrating the healthcare and public health systems; (b) identify the content and pedagogy for population health in the undergraduate and graduate curricula; and (c) discuss exemplar population health curriculum models, available course materials, and curriculum integration options. Authors conducted focus groups of participants attending this educational session at the 2017 annual AUPHA meeting. Qualitative analysis of the focus group discussions was performed and themes identified by a consensus process. Study findings provide validated recommendations for population health in the health administration curriculum. The identification of key content areas and pedagogical approaches serves to inform health educators as they prepare future health administrators to practice in this new era of population health.
Department
Health Management and Policy
Publication Date
9-1-2018
Journal Title
Journal of Health Administration Education
Publisher
University Programs in Health Administration
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Caron, R.M., Hewitt, A.M., Carmalt, J.H., Hooker, E.A. Teaching Population Health: Innovations in the integration of the health care and public health systems. Journal of Health Administration Education, 35(4), 527-550, 2018.
Comments
This is an article published by University Programs in Health Administration in Journal of Health Administration Education in 2018, available online.