Competencies and Learning Objectives

Students at Michigan Public Health are expected to demonstrate specific skills and knowledge based on their discipline by the end of their degree program. Use the filters below to identify the competencies for your degree and concentration.

	Competency	Domain
1	Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice	Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health
2	Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context	Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health
3	Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate	Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health
4	Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice	Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health
5	Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings	Public Health and Health Care Systems
6	Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels	Public Health and Health Care Systems
7	Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities' health	Planning and Management to Promote Health
8	Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs	Planning and Management to Promote Health
9	Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention	Planning and Management to Promote Health
10	Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management	Planning and Management to Promote Health
11	Select methods to evaluate public health programs	Planning and Management to Promote Health
12	Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence	Policy in Public Health
13	Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes	Policy in Public Health
14	Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations	Policy in Public Health
15	Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity	Policy in Public Health
16	Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making	Leadership
17	Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges	Leadership
18	Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors	Communication
19	Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation	Communication
20	Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content	Communication
21	Perform effectively on interprofessional teams	Interprofessional Practice
22	Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue	Systems Thinking

	Competency	Domain
1	Explain public health history, philosophy and values	Profession and Science of Public Health
2	Identify the core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services	Profession and Science of Public Health
3	Explain the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population's health	Profession and Science of Public Health
4	List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US or other community relevant to the school or program	Profession and Science of Public Health
5	Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc.	Profession and Science of Public Health
6	Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge	Profession and Science of Public Health
7	Explain effects of environmental factors on a population's health	Factors Related to Human Health
8	Explain biological and genetic factors that affect a population's health	Factors Related to Human Health
9	Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population's health	Factors Related to Human Health
10	Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities	Factors Related to Human Health
11	Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease	Factors Related to Human Health
12	Explain an ecological perspective on the connections among human health, animal health and ecosystem health (e.g., One Health)	Factors Related to Human Health

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