American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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The American Journal of Preventive Medicine is the official APTR journal. Published monthly, AJPM prints original research and review articles in the areas of prevention research, teaching, practice, and policy. Of particular interest are papers that address the primary and secondary prevention of important clinical, behavioral, and public health issues.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine Supplements

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The Journal periodically publishes supplements and special theme issues devoted to areas of current interest to the prevention community. The American Journal of Preventive Medicine is a must-read for any professional in the prevention-related disciplines.

Competency-To-Curriculum Toolkit

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This toolkit is presented to the public health workforce training and education community as an aid in assuring that the workforce, key to the public infrastructure, is truly competent to perform essential public health services in all areas of public health practice.

Clinician Competencies for Emergency Preparedness

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This brochure describe the abilities that you should possess to recognize new problems, effectively communicate with patients, report to administrators and obtain needed guidance during emergency response situations.

Curriculum Guide for Undergraduate Public Health Education

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Both arts and sciences and public health should share in fostering and developing an educated citizenry. Such citizens should be able to recognize the spectrum of global health challenges and exercise intellectual and practical skills in response. These recommendations were developed as part of the Faculty Development Program of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), funded through the APTR-CDC Cooperative Agreement.

Department of Preventive Medicine Survey Summary

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The Association of Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) contracted with the University of Utah Department of Family and Preventive Medicine to survey United States medical school departments of preventive medicine.

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Published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine

• Interprofessional Prevention Education: Changing the Future of Health Professions Education
  David R. Garr, Clyde H. Evans, Suzanne B. Cashman
  Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 87-172 (February 2008) pages 161-163
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• External Validity Reporting in Prevention Research
  Kevin Patrick, F. Douglas Scutchfield, Steven H. Woolf
  Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 173-270 (March 2008) pages 260-262
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• Clinical Prevention and Population Health: Curriculum Framework for Health Professions
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  Why a Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework
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• Healthy People Curriculum Taskforce: A Commentary by the Surgeon General
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• Clinical Prevention and Population Health: Getting There from Here
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Published in Academic Medicine, Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
(Population Health - Themed Edition)

• Evidence-Based Public Health Education as Preparation for Medical School
  Richard Riegelman, MD, PhD; David R. Garr, MD
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• Guest Editorial: Responding to the Challenge: Population Health Education for Physicians
  Rika Maeshiro, MD, MPH
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• The Education of Physicians: A CDC Perspective
  Denise Koo, MD, MPH; Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc
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