我国设置公共卫生博士专业学位势在必行

A call for developing China's practice-based doctor of public health(DrPH)degree program

新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情需要人们反思并研究和加强疫情防控工作。教育工作者也应该思考和研究人才培养问题,尤其是高层次应用型公共卫生人才的培养,即培养具有扎实的预防医学理论知识功底、解决公共卫生实际问题和突发应急响应能力、较强组织领导能力和宽广国际视野的高层次应用型人才。因此,加快推进公共卫生博士专业学位教育并将其纳入公共卫生高等教育体系势在必行。本文就公共卫生博士专业学位设置的必要性和可行性进行探讨,对其培养目标和培养计划提出建议,以期促进我国高层次应用型公共卫生人才的培养。

Facing the epidemic of corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19),it is necessary to find the solution to improve and strengthen the prevention and control system of the outbreak.As educators,we should also think about talents cultivation,especially the training of high-level applied talents as man of action in the field of public health,who possesses solid theoretical knowledge of preventive medicine,capacity of solving practical public health problems and emergency response,strong organizational leadership and broad international perspectives.Therefore,it is imperative to accelerate the establishment of the degree of the doctor of public health(DrPH)and merge the program into higher education curriculum of public health.This article mainly discusses the necessity and feasibility of establishing the degree of DrPH,and puts forward suggestions on its training objective and training program,so as to promote the cultivation of high-level applied public health talents in China.