Audit of essential infection prevention and control content provided within undergraduate/postgraduate public health programs across Australian and New Zealand universities

Kathleena Condon; Peta-Anne Zimmerman; Matt Mason; Vanessa Sparke

doi:10.1016/j.idh.2022.09.001

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Audit of essential infection prevention and control content provided within undergraduate/postgraduate public health programs across Australian and New Zealand universities

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Audit of essential infection prevention and control content provided within undergraduate/postgraduate public health programs across Australian and New Zealand universities

Kathleena Condon, Peta-Anne Zimmerman, Matt Mason and Vanessa Sparke

Infection, Disease & Health, Vol.28(2), pp.75-80

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2022.09.001

PMID: 36182544

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Public health

Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy

Public health

Education

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Infection Prevention and Control

Background: To describe and analyse the infection prevention and control (IPC) curricula within Public Health degrees across Australian and New Zealand Universities and identify foundational IPC knowledge deficits. Methods: A cross-sectional study of public health and related programs across tertiary education institutions within Australia and New Zealand was conducted to comprehensively illustrate the current inclusion of IPC core and elective courses and identify areas of IPC content deficit. Results: Australian (n = 32) and New Zealand (n = 9) universities were audited, consisting of 217 public health/public health related degrees within Australia and 45 within New Zealand. Within Australia 41% of public health degrees and 49% in New Zealand did not offer any IPC content as core or elective subjects. Conclusions: Public health tertiary education in Australia and New Zealand is lacking in equipping and imbedding IPC skills and knowledge in public health graduates. This highlights the need for a framework guiding mandatory IPC content within Australian and New Zealand public health programs.

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Title: Audit of essential infection prevention and control content provided within undergraduate/postgraduate public health programs across Australian and New Zealand universities
Authors: Kathleena Condon (Corresponding Author) - Griffith University
Peta-Anne Zimmerman (Author) - Griffith University
Matt Mason (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Vanessa Sparke (Author) - James Cook University
Publication details: Infection, Disease & Health, Vol.28(2), pp.75-80
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2022.09.001
ISSN: 2468-0869
PMID: 36182544
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Health - Nursing; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99678896802621
Output Type: Journal article

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