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KMID : 1138720160420030001
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Korean Public Health Research
2016 Volume.42 No. 3 p.1 ~ p.12
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Core Competencies of Public Health Professionals
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Pack Do-Myung
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Abstract
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Public health is a system approach to control and manage health risks that can range from toxic effects to cells to country-level or ecosystem threats to the sustainability. In the public health education, the core competencies refer to the essential knowledge and skills required for the problem solving process. Over the periods, core competencies of public health have evolved, beyond and above the technical services or institutional changes, to include cultural approaches in changing behaviors and values. These changes were brought in return in response to the changing characteristics of major challenges of a given time and the developmental levels of social infrastructures for problem solving. This study tried to examine and compare the contents of core competencies of public health professionals of developed countries, and thereby to figure out various modes of public health practices and major tasks as prioritized in different countries. Based on the review of different approaches, and also considering the major health problems and related social structures of Korea, the general outline of core competencies were proposed for the Korean public health professionals to cover the areas of data measurement, information assessment, knowledge validation, and wisdom embodiment in the management of health risks. Finally, the roles expected and essential core competencies required for the master degree graduates were also delineated.
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KEYWORD
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Public Health, Core Competency, Intellectual Competency, Practical Competency, Master of Public Health
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