Online, on site, in the field
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Dean Julio Frenk unveiled a new vision for public health education Friday, one that blends online, in-person, and in-the-field learning into a “modular” experience that individuals access at different times in their lives. The new vision is needed, Frenk said, as public health seeks to meet the challenges of a changing world and build on the dramatic gains of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st. Those gains include the development of effective treatments for diseases that had plagued humankind for millennia, and rapid growth in life expectancy. “This is our time of opportunity, and based on that, we developed a new strategy for the Harvard School of Public Health,” Frenk said. Frenk’s comments came during the School’s “Second Century Symposium: Transforming Public Health Education,” which ran all day Friday at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at the Longwood campus in Boston. The...