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Clarification of public health pathways toward clinical careers: a pilot study describing a benchmark analysis project

Elizabeth A. Brown, Melissa Feliciano, Daniel Martinez · Frontiers in Public Health · 2025

IntroductionUndergraduate public health programs have adapted the required basic sciences based on medical and technological advances and the needs of the public health workforce. We aim to demonstrate how a benchmark analysis project was used to improve curriculum and develop a model where basic sciences in public health can be used to build pathways to clinical graduate programs like medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant, and dental.MethodsAuthors conducted a benchmark analysis of Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) Degrees (or public health-related degrees) in the southern region of the United States (US) to explore required basic sciences. Authors searched the Council on Education for Public Health’s website to identify accredited, baccalaureate public-health related degrees. The US Census Bureau’s Geographic Levels was used to define the southern region of the US. Inclusion criteria for public health-related programs included the following characteristics: (1) accredited as of October 2023, (2) located in the southern region of the US, and (3) Bachelor of Science. Authors used the American Medical College Application Service Application Course Classification Guide to

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