Translating knowledge to practice: application of the public health apprenticeship.

Authors

Mary Elizabeth Pendergrass, Angela L Carman

Published in

Frontiers in public health. Volume 13. Pages 1632118. Epub Jun 23, 2025.

Abstract

As public health challenges continue to grow and deepen in complexity, public health workforce roles are becoming increasingly difficult to fill. As a result, the public health educational system must adapt to address these dynamic workforce needs. Health-related professions commonly utilize experiential learning models such as post-graduate programs, practicums or applied practice experiences, apprenticeship, and mentorship. However, there is a gap in practice-based, post-master's programs to develop these skills for Master of Public Health graduates. Accordingly, this paper proposes the public health apprenticeship, guided by the Cognitive Apprenticeship Theory, as a solution to fill this gap. A real-world application of the public health apprenticeship is described, and development of public health competencies are measured to evaluate the effectiveness of the public health apprenticeship model.

PMID:
40626158
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 08 Jul 2025.

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