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Such a workforce is composed of individuals from many disciplines, including physicians, nurses, environmental health specialists, epidemiologists, and health educators, among others. This report has focused on the critical roles that physicians play in maintaining and strengthening the public health system, identifying what these physicians need to know to engage in effective public health actions, exploring the kinds of training programs that can be used to prepare physicians for public health roles, and examining how these training programs can be funded.
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The report also describes various approaches to preparing physicians for careers in public health, including preventive medicine programs, schools and programs of public health, the Epidemic Intelligence Service program, certificate programs, distance learning, leadership networks, and continuing education programs. The public health system envisioned in the 2003 IOM report The Future of the Public's Health includes governmental public health agencies at the core working with the health care delivery system, public health and health sciences academia, communities, businesses and employers, and the media.
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1998. Preparing currently employed public health professionals for changes in the health system.
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