EDUCATIONAL-STRATEGIES AND TOOLS IN A MPH PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY-OF-GENEVA

In the Swiss context the newly developped MPH programme at the Univers ity of Geneva is experimental in educational matters. Indeed the progr amme is fully learner-centered and community-oriented Throughout the c urriculum students plan, implement and evaluate intervention programme s or/and research projects related to health problems of the communiti es they are in charge of. in this article, we describe the educational strategies and tools used in this MPH curriculum (professional profil e, mind-mapping procedures, field-work either on research projects or on intervention programmes, group work and evaluation procedures). The se strategies and tools might assist some educational experimentation in MPH programmes in search of public health relevance and pedagogic e fficacy.