At the request of the Congressional Committee on Appropriations, the Institute of Medicine has been asked to convene a committee to assess the role of physicians in the public health workforce. 

Physicians play an important role in the Federal, State, and local public health infrastructure and are critical for public health preparedness.  However, currently there is not a generally agreed upon model for training physicians for public health careers. This project intends to:

1. determine what knowledge and skills are needed by public health physicians;
2. determine how many training programs are needed to maintain an adequate public health physician workforce; and
3. examine how these training programs should be funded.

An expert panel of 14 members will be convened for this purpose and a committee report will be produced with conclusions and recommendations.

To view biographies of the Committee, please click here.

Meetings

The first meeting of the committee was held on April 27-28, 2006, click here for more information.

The second meeting of the committee was held on June 19-20, 2006, click here for more information.

The third meeting of the committee was held on October 5-6, 2006, click here for more information.

The fourth meeting of the committee was held on November 29-December 1, 2006, click here for more information.

The fifth meeting of the committee was held on February 12-13, 2007, click here for more information.