Career Planning in Public Health

Career Planning in Public Health

In contrast to many other professions, prospective public heath students and particularly undergraduate students are frequently uninformed about the career opportunities available to them. 101 Careers in Public Health seeks to address this deficiency. 101 Careers in Public Health is one of the series of Springer Publishing’s 101 Careers books that includes guides for Healthcare Management, Gero...

A career in public health medicine.

Pursuing a career in veterinary public health.

Milorad Radakovic is a teaching fellow in veterinary public health (VPH) at the University of Cambridge. Here, he explains why he believes the challenges in this field of veterinary medicine make for an exciting career path. In a second article to be published in Vet Record Careers next week, he will share some of his own experiences of working in this field.

Public health changes over my career.

Clinical Medicine Vol 9 No 1 February 2009 59 © Royal College of Physicians, 2009. All rights reserved. In 1968 the world changed: students occupied Paris, Prague, and my university; I had my appendix removed; and Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy were killed. By the end of the year the tanks were in Prague and Nixon was elected president. My appendicitis meant that I was convalescing wh...

Intersectoral Planning for Public Health: Dilemmas and Challenges

Background Intersectoral action is often presented as essential in the promotion of population health and health equity. In Norway, national public health policies are based on the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach that promotes whole-of-government responsibility. As part of the promotion of this intersectoral responsibility, p...