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The Prevention Education Resource Center (PERC) is a repository of teaching materials related to prevention and population health at the graduate and undergraduate level. PERC facilitates the exchange of ideas on teaching methods and approaches to integrating curriculum in order to increase the teaching of health promotion and disease prevention in health professions education. PERC, which is funded in-part by a grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation of New York, is sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) through the work of the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force.
EDITORIAL BOARD
An Editorial Board leads the development of PERC and ensures the quality of materials housed in the collection. The Editorial Board is comprised of an Editor-in-Chief and 10 Associate Editors. Click here to learn more about the Editorial Board.
REVIEW PROCESS
PERC Editorial Board reviews provide users a discipline-specific opinion on the quality of each teaching material posted on PERC. Users also have the ability to rate materials and provide feedback through a user comment and rating system.
ORGANIZATION OF PERC MATERIALS
PERC has a unique organizing structure based on several pioneering curriculum frameworks:
- Clinical Health Professions Education
- Introductory/Undergraduate Public Health Education
ASSOCIATION FOR PREVENTION TEACHING AND RESEARCH (APTR)
The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research is the professional organization for the academic public health community dedicated to prevention research and interprofessional education. APTR advances population-based and public health education, research, and service by linking and supporting members from across the health professions.APTR develops curriculum, professional development programs, and communication tools for educators, researchers, residents and students. By bringing together individuals and institutions devoted to prevention and public health, APTR is advancing interprofessional education and research to improve the health professions workforce.
The Healthy People Curriculum Task Force (HPCTF) is comprised of seven clinical health professional education associations and one association of health professions students. The Task Force promotes the achievement of the Healthy People 2010 Objective 1-7 to increase the teaching of health promotion and disease prevention in health professional education.
ATTRIBUTION
Special recognition is given to the Association of American Medical Colleges, creators of MedEdPORTAL. Images on this Web site are courtesy of Dreamstime.com, GettyImages.com, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Image Library (Photographers: James Gathany-vaccine; Chris Zahniser-polio vaccine in India).
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