Metropolitan New York Recreation and Park Society,INC.
METRO continues to work in achieving its founding objectives which are:
- To unite in one City Society all persons engaged in the Recreation and Park movement
- To promote principles and standards for the improvement of Recreation and Park programs, services and personnel
- To encourage the development and education of all persons interested in working in the field of Recreation and Parks in New York City
- To influence institutions of higher learning to prepare an adequate and modern curriculum to fully prepare students to better carry out the recreation needs of all persons living in an urban area
- To initiate any legislation pertaining to Recreation and Parks and to further the legislation which is best for the public welfare of New York City
I am a Proud Member of the Board and am involved in recruiting Speakers to present at our conferences on various topics of interests and benefit to the Health, and Recreational Park's Profession.
After many years of contributing conferences and workshops for METRO it is now time for others to also volunteer their services and expertise in the field to empower other professionals with knowledge to better serve and provide quality of life to the community.
For further information or to obtain an application please contact me. Brenda Torres CTRS
at technohealer@earthlink.net
The group is responsible in helping the educators with insights,ideas,and suggestions on best practices for the students in conquering health disparities in the urban and immigrant communities in Brooklyn New York.
I always say "it begins first in knowing the history of the communities, their diverse cultures, and the customary routines that actually frame an individual's lifestyle patterns, which ultimately become the blue prints in tracing potential health risks factors".
The advisory group consist of health and education experts from the community that lead successful programs and organizations, whom can contribute to solutions in closing the gaps preventing healing and promote empowered and healthy educated communities within our urban and immigrant population in Brooklyn.
If you have any suggestions or comments please feel free to email me or write in the guest book. Thank you.
For further information please feel free to contact the SUNY Downstate Medical Center below.
Overview
As
one of only 125 academic medical centers across the country, SUNY
Downstate has four colleges: Medicine, Nursing, Health Related
Professions, and Graduate Studies. The M.P.H. Program joins these noted
schools to graduate highly trained and community-minded health
professionals engaged in public health. The SUNY Downstate M.P.H.
Program is housed in the medical center’s Department of Preventive
Medicine and Community Health of the College of Medicine. The program’s
faculty includes nationally respected leaders in public health who have
distinguished themselves through teaching, research, and service.
Located in the heart of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate offers students the
opportunity to live, study, and work in one of the most diverse,
dynamic, and vibrant urban environments in the world. Students
graduating from this program can expect to understand and deal with
many issues facing public health professionals in diverse communities
throughout the world.
The MD/MPH Program
Medical students at SUNY Downstate can earn a Master of Public Health degree while at the same time earning their MD degree. Some students choose to complete the MPH by taking summer courses starting before the first year of medical school. Others take a year off between the third and fourth year of medical school to complete the MPH. Either way, the MPH gives a physician the power to do more.
Our program focuses on the health of immigrant and urban populations. MD/MPH students receive priority for selection for the fourth year medical school elective, Health Care in Developing Countries. The student may choose to complete the MPH in one of five core areas:
- Biostatistics
- Community Health Sciences
- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
- Epidemiology
- Health Policy and Management
Doctor of Public Health
The entering DrPH student must have completed an MPH degree or equivalent degree that includes coursework in the five core disciplines of public health: epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health sciences, social and behavioral health sciences, and health policy and management. Previous experience in public health is desirable. Completion of the DrPH Program requires a total of 42 credits: 30 credits of required course work including fieldwork and 12 credits of dissertation, which would include public health research and/or practice. The DrPH Program maintains the MPH Program focus on urban and immigrant health while greatly expanding the opportunities of students to develop broad and deep competence as public health practitioners.Who to Contact
Master of Public Health Program
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
450 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11203-2098
718-270-1065
Fax: 718-270-2533
Website: http://www.downstate.edu/publichealth
Danny Pettry CTRS and I pictured at the Cacapoon Resort in West Virginia during a Recreation Therapy Conference Oct.2008
He is a friend and colleague who is making it possible for CTRS professional such as myself to obtain CEU's at our own time.
Thank you so much for your wonderful resourceful web TR books and more..
www.DannyPettry.Com/Courses.htm
Visit his My space
myspace.com/recreation_therapy
He has one of the most informative sites for the Recreation Therapist who needs information...
Thank you for acknowledgment of my experience in the field and adding me to your site of expert advisers...on the forum.I will do my best to answer my colleagues questions.
Special Thanks for your Blessing on my Website by giving me a seal of approval LOGO below....
