The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) has released Version 5 of the Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework, an updated resource designed to strengthen prevention and population health education across the health professions. ASPPH is proud to serve as a founding resource member of the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, which led the collaborative revision of the Framework.

First introduced in 2004, the Framework provides a shared foundation for curriculum development, instructional design, accreditation, and interprofessional education across the health professions. Version 5 reflects lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and advances in technology, with expanded content addressing the non-clinical factors that influence health outcomes and access to care, behavioral health and clinician well-being, and the growing role of digital health technologies, including telehealth and data analytics.

Organized into four core components, including Foundations of Population Health, Clinical Preventive Services and Health Promotion, Clinical Practice and Population Health, and Health Systems and Health Policy, the revised Framework offers educators a comprehensive resource for integrating prevention-focused and population-oriented concepts into teaching and learning.

ASPPH encourages faculty, curriculum leaders, and academic public health programs to explore Version 5 and consider how it can strengthen prevention-focused education and support an increasingly collaborative health workforce.