Commentaries

Training European public health professionals—the role of young professional networks In this ‘brave new world’, 1 public health professionals must constantly be ready to face emerging challenges. Public health is no longer limited to its traditional disciplines such as epidemiology, statistics or sociology, and its professionals must have a broad range of skills that go beyond what is usually taught in either pre- or postgraduate programmes in public health. There have been several efforts to introduce competency-based education in public health training to facilitate the transition from the educational level to the professional world. These include th