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Table 1 The distribution of programmes between each examined level of education by the health professionals trained

From: Health promotion and disease prevention in the education of health professionals: a mapping of European educational programmes from 2019

Health Professionals Trained

Number of programmes

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

CPD

Total of health professionals trained in educational programmesa

100%

167

100%

106

100%

37

Dentists

5%

9

3%

3

8%

3

Dietitians

10%

17

4%

4

5%

2

Kinesiologists

1%

2

Lifestyle coaches

1%

1

Medical doctors

19%

32

46%

49

25%

9

Midwifes

2%

3

2%

2

Nurses

11%

18

12%

13

16%

6

Nutritionists

3%

5

2%

2

Occupational therapists

8%

13

8%

9

8%

3

Osteopathists

1%

1

Pharmacists

7%

11

3%

3

Physical therapists

27%

46

15%

16

11%

4

Public health scientist

1%

2

Psychologists

2%

4

1%

1

16%

6

School teachers

3%

1

Social workers

2%

3

3%

3

8%

3

Speech therapists

1%

1

  1. aThe total number of programmes listed by trained health professionals is higher than the total number of educational programmes due to multidisciplinary programmes, in which multiple health professionals were trained in one programme. Answers given in categories of ‘medical specialists’, ‘general practitioners’ and ‘medical doctors, non-specialised’ were collapsed under the category of medical doctors, while some professions in the table appeared under the category of ‘other’