305.607.01
Public Health Practice
Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
M, W, 1:30 - 3:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct public health practice, as well as lead and manage public health organizations in the United States and throughout the world. Complements other public health practice coursework through hands-on application of knowledge and skills to real-world practice concerns and settings. Frames practical perspectives and approaches around the core public health functions, the essential public health services, and the public health workforce competencies.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand how the core functions, essential public health services and core public health workforce competencies define what, why and how public health operates
- assess and define a current public health challenge
- offer specific strategies and approaches to address this challenge
- assess and evaluate effectiveness of chosen approaches to addressing this challenge; and
- create an individual public health career growth and development plan