Family Advocacy and Involvement in Title V Programs
Course Description:Collaboration between Title V Maternal and Child Health Programs and family leaders provides a “win-win” opportunity to leverage programmatic expertise with families as an action arm for advocacy.
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Overview of Community Management of Patients in Disaster
Course Description:Disaster imposes adverse consequences upon community populations in several different but synergistic ways.
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.00 Participation/CE
From Silos to Systems: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Public Health Assurance in the Post-Katrina Era
Course Description:At the start of a new hurricane season, Gulf Coast residents have moved beyond the "lessons learned" stage and are forging ahead with rebuilding. Central to those efforts is assuring health.
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Public Health to the Rescue: Emergency Response is Now a Core Function
Course Description:This program will examine the roles played by three state public health agencies in the response and recovery phases of Hurricane Katrina, specifically with respect to the public health core functions.
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Preventive Medicine and Training the Doctors of Tomorrow
Course Description:This course will cover important details of the medical specialty of preventive medicine. The course also cites examples and statistics of preventable mortality in the United States and worldwide.
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.00 Participation/CE
Changing World of Work – Are You Changing Too?
Course Description:Business as usual is over, even in health care and public health. This program will challenge you to adopt a proactive stance to your work life.
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Social Media: The Blurring of Professional Boundaries
Course Description:Social media has become a great way to connect with people, but in the healthcare profession, social networking can often blur the ethical lines in a patient-provider relationship.
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Cultural Competency for Community Management of Special Needs Patients in Disaster
Course Description:Disaster imposes adverse consequences upon a community and its people. Disasters can injure the physical infrastructure and disrupt social integration and the capability to provide basic elements of the population’s fundamental needs. 
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 4.00 Participation/CE
Public Health Insurance
Course Description:This course provides background on the history, growth and issues surrounding managed health care and health insurance.
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Public Health Information Systems
Course Description:This course will introduce participants to the concept of medical/health informatics and provide some general examples of information technology as applied in health care. The focus is at the system level, not individual applications.
Category
  • General Public Health
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 7.00 Participation/CE

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