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The Virgin Islands Public Health Training Center (VI-PHTC) is designed to improve the access to healthcare training for public health professionals in the Virgin Islands.
This initiative was developed as a direct result of a 2016 Needs Assessment of public health workers in the territory.
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Certificate in Public Health Epidemiology (5 courses)
Course 1:
What is Epidemiology in Public Health?
ID: 1016592
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 45 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: Provides overview of the purposes and uses of epidemiology in public health practice. Introduces concepts described more fully in the other web-based online modules on epidemiology. A good start for those planning to take the whole series.
Course 2:
Data Interpretation for Public Health Professionals
ID: 1016807
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 90 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: Introduces the terms used to describe the public's health and provides a basic competency in reading and presenting data. Describes terms such as “confidence interval” or “p-value.
Course 3:
Measuring Risk in Epidemiology
ID: 1016814
Format: Web-based Training - Self-study (Online)
Time: 45-60 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: This course introduces key measures of risk, shows how they're calculated, and discusses how to interpret them in reports and news stories.
Course 4:
Study Types in Epidemiology
ID: 1016813
Format: Web-based Training - Self-study (Online)
Time: 30 minutes
Description: Epidemiologic studies are categorized as either descriptive or analytic, and in this module, the main elements of descriptive and analytic epidemiology and their associated study types are described briefly and clearly. In addition to case-control studies, you'll also learn about eight other commonly used study types, including the basics of each type of study and how each is used.
Course 5:
Cause and Effect in Epidemiology
ID: 1016817
Format: Web-based Training - Self-study (Online)
Time: 45 minutes
Description: Inferring causality in public health is a step-by-step process requiring a variety of information. In this module, Dr. Victoria Holt discusses seven guidelines to use in determining whether a specific agent or activity causes a health outcome. She illustrates each guideline with a public health example.
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Certificate in Public Health Leadership and Management (3 courses)
Course 1
CQI for Public Health: The Fundamentals
ID: 1031419
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 120 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: This on-line self-study course introduces the principles of quality improvement and methods for problem-solving, provides details on the application of the Continuous Quality Improvement process, and identifies how to use a team to improve a process in an organization. It consists of three modules that provide the basics of quality improvement in public health. Other Modules provide training in the quality improvement tools.
Course 2:
Creating a Context for Change: Leading through Organizational Development
ID: 1041048
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 240 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: Learners will focus on leadership effectiveness particularly in terms of facilitating innovation and change within an organization and achieving an organizational context that is conducive to continuous improvement and a never-ending commitment to excellence. As effective leaders, we strive to create a shared vision of the future and then mobilize people, processes, and resources to achieve that vision. Effective leaders treat innovation and change as a continuous process, not as a single event or series of staccato or stop-and-go actions. By establishing and maintaining a continuous forward momentum, leaders can engage others in working together to be adaptable and flexible in their ongoing pursuit of their shared vision.
Course 3:
Introduction to Performance Management
ID: 1046419
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 10 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: As part of the CDC funded National Public Health Improvement Initiative, the NYS DOH Performance Management Group (PMG) in the Office of Public Health Practice has developed the 'Basics of Quality Improvement for Public Health Practitioners' training module. This module is designed to be one part of a comprehensive approach to integrate QI into the culture of the agency. In alignment with the DOH Strategic Objective to 'Become a model performance-based organization' the PMG will be offering additional on-line modules as well as instructor led training and facilitation services for QI projects and performance management efforts across the organization.
Performance Management can be defined in many different ways, and can pertain to both organizational and individual performance. For the purposes of this tutorial, we will be describing a Performance Management Framework (PMF) that has been used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations in both the public and private sector.
Certificate in Community Involvement in Public Health (2 courses)
Course 1:
A Partnership Approach for Public Health
ID: 1056617
Format: Webcast (on demand; online)
Time: 7 hours
Cost: Free
Description: Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is a partnership approach to research that equitably involves community members, organization representatives, and academic researchers in all aspects of the research process.
Course 2:
Leave Your Parachute at Home
ID: 1056379
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 60 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is one approach for assessing population health and evaluating programs. In this live webcast, Dr. Jody Vogelzang and Dr. Wayne Squires use the example of a research project focused on food insecurity in Grand Rapids, Michigan to provide an overview of the CBPR approach with a focus on stakeholder involvement. The presentation will illustrate how CBPR transitions the focus from doing public health research and practice “for” to doing it “with” community partners.
Certificate in Policy Development and Planning (2 courses)
Course 1:
Basics of Quality Improvement for Public Health Practitioners
ID: 1064331
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 60 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: This tutorial provides the basics of Quality Improvement and how it fits into the Performance Management Framework
Course 2:
Quality Improvement Series
ID: 1045674
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 60 minutes
Cost: Free
Description: This quality improvement series focuses on different quality improvement topics and uses short instructional videos to illustrate strategies organizations can use as quality improvement measures. Each video is a stand-alone topic that blends with the other topics as an instructional series.
Stand Alone Courses
Course 1:
Public Health 101
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Cost: Free
Description: The Public Health 101 Series is a set of courses presented by the Centers for Disease Control that provides an introduction to public health and covers the sciences essential to public health practice. The fundamental scientific components span topics in epidemiology, public health informatics and surveillance, health economics, public health laboratory science, and related fields.
- Introduction to Public Health
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- Introduction to Public Health Surveillance
- Introduction to Public Health Laboratories
- Introduction to Prevention Effectiveness
- Introduction to Public Health Informatics
Course 2:
Community Health and Disease
ID: 1005187
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 6 hours
Cost: Free
Description: The course will describe the biological processes underlying the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and connect these with community disease prevention/health promotion strategies.
For each health problem, the course will review:
- the physiology and pathophysiology of the organ systems involved;
- individual- and population-level causes and behavioral determinants of disease;
- the patterns of disease occurrence in populations; and
- individual- and community-level strategies for prevention.
Course 3:
Economic Evaluation for Public Health
ID: 1056369
Format: Web-based self-study (Online)
Time: 2 hours
Cost: Free
Description: Evidence-based public health is a decision making process used to determine the best intervention strategy for a given problem, population and resources. This webcast will describe key components of economic evaluation and illustrate using economic evaluation analysis tools in prioritizing and implementing prevention and treatment strategies. The major types of economic evaluation will be discussed and differences among them will be highlighted. ROI as an economic evaluation outcome in public health will be discussed.