Competency-Based Training and Tools

1. Analytical/Assessment Skills

Online Certificate in Field Epidemiology. This 12 credit hour program of study at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health addresses the core functions of: outbreak investigation, surveillance systems and methods, infectious disease epidemiology, field epidemiology methods.

2. Policy Devepment/Program Planning

3. Communication Skills

4. Cultural Competency Skills

Online Intermediate Spanish for Health Professionals.The primary focus of this training is improving oral communications and promoting cultural awareness of the Latino immigrant community. Contact: Maura O'Donoghue for information on next offerings.

National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health, an 30 minute online tutorial developed by the SPHTC.

5. Community Dimension of Practice

6. Basic Public Health Science

Online Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts. A 12 credit hour certificate at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health.

Public Health History Timeline, an interactive timeline created by the SPHTC for public use.

7. Financial Planning and Management

Management Academy for Public Health, NC Insitute for Public Health, UNC School of Public Health.

8. Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills

Online Certificate in Public Health Leadership, UNC School of Public Health.

Emerging Leaders in Public Health, The Kellogg Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Health (ELPH) prepares the next generation of committed, minority public health leaders to manage and lead in times of uncertainty and crisis. UNC School of Public Health.

Kentucky Public Health Leadership Institute, University of Kentucky College of Public Health.

Public Health Ethics Online--This lecture series on public health ethics was written and delivered by James C. Thomas, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the UNC at Chapel Hill. These lectures are free to be used by anyone.

Southeast Public Health Leadership Institute is a unique opportunity for scholars from North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia to develop leadership skills for the 21st Century. The Institute brings together leaders in a yearlong learning program conducted through retreats, telephone conferencing, computer conferencing and forums.

Ongoing Training Sites

ASKSPHERE, the SPHTC's database of trainings and resources for trainers.

Comptency-based Distance Education Opportunities from the National Public Health Training Center Network.

NC Academy for Public Health, a resource for public health discipline specific professional development tools and resources.

Office of Continuing Education, UNC School of Public Health

AHEC Connect, Greensboro AHEC.

Public Health Grand Rounds, UNC School of Public Health and the CDC

Public Health Grand Rounds, West Virginia University.

Preparedness Center Training Site-The North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness offers a series of short Internet-based trainings in public health preparedness, focusing on such topics as surveillance, agents of bioterrorism, and emerging and re-emerging disease agents. There is no fee associated with most of these trainings.