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College of Public Health Offers Courses at Lincoln Lancaster County Health Department

by COPH Staff | February 28, 2017

Education Highlight – The changing public health landscape creates several new challenges and opportunities for local and state health departments. To take advantage of some of these new opportunities, many departments are placing a greater emphasis on community and strategic planning, analyzing new data, focusing more on quality improvement and performance management, and forming collaborative partnerships to improve population health outcomes. However, these changes have forced local and state health agencies to reassess the skills and competencies of their public health workforce. Knowing this the… Continue Reading

Posted in Education Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 02, Feb 2017

Bringing Interprofessional Education (IPE) to Life for Public Health Students

by COPH Staff | December 30, 2016

Education Highlight – Shifts in healthcare delivery, toward a patient-centered, collaborative model, depend upon a high-functioning, multidisciplinary health team. In response to these trends, academic institutions have been developing approaches to Interprofessional Education (IPE), so that students are prepared to work effectively in a team environment. In fact, all academic accrediting bodies for major health professions’ education, including public health, now mandate IPE training. UNMC has been at the forefront of IPE, holding biannual IPE days for all students across campus since 2008, and helped… Continue Reading

Posted in Education Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Uncategorized, Vol. 6 / Is. 09, Dec 2016

Ebola and Beyond: High-Level Biocontainment for Healthcare Facilities MOOC

by COPH Staff | October 30, 2016

Education Highlight – The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s (UNMC) College of Public Health launched a massive open online course (MOOC), Ebola and Beyond: High-Level Biocontainment for Healthcare Facilities. During the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, UNMC along with their clinical partner Nebraska Medicine was recognized as a national asset based on their “gold standard” for safety protocols and treatment of patients infected with the Ebola virus while overseas. To strengthen the nation’s capability to respond to highly infectious diseases, the U.S. Department of… Continue Reading

Posted in Education Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 6 / Is. 07, Oct 2016

Epidemiology in Public Health 6-day summer intensive course offered at COPH

by COPH Staff | May 30, 2016

Education Highlight – The College of Public Health is offering a short, intensive 3 credit hour course July 27- August 3, 2016, entitled “Epidemiology in Public Health.” The course is designed for graduate students, fellows and professionals to gain knowledge and skills in basic epidemiological concepts and applications. Key principals covered include: designs and methods of epidemiologic studies (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional and randomized clinical trials); measures of disease frequency (prevalence, incidence, rates and odds); measures of association (relative risk, odds ratio); evaluation of confounding and… Continue Reading

Posted in Education Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 6 / Is. 05, May 2016

Agricultural Health and Safety Course Strives to Reduce the Burden of Ag Illness and Injury

by COPH Staff | March 30, 2016

Education Highlight – From agricultural aerosols to zoonotic diseases, the COPH Agricultural Health and Safety Course (ENV 902/CPH619) presents topics that cover the extensive health and safety risks faced by agricultural workers. This 3-credit course will be held July 12-15, 2016 during the second five-week summer session, with continuing education credits offered. The course curriculum is designed for public health and health professions students, health care providers, safety professionals, and others concerned with reducing injury and illness in agricultural workers. In addition to classroom learning,… Continue Reading

Posted in Education Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 6 / Is. 03, Mar 2016

Opportunities for Applied Field Experience in Public Health

by COPH Staff | January 30, 2016

Education Highlight –Chandran Achutan, PhD, joined the UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health in 2008. Dr. Achutan began his career as an analytical chemist, attaining an MS in Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health and a doctorate in Industrial Hygiene from the University of Iowa. Before coming to UNMC, Dr. Achutan worked as an industrial hygienist with CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he performed workplace health hazard evaluations across the country. Dr. Achutan teaches the UNMC… Continue Reading

Posted in Education Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 6 / Is. 01, Jan 2016

Rural Futures Institute Awarded RHEN a Teaching and Engagement Grant

by COPH Staff | December 30, 2015

Education Highlight – In 2015, the Rural Futures Institute awarded RHEN a Teaching and Engagement grant to develop Rural Interprofessional UNMC Student Rotations. This collaborative initiative will bring together students from the UNMC College of Dentistry, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Public Health, and the College of Allied Health Professions, to engage in interprofessional team projects in partnership with the East Central District Public Health Department in Columbus, Nebraska. During the three-week rotation students will engage in team-based service-learning… Continue Reading

Posted in Education Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 5. / Is. 07, Dec 2015