Public Health Preparedness and Response Certificate (研究生)

Learn to identify threats to public health with a specific focus on outbreaks and epidemics with the Public Health Preparedness and Response Certificate (研究生) in Temple’s College of Public Health. This 12-credit graduate certificate is offered fully online and allows students to acquire the basic skills needed to work within public health agencies and respond to emergencies. Public health and emergency preparedness are considered central concepts in various regional, national and global public health and emergency management agencies and systems. Public health emergencies can include myriad events that can lead to significant health consequences and have the potential to overwhelm emergency services and the healthcare system.

There is increased demand for graduates with training in public health preparedness and response in the public health workforce. Temple’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics has taken part in addressing this gap by developing online training modules in contact tracing, put into place in June 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Public Health Preparedness and Response Certificate (研究生)’s evidence-based curriculum is structured to ensure that, 作为专业人士, graduates of the program will be prepared to make effective decisions to mitigate future public health emergencies.

研究生s of the program will have developed an in-depth understanding of 

• 生物伦理学, 
• 文化敏感性, 
• 应急准备, 
• 卫生公平, 
• public health surveillance systems and 
• 弱势群体.

研究生s will also experience additional risk management techniques, such as identifying the root cause of public health risk, performing hazard analysis, and responding to terroristic acts such as the distribution of chemical poisons or bioagents.

类 & 课程

The Public Health Preparedness and Response graduate certificate is a 12-credit program offered completely online. Students may take up to four semesters to complete the program.

类 you are likely to take as part of the program include the following.

• Risk Assessment and Preparedness Decision Making
• Surveillance, Epidemics and Outbreaks

Learn more about courses comprising the certificate's curriculum.

What sets our Public Health Preparedness and Response Certificate apart?

Temple’s College of Public Health offers an interdisciplinary environment highly relevant to training graduate students in public health preparedness competencies and developing a transdisciplinary workforce. 位于费城, the College of Public Health and its graduate programs capitalize on these training opportunities by sustaining a long tradition of cultivating public health partnerships throughout the region.

职业生涯

The need for public health professionals who have completed advanced coursework and can demonstrate working knowledge of public health preparedness and response issues is growing rapidly, 在美国.S. 和国外. Students who complete the program will be in high demand as long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are uncovered in the coming years.