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3.3.c. - 3.3.e.

3.3.c. A list of the continuing education programs offered, number of students served, indicating those offered in a distance-learning format over last three years.

Please see Appendix 3.3.c.

3.3.d. Educational institutions or public health practice organizations collaborating to offer continuing education

Collaboration with academic and practice partners includes co-sponsorship of trainings, faculty exchange and speaker participation. Among the most noteworthy collaborations are:

Continuing education collaborations with other Universities and campuses

• University of North Dakota Medical School
• University of Florida-Gainesville
• University of Southern Florida
• University of Georgia (College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM))
• Michigan State University (CVM)
• Kansas State University (CVM)
• Purdue University (CVM)
• University of Illinois (CVM)
• Iowa State University (CVM)
• Cornell University (CVM)
• Colorado State University (CVM)
• Virginia/Maryland (CVM)
• University of Pennsylvania (CVM)
• University of Wisconsin
• University of California – Los Angeles
• University of California – Davis (CVM)
• University of Minnesota (CVM)
• University of New Mexico School of Medicine and Regional Cancer Center
• St John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India
• ISP Asia Inc., Hong Kong
• University of Minnesota School of Nursing
• Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota
• College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
• School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
• Medical School, University of Minnesota
• Mayo Medical School

Continuing education collaborations with public health practice organizations and industry partners. Examples include:

• Minnesota Department of Health
• North Dakota Department of Health
• Wisconsin Department of Health
• Hennepin County Department of Health
• Ramsey County Department of Health
• Be Active Minnesota
• Powderhorn/Phillips Cultural Wellness Center
• Minnesota Department of Agriculture
• Lake Area Human Services
• Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco
• Northrup Grumman Corporation
• Ecolab
• Many professional associations in Minnesota

3.3.e. This criterion is met.

Strengths

•  The School is a leader in workforce development programs. It offers extensive lifelong learning opportunities, delivered in formats and via modalities designed to accommodate the special requirements of working professionals.
• The School has assembled the resources and capabilities to lead in the development and management of online and technology-based coursework. Through digital technologies, the School extends its lifelong learning programs across the Upper Midwest region, the nation and the world.
• The School develops its workforce development programs based on formal needs assessments, feedback from focus groups and students, discussions with partners and informal surveys of partners.
• Coursework, summer-intensives and other professional education programs are timely; they meet the need for knowledge and strategies to address current and emerging public health issues.
• The School offers seven post baccalaureate Certificate programs, all approved by the University Regents, designed to meet the needs for flexible educational opportunities in areas of importance to public health, and held to the same standards and quality controls as all School course and program offerings.
• The School works with a growing cadre of collaborators to develop relevant and effective continuing education programs.

Weaknesses:

• None