MCLPH

Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health

at the University of Minnesota

Strengthening the public health workforce

The Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health (MCLPH) is a member of the national network of Public Health Training Centers and strengthens the technical, scientific, managerial and leadership competence of the current and future public health workforce.  To accomplish this mission, we partner with health departments in Minnesota and North Dakota for practice and education, enhancing our ability to serve our communities.

Online Courses

Course Title Cost
Active Learning with Technology: Myths, Magic and Mucho Motivation (online)Free
Beyond 'Add and Stir': Engaging Diversity in College Classrooms (online)Free
Building Bridges Across the Professions: Promoting Successful Intraprofessional Collaborations (online)Free
Culture and Health Literacy: Beyond Access (online)Free
Culture and Health Literacy: Case Studies (online)Free
Designing for Learning: Engaging Students and Teachers from the Arctic to Australia (online)Free
Economy and Health: What is the Role of Public Health? (online)Free
Environmental Justice (online)Free
Genomics: The Connection to Public Health Practice - Online (online)Free
Immigrant Health Online Module (online)Free
Integrative Global Leadership: Leading Across Boundaries for the Common Good (online)Free
Introduction to Biostatistics (online)Free
Introduction to Biostatistics 2: Variables (online)Free
Introduction to Epidemiology (online)Free
Introduction to Management in Public Health (online)Free
Online Behavioral Interventions (online)Free
Operationalizing Quality Improvement in Public Health (online)Free
Outbreak at Watersedge (online)Free
Psychological Impacts of Flooding: Resiliency in the Red River Valley (online)Free
PubH: EHO-Food Safety (online)Free
PubH: EHO-Housing (online)Free
PubH: EHO-Land (online)Free
PubH: EHO-Pest Control (online)Free
PubH: EHO-Water Supply and Waste Water (online)Free
PubH: EHO-Workplace (online)Free
PubH: Introduction to Environmental Health Online (online)Free
PubH: EHO-Air Supply and Pollution (online)Free
Public Health Policy and Advocacy (online)Free
Public Health: Telling the Story Using Data (online)Free
The Constitutional and Legal Basis for Public Health Actions (online)Free
The New Science of Change - Connecting Leadership Development and Neuroscience (online)Free
Time Management: Your Time, Your Priorities, Your Choice (online)Free
Translating Data into Public Health Priorities (online)Free
What is Public Health? (online)Free

Upcoming Face to Face Courses

Course TitleDateCost
PubH 7200-102 (SS13): Global Journey of Food, Culture & Health5/28/2013 - 5/31/2013$595
PubH 7200-104 (SS13): Language and Culture: A Spanish Immersion Course for Public Health Students & Practitioners5/28/2013 - 5/31/2013$595
PubH 7200-105 (SS13): Concepts in Community Engagement5/28/2013 - 5/31/2013$595
Negotiating Boundaries: Developing the Next Generation of Engaged Scholars5/30/2013 - 5/30/2013Free
WEBINAR: Negotiating Boundaries: Developing the Next Generation of Engaged Scholars (online)5/30/2013 - 5/30/2013Free
PubH 7242-101 (SS13): War and Public Health6/3/2013 - 6/7/2013$595
PubH 7200-108 (SS13): Birth, Girth and Worth: Improving Lifecourse Trajectories for Obesity and Chronic Disease6/3/2013 - 6/7/2013$595
PubH 6601-101 (SS13): Born a Girl: Global Women's Health6/3/2013 - 6/7/2013$595
PubH 7200-109 (SS13): Community Based Participatory Research6/3/2013 - 6/7/2013$595
PubH 7200-111 (SS13): Successfully Managing Projects6/3/2013 - 6/7/2013$495
PubH 7200-111 (SS13): Successfully Managing Projects6/3/2013 - 6/7/2013$595
PubH 7200-113 (SS13): Qualitative Data Analysis6/3/2013 - 6/7/2013$595
PubH 6060-101 (SS13): Motivational Interviewing: Strategies to Effect Behavioral Change6/10/2013 - 6/14/2013$595
PubH 6400-101 (SS13): Topics in Translational and Clinical Research - CANCELLED6/10/2013 - 6/14/2013$595
PubH 7200-117 (SS13): Using Risk Analysis Tools to Address Food Safety Issues6/10/2013 - 6/14/2013$595
PubH 7200-118 (SS13): Cool, Calm/Chaos, Crisis: Effective Leadership and Collaboration in Public Health6/10/2013 - 6/14/2013$595
PubH 6400-102 (SS13): Topics in Hierarchical Bayesian Data Analysis 6/10/2013 - 6/14/2013$595

Registration is now open: Summer Public Health Institute (PHI)

Running May 28-June 14, 2013, this program offers 39 short courses in nine public health interest areas. Course content emphasizes research to practice with opportunities for field trips, case studies, hands-on labs, and simulations. 

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Teaching & Learning Series

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