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The following courses are offered by the Center for Health Leadership / Center for Public Health Practice: What can you do with a degree in Public Health? PH291A / Fall This class was originally requested by students to help identify the many options available to students obtaining both bachelors and masters degrees in public health. It is estimated that in the next five years there will be a need for over 250,000 professionals in the field of public health. This shortage of health leaders and professionals covers all aspects of the field of public health and provides great challenges and opportunities. This course was designed to provide students with a dynamic experience to assess and evaluate their professional and career development concerns while exploring the foundations of the field of public health. Over the course of the semester, students will be able to meet and network with public health professionals from a wide array of disciplines. This class is especially valuable for students with interests in many aspects of public health who want to narrow down their focus by getting exposure to diverse professionals in the field. The prominent speakers were often leaders in their respective disciplines and discussed their career paths, interests, emerging trends, and current motivations for working in the field. The course allows plenty of time for question and answer and is especially useful for networking opportunities. I highly recommend it, especially for undergraduates considering a future degree in Public Health. Professional Development Workshop Series PH 291 / Spring PH 291 is a series of skills-based workshops designed to introduce students to specialized skills needed in the public health workplace. These workshops are intended to complement the core curriculum of the School of Public Health (SPH) and are selected based on regular feedback from public health practitioners, faculty and students. Workshop facilitators include consultants, CPHP field supervisors, UC Berkeley Lecturers, and public health practitioners with expertise in the subject. This course is open to all graduate students in the SPH. You need not be enrolled to attend. Video & Public Health Leadership: Using Video & New Media for Advocacy, Participatory Evaluation, & Action Research PH 290.005 / Spring & Fall More information on this course is available here. This new course provides students with critical knowledge and experience in video production, participatory new media, visual methods for research/evaluation, and advocacy, while exploring the topic of leadership development. We will introduce new media practices future leaders will need to be at the cutting edge of research and advocacy. Students will learn these skills in the context of a real world evaluation for the SPH Center for Health Leadership. Students will participate in designing the research questions, carry out the research using video, and produce media products used to communicate their findings. The course is divided into 2 semesters, with students participating in one or both semesters: I love this class! Not only is it a ton of fun, but it also provided me with some very practical tools for public health practice. Video is a great way to communicate research findings to a wider audience, advocate for public health campaigns, and add a participatory element to public health research and practice. So it’s super awesome that the Berkeley School of Public Health has a class devoted to the use of video in public health! I’m also acquiring countless new skills in video production, video editing, storytelling, teamwork, and leadership. For example, I now know that asking for “feedforward” (rather than feedback) from your teammates is a great way of improving your teamwork skills as you move forward with a project. I’m excited to take these skills into my eventual career as a public health professional. Culture, Public Health Practice and Eliminating Health Disparities: From Ideas to Action in the 21st Century PH 204F / Spring Public health literature and practice make frequent reference to the terms culture, cultural competence, race, racism, ethnicity, and health disparities. Understanding these terms, their complex meanings and current application in public health practice is the subject matter of this course. By the end of the course students will be able to describe the concepts of culture, race, racism, ethnicity, cultural competence, cultural humility, health disparities and their use in public health theory and practice; identify and describe the application of these concepts in local public health practice; and demonstrate an understanding of these concepts and their application in public health practice through the completion of a group project. Culture, Public Health Practice and Eliminating Health Disparities is a course that is rooted in discussion and action. It was an amazing opportunity to unpack difficult issues surrounding health disparities as a group and then choose a project addressing your individual issue of interest. Projects are student led and ranged from food justice and addressing cultural competency training for physicians, to performing a needs assessment of the Latino businesses and resources in Berkeley. This course teaches how to take a fruitful discussion and turn it into a positive impact on the community. Politics, Policy & Practice in Public Health PH 298.61 / Spring Through lectures, readings, guest presentations and case studies, and drawing on the instructor’s more than 25 years experience as public health director in Contra Costa County and working throughout the state, the course investigates both traditional and new approaches to the practice of public health, including policy development, community engagement, working with media, and influencing city planning and the built environment. Students grapple with barriers to change that face public health agencies as they try to meet the needs of communities in the 21st century. The course considers how data, evaluation and media can be used in public health advocacy, and what constitutes effective public health leadership in public and community agencies. Using examples drawn from case studies, the course examines how public health policy is actually made and implemented in local communities and in the state of California. Dr. Brunner's class provided opportunities to think broadly about the goals and strategies of public health in the 21st century, as well as to consider the impact of the current political context on health policy decision-making. Dr. Brunner facilitated interesting and lively conversations: he shared his experiences and perspective with great honesty, and supported students in tackling controversial issues with logic and sensitivity. Readings and guest speakers were carefully chosen and always relevant. It was a great class!
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