Graduate Certificate in Public Health (online)

**Winter 2012 Admissions Now Open**

The Graduate Certificate in Public Health (GCPH) program content is designed to enhance the preparation of public health professionals not currently prepared in a public health academic specialty, and provide a broad introduction to public health for students. Students who successfully complete the GCPH are eligible to apply to the OMPH on any campus and to any track to complete a Master of Public Health. The GCPH is open to applicants with a bachelor's degree in any discipline.

Upon completion of the GCPH, students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to public health practice that includes the ability to:

• Apply evidence-based knowledge of health determinants to public health issues
• Select and employ appropriate methods of design, analysis, and synthesis to address population based health problems
• Integrate understanding of the interrelationship among the organization, delivery, and financing of health-related services
• Communicate public health principles and concepts through various strategies across multiple sectors of the community
• Employ ethical principles and behaviors
• Enact cultural competence and promote diversity in public health research and practice
• Apply public health knowledge and skills in practical settings

The GCPH requires 19 quarter credit hours of study which can be pursued on a part-time basis. The courses within this program provide opportunities for learning about epidemiology and biostatistics, environmental health, health care improvement strategies and health behavior, health policy development, and the organizational basis of the health care system. The GCPH Curriculum includes:

Introduction to Biostatistics
Epidemiology Survey
Principles of Health Behavior
Concepts of Environmental & Occupational Health
Health Systems Organization
Principles and Practice of Public Health or Program Evaluation in Public Health

Students successfully completing the GCPH will be eligible to apply for matriculation into any track within the Oregon MPH Program and, if accepted, will have the 19 credits of coursework applied to their MPH program.

The GCPH is currently being offered through our partner, Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing.  Admissions are now open for winter term 2012 and fall term 2012. The application deadline has been extended to 04/01/12.

For more information please contact OHSU admissions at 503-494-7725.  For curricular or program questions please contact Dr. Deb Messecar.

For frequently asked questions about the online versus regular classes in the OMPH programs, click here.