SPH 541 - Public Health Practice & Professional Skills I

3 units (fi 6)(VAR, 3-0-0)

School of Public Health

Students work in teams to address complex public health scenarios, applying and building on foundational knowledge and skills from earlier coursework. Emphasizing critical thinking, reflection, collaboration, and ethical practice, the course fosters professional competencies essential to public health practice. Students engage in all stages of the assessment-planning-action-evaluation cycle, focusing on implementation and evaluation. Key areas include systems thinking, stakeholder assessment, governance, financing of health initiatives, resource planning, and communication. Prerequisite: SPH 536.