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LLU Public Health SPHERE Summer 2003 Beyond Campus
Summer 2003
Beyond the campus
Rural public health practitioners benefit from LLU continuing education partnershipAn expanding public health workforce brings critical expertise to high-need areas of California and Hawaii, but the corresponding needs for continuing education and professional development are often difficult to fulfill. The Loma Linda University School of Public Health, along with four other western public health schools, have formed a training partnership to address that problem. The new consortium is known as the Pacific Public Health Training Center.Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration, the partnership receives need evaluations and creates and implements the training programs. Each of the five schools has specific responsibilities. Loma Linda is responsible for development of a ListServe-an Internet-based system that carries information about upcoming California and Hawaii training opportunities to the large public health workforce. Loma Linda is also developing a program to train public health nurses about foodborne illnesses. David Dyjack, DrPH, assistant dean for public health practice, heads the program at Loma Linda. "This program is doubly valuable," says Dr. Dyjack. "The schools have a wealth of experience," he says, "and the program provides many opportunities to share with public health people 'in the trenches.' In addition," says Dyjack, "the program brings critically-needed learning opportunities for students. The program is a great source of internship possibilities and puts students in touch with real-world public health problems and solutions that add valuable perspective to the classroom experience." [Top] |
New School of Public Health program in PeruLoma Linda has joined with the Universidad Peruana Unión to establish Loma Linda University's second collaborative Master of Public Health program in South America. This year, a group of 56 experienced public health professionals, mostly physicians, nurses and dietitians, began their two-year programs toward majors in Maternal and Child Health or Public Health Practice.Cesar Galvez, DrPH ('01, health education), is leading out as director of the program in Lima. Gary Hopkins, DrPH ('97, health education), coordinator of all South American programs, is joined by SPH Dean, Dr. Patricia Johnston, and Drs. Barbara Anderson, David Dyjack, Synnove Knutsen, John Morgan, and Christine Neish, as primary Loma Linda faculty members for the project. All courses are taught in Spanish. Most of the public health students are Peruvian, with a few coming from other South American countries and the Caribbean. The enthusiastic students are already planning for their 2005 graduations; one in Peru, and one here in Loma Linda. [Top] |
