Public Health Courses

Public health nurse (PHN) and public health professional courses provided here are suggested trainings to help broaden the understanding of the public health system. Additional training opportunities are available on the Training Resources page.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

The Training Resources page offers training materials and recordings that are intended for state, regional, and local public health employees.

Wisconsin Center for Public Health Education and Training

The Wisconsin Center for Public Education and Training (opens external link) page offers training materials in various topics for those that work in public health.

New to Public Health Residency Program (UW-Madison)

The New to Public Health Residency Program (opens external link) is a first of its kind program designed to support early career public health professionals working in a governmental public health organization. As a resident, you will learn about the foundational areas and capabilities essential to public health practice as you complete a series of monthly learning activities to build competence and confidence as you transition to your exciting new role in public health.

There is a fee associated with the program. The fee covers:

12 program sessions, including orientation
Approximately 120 hours of professional development activities
77 eligible continuing education contact hours (ANCC, CHES/MCHES, or a general healthcare credit)
Individually matching residents with a mentor group based on resident-specific interests and experiences

TRAIN Wisconsin

TRAIN (opens external link) is a national learning network that provides thousands of quality training opportunities to more than 2 million professionals who protect and improve the public’s health. To access the training content, you will first need to create a free account, (opens external link) Registration - TRAIN Learning Network - powered by the Public Health Foundation.

Trainings of interest may include:

Introduction to Public Health Surveillance (opens external link) provides surveillance concepts and principles for public health workers who have little or no prior training in epidemiology.
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Training Plan (opens external link) provides a series of trainings that can help you tackle these important factors that impact health. It includes topics, such as health equity, health disparities, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Other key word searches include Center for Public Health Continuing Education, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice.

Region V Public Health Training Center

The Region V Public Health Training Center (opens external link) (RVPHTC) seeks to advance the skills of the current and future public health workforce to improve population health outcomes. Part of the Public Health Learning Network (PHLN), the RVPHTC develops online and in-person trainings on a variety of public health topics.

National Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Workforce Development Center

The National MCH Workforce Development Center (opens external link) helps state and territorial Title V leaders, and their partners tackle complex challenges through training, collaborative learning, coaching, and consultation.

Center for Public Health Continuing Education

The Center for Public Health Continuing Education offers an online Public Health Foundations Certificate (opens external link) curriculum that focuses to provide learners a basic knowledge and principles of public health. The curriculum has nine different topic areas including an Orientation to Public Health (opens external link) that provides learners with a basic understanding of the 10 essential public health services utilizing real public health scenarios.

CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

Public Health 101 Series

The Public Health 101 series introduces public health and covers the sciences essential to public health practice. The fundamental scientific components span topics in epidemiology, public health informatics and surveillance, health economics, public health laboratory science, and other related fields.

This series is designed for:

Public health professional who have not had formal training in a particular core area or who would like a refresher
Persons new to public health
Public health educators and instructors
Persons interested in pursuing public health careers

Learn more and access the links to the trainings here Public Health 101 Series | CDC. (opens external link)

Immunization trainings

All trainings are based on vaccine recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP). Learn more about the available course here Vaccine Education and Training for Healthcare Professionals | CDC. (opens external link)

Examples of trainings include:

CDC Pink Book Series (opens external link)one-hour webinars that explore the chapters of the ‘Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Disease’ book.
You Call The Shots (opens external link): Series of modules that explain the latest recommendations for vaccine use that include self-test practice questions.

Lead poisoning prevention training

The training is designed to fill the gap in knowledge regarding the hazards of lead and provide lead program implementation suggestions to CDC’s state and local partners and other public health professionals based on best practices. Learn more and access the trainings at Lead Poisoning Prevention Training | CDC (opens external link).