Certificates of Graduate Study

Certificate of Graduate Study in Public Health

Public health is a multidisciplinary field, combining health policy, research, and population health sciences, with a focus on promoting health and preventing disease in diverse populations. UVM’s online Certificate of Graduate Study in Public Health is a concise, six-course introduction to the field of public health.

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Certificate of Graduate Study in Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the foundational science of public health used to study health and disease patterns and causes and effects within specific populations. UVM’s 18-credit, online Certificate of Graduate Study in Epidemiology is a concise immersion into the field of epidemiology and quantitative population health science.

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Certificate of Graduate Study in Global and Environmental Health

Global and Environmental Health is a multidisciplinary field, blending health policy, epidemiology, toxicology, and other population health sciences. UVM’s Certificate of Graduate Study in Global and Environmental Health is an 18-credit graduate program for students who want to develop expertise in a range of health hazards, health-promotion strategies, and environmental public health practices.

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Certificate of Graduate Study in Healthcare Management & Policy

A collaboration with UVM’s Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, this 18-credit graduate program provides a solid foundation in health policy and management while allowing for content and scheduling flexibility to help prepare students in their areas of specific career interest. Our expert faculty are adept at navigating today’s changing and challenging healthcare landscape, including areas of law, medicine, public health, economics, health insurance, leadership, and management.

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This one-year online program is a collaboration of The Larner College of Medicine, Professional and Continuing Education and the UVM Graduate College. Graduate students, health practitioners, public health professionals and researchers, environmental specialists, engineers and scientists can complete the Certificate as a stand-alone program or as part of a master’s, MD, or PhD program.

Our program teaches you to:

• Evaluate, promote, and improve health across populations
• Explain barriers to public health and discuss health-promotion strategies
• Collaborate with a network of professionals in healthcare, government, and non-profit organizations
• Learn basic epidemiology skills
• Identify environmental factors and exposure routes affecting health
• Effectively navigate and activate available community resources
• Prepare for further graduate study or research in public health and related fields

This one-year, online program introduces students to a range of policy, finance, and management issues impacting healthcare and public health and can be taken as a stand-alone program or as part of a master’s, MD, or PhD program.

Our program teaches you to:

• Identify the main components and issues of the organization, financing, and delivery of health services and public health systems in the U.S.
• Describe the legal and ethical basis for public health and healthcare services
• Apply the principles of program planning, development, budgeting, management, and evaluation
• Discuss the policy process for improving the health status of populations
• Use systems thinking and apply quality and performance improvement concepts to address organizational issues
• Prepare for further graduate study or research in healthcare, public health, and related fields

This one-year, online program is a collaboration of The Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Professional and Continuing Education, and the UVM Graduate College. Graduate and medical students, as well as health professionals, practitioners, and researchers may enroll as a stand-alone program or as part of a master’s, MD, or PhD program.

Develop Your Fluency in the Language of Public Health

The Epidemiology Certificate provides students with a framework for problem solving and critical thinking in analyzing disease and health-related conditions within diverse populations. Students will develop expertise in disease outbreak investigation, prevention and control, and applied research methods in public health.

Our program teaches you to:

• Define a population, especially in terms of disease risk
• Describe the different ways to express disease frequency in a given population
• Apply basic concepts of probability, random variation, and commonly used statistical distributions in data analysis
• Apply the methods used in public health surveillance and disease outbreak investigation
• Evaluate, promote, and improve health across diverse populations
• Explain barriers to public health and discuss health-promotion strategies
• Prepare for further graduate study or research in public health and related fields

Our online Certificate of Graduate Study in Public Health exposes you to current public health and health policy issues while you build a strong foundation in population health sciences, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and environmental health.

The program is designed for medical and graduate students, health practitioners, public health professionals, researchers, and others who want to increase their knowledge or prepare for further graduate study.

Our program teaches you to:

• Evaluate and improve the health of diverse populations
• Work with a collaborative network of professionals in healthcare, government, and non-profit organizations
• Effectively navigate and activate available community resources
• Discuss a constantly evolving healthcare system and new requirements for accountability
• Implement new models for population-based medical practice
• Prepare for graduate study or research in public health and related fields