EPID-602 - Public Health Management & Organization (2008)

Course Syllabus
Classroom, Sanger Hall 4-026



Karen Remley, MD, MBA
Jeff Lake MS
Jeff Lake MS

August 27

5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

INTRODUCTORY Session
Course Introduction
The State Health Commissioner.
Federal & State Relationships
Organization State & Local Health Departments

Bill Nelson MD MPH
Kay RankinMD MPH
Mark Levine MD MPH

 

September 3
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

A Day in a Health Director's Life

Mike McMahon
Joanne Wakeham Ph.D
Bill Nelson MD

 

September 10
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Budgeting
Budget Types & Agency Financial Structure
Budget Development
Budget Management


Steve Sullivan
Joan Martin

 

September 17
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Accountability
Fiscal Accountability
Accounting Principles
Purchasing & Performance Managemnt

 Becky Bynum BS
Robert Delaney MA
Grace Diliberto JD
Milan Hapala Jr. BA

 

September 24
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm 

"Human Resource Management." v. "Personnel Management."
Development of Job Descriptions
Selecting Staff
Managing Staff

Kay Rankin MD
Joanne Wakeham Ph.D
Diane Powers  

 

October 1
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Planning
The Local Health Department
PH Practice & Infrastructure
PH Information Programs.


Students 

October 8
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Mid Term Presentations

Two teams per hour.

Yedda Stancil
Joanne Wakeham

 

October 15
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm 

Community Assessment - II
Tools (NACCHO & PHPPO)
Healthy Communities -1
Healthy Communities -2


Michele Monti MPH
Janice Hicks Ph.D
Kim Buttery MD
 

October 22
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Program Management - Clinical Issues
Toxic Wastes
Family Health Services
Program development/evaluation


Robert Hicks MPH
Carl Armstrong MD, MPH
Kim Buttery MD

 

October 29
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Program Management - Environmental
Home Site Politics
Communicable Diseases
Housing Health (Built Environment)


Joe Hilbert
Michael Roster MD
Kim Buttery MD

 

November 5
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Program Management - Health Maintenance
Health Promotion
Promotion vs. Protection
Power Structure Analysis

James Burns MD

 

November 12

Public Health Informatics

Lisa Kaplowitz MD
Joe Hilbert
Leonard Vance Ph.D
  November 19
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm 
PH Programs and Politics
Emergency Response and Planning
Role the State Board of Health
Need for Legal Advice, When , How, Why.
No Classes

  November 28

VCU Closed , Thanksgiving.

Student Teams

 

December 3
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm 

Final Exam - Community Assessment presentations; 2 per hour