EPID-602 - Public Health Management & Organization (2006)

Course Syllabus
Classroom, 3rd Floor, Grant House (314)


 
CMG Buttery MD, MPH
Jeff Lake
Jeff Lake

August 30

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
Michael Royster MD MPH
Mark Levine MD MPH

 

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

A Day in a Health Director's Life

Course Teams

Mike McMahon
Joanne Wakeham Ph.D
Bill Nelson MD

 

September 13
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Budgeting
Budget Types & Agency Financial Structure
Budget Development
Budget Management


Steve Sullivan


 

September 20
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Accountability
Fiscal Accountability
Accounting Principles
Purchasing & Performance Managemnt

 George Pilarinos MBA

 

September 27
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm 

Personnel Management
Development of Job Descriptions
Selecting Staff
Managing Staff

Bill Nelson MD
Joanne Wakeham Ph.D
Diane Powers  

 

October 4
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 11
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Mid Term Presentations

Two teams per hour.

Yedda Stancil

 

October 18
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm 

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


David Suttle MD
Khizer Wasti Ph.D
David Suttle MD
 

October 25
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm

Program Management - Clinical Issues
Family Health Services
Toxic Wastes
Special Programs


Robert Hicks MPH
Carl Armstrong MD
Kim Buttery MD

 

November 1
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
David Suttle MD
Kim Buttery MD

 

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

Program Management - Health Maintenance
Health Promotion
Promotion vs. Protection
Program examples

James Burns MD

 

November15
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm


Public Health Informatics

Thanksgiving Eve

 

November 22

VCU Closed


Jack O. Lanier Dr.PH
Lisa Kaplowitz MD
Leonard Vance Ph.D
  November 29
5 - 5.50 pm
6 - 6.50 pm
7 - 7.50 pm 
PH Programs and Politics
Role the State Board of Health
Emergency Response and Planning
Need for Legal Advice, When , How, Why?

Student Teams

 

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

Final Exam - Community Assessment presentations; 2 per hour