Join us for the 2020 Sizzling Summer Series focusing on change management! This webinar series consists of three parts, with each part being offered twice during the months of June, July, and August. Part One: Change and the Individual Change is hard! But throughout our work and lives, it is a constant. This interactive session […]
Kaci Ginn, an undergraduate student employee with the Midwestern Public Health Training Center, has been an integral part of Jones County, Iowa’s COVID-19 response. She’s been liaising with county departments, consistently engaging with the county board of health and board of supervisors, and connecting with health departments across the state. At a recent meeting, a […]
by Christina Haswood The halfway point was around the first week of April where we were coming back from Spring Break. This year, we were all faced with COVID-19 and following social distancing, self-quarantine from traveling, and stay at home orders. Fortunately, this project was not heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but our indigenous […]
Season 1 Episode 28 Hannah Shultz Welcome to Share Public Health, the Midwestern Public Health Training Center’s podcast connecting you to public health topics, issues, and colleagues throughout our region and the country highlighting that we all share in public health. Thank you for tuning into this series focusing on COVID-1 and its impacts on […]
Season 1 Episode 27 Oge Chigbo Welcome to a collaborative episode of From the Front Row and Share Public Health, two podcasts from the University of Iowa College of Public Health. I am Oge Chigbo, a host from From the Front Row podcast, in for Ian Buchta today. From the Front Row is a podcast […]
What is a preceptor? Preceptors are a combination of professional mentors and educational instructors. They serve to help students ground their classroom theoretical learnings in professional and practical experiences. How to be a good preceptor: Communicate. Ask your student what they want to learn during their time with your organization. This helps students feel empowered […]
Aaron says he “never realized how connected every position within a health department is until I started learning workforce development. It has completely changed the way I view public health.”
by Christina Haswood The Center for American Indian Community Health (CAICH) here at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), goes far back to my middle school days. Back when I didn’t even know I wanted to become a public health professional let alone attend graduate school. Our sister organization, American Indian Health Research & […]
by Ashlyn Lipnicky, University of Kansas Medical Center As I looked at my internship mentor and a patient as they discussed diabetes management at a free clinic in downtown Kansas City, I wondered about all the people who were not managing their diabetes because of a lack of access to services. I realized that though […]
Season 1 Episode 26 Hannah Shultz Welcome to Share Public Health, the Midwestern Public Health Training Center’s podcast connecting you to public health topics, issues, and colleagues throughout our region and the country, highlighting that we all share in public health. Thank you for tuning into this ten-part series on health equity. Over the course […]
