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Skills Enhancement for Public Health "Building a Solid Foundation for Public Health Practice"

Continuing Education for Public Health Practitioners

Public health is an information-intensive field that encompasses multiple disciplines. Like other health-related fields, public health knowledge and practices continually evolve. Post-secondary training prepares practitioners for practice, but continuing education is required to maintain high levels of relevant skills and knowledge and skills.

A skilled workforce is a key element to an effective public health system.

Our vision:

Competent public health workforce and organizations

Our mission

To provide the public health workforce and organizations with opportunity to define and enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to strengthen public health practice through the development and promotion of core competencies and accessible continuing education in collaboration with partners.


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Share your knowledge and expertise with other public health practitioners, develop and refresh your skills in the process. To find out more click here.