Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)

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EPHOC is an online/on-demand package of e-learning courses for environmental public health practitioners. The goal is to provide access to comprehensive, worthwhile, and affordable workforce development resources for practitioners in environmental public health. This has been a major issue of concern across the United States for the past decade or more.

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EPHOC Courses

EPHOC courses are free. They are taught by a group of environmental public health subject-matter experts from across the country. Each course includes a pretest, a number of individual 40- to 60-minute modules, and a posttest. Course content includes information on various roles and responsibilities of environmental public health staff.

Target audiences are

  • New-hire environmental public health professional with a science major BS
  • Individuals preparing for a state or national credential exam
  • Environmental health and other students
  • Environmental public health professionals wanting to improve their technical knowledge

EPHOC Course Instructors and Affiliations

The list below shows the 15 courses and instructors for the total of over 45 hours of training. The instructor group is a mix of academic professors and environmental public health practitioners in different agency settings who planned their courses and created “lecture-style” presentations.

  1. General Environmental Health (Sharunda Buchanan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Environmental Health/Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services [CDC/NCEH/EEHS]; and Charles Otto, CDC/NCEH/EEHS/Environmental Health Services Branch [EHSB]).
  2. Statutes and Regulations (David Maxey, Jefferson County Department of Health).
  3. Food Protection (Alan Tart, U.S. Food and Drug Administration).
  4. Potable Water (Joe Cotruvo, Joseph Cotruvo & Associates; and Mike Herring, CDC/NCEH/EEHS/EHSB).
  5. Wastewater (Allen Tartt, AOWA Training Center, University of West Alabama).
  6. Solid and Hazardous Waste (Jason Kirby, University of Alabama Birmingham [UAB] School of Engineering).
  7. Hazardous Materials (Jason Kirby, UAB School of Engineering).
  8. Zoonoses, Vectors, Pests, and Weeds (Matt Vanderpool, Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness).
  9. Radiation Protection (Norman Bolus, UAB School of Health Professions Nuclear Medicine Technology Program).
  10. Occupational Safety and Health (Elizabeth Maples, UAB School of Public Health Environmental Health Sciences).
  11. Air Quality and Environmental Noise (Corey Masuca, Jefferson County Department of Health).
  12. Housing Sanitation and Safety (Genevieve Birkby, Baltimore City Health Department).
  13. Institutions and Licensed Establishments (Leon Vinci, Health Promotion Consultants / Bailus Walker, Howard University / Vince Radke (CDC/NCEH/EEHS/EHSB); and Jasen Kunz, CDC/NCEH/EEHS/EHSB).
  14. Swimming Pools and Recreational Facilities (Troy Perry, Jefferson County Department of Health).
  15. Disaster Sanitation (Mark Miller, CDC/NCEH/EEHS/EHSB).

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