Available courses

Updated June 2025

This course is a part of the Arnold School of Public Health’s Workforce Development Series.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of public health from its historical roots to defining what public health is today. It also teaches participants how governmental public health agencies are organized while covering the core public health functions and 10 Essential Public Health Services. Overall, the course is designed to give you a better understanding of the core concepts of public health.

It is completely self-paced and you can work at your own speed. To complete it you must watch all module videos and complete the quizzes. At the end, you will be asked to provide feedback on the course.

This course offers 8 hours of continuing education credits.

This Module addresses the following Council on Linkages’ Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (2021):

  • 1.1 Describes factors affecting the health of a community
  • 4.1 Applies principles of ethics, diversity, equity, inclusion and justice
  • 4.2 Engages in continuous self-reflection about one’s biases
  • 4.3 Recognizes the diversity of individuals and populations
  • 4.6 Contributes to achieving and sustaining a diverse, inclusive, and competent public health workforce
  • 4.7 Advocates for health equity and social and environmental justice
  • 5.1 Describes conditions, systems and policies affecting community health and resilience
  • 5.2 Establishes relationships to improve community health and resilience
  • 6.1 Describes systems, policies and events impacting public health
  • 6.2 Applies public health sciences in delivering the 10 Essential Public Health Services
  • 8.1 Creates opportunities to achieve cross-sector alignment
  • 8.2 Implements a vision for a healthy community

This site provides:

  • Information on the public health competencies
  • Competency self assessments
  • Other sources for public health training
  • Discipline specific competency sets

This Public Health History Timeline is a stand alone resource and learning tool, rather than course. The interactive timeline spans public health history from 1000 BCE to Today. It is constantly updated.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of public health from its historical roots to defining what public health is today. 

The course may be taken alone or as part of the CE Online Certificate in Public Health. It is completely online and self paced.  Free

Updated May 2022

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These are short single subject tutorials based on the Council on Linkages Core Public Health Competencies.

Competency Domains

  • Analytical/Assessment Skills
  • Policy Development/Program Planning Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Cultural Competency Skills
  • Community Dimensions of Practice Skills
  • Public Health Sciences Skills
  • Financial Planning and Management Skills
  • Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills

This Success Story training is based on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention template. Success stories can be used to give your program more visibility.  It is a reader-friendly, concise way to tell funders and the public about what you are accomplishing.  This course provides you training and resources that will help you develop a brief one page story that can be shared with stakeholders, funders, and the general public.  

Free