Continuing Education and Workforce Training
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Temple University’s Department of Public Health, in collaboration with Temple’s Center for Preparedness Research, Education, and Practice (CPREP), offers both classes and a certificate program for preparing the public health workforce and emergency managers to address functional needs groups in preparing for and responding to an emergency. Functionality is an important concept because the need of each person can change with the particular situation and over time. This functional approach focuses on factors that limit a person's ability to receive and act on emergency orders and care for himself or herself during and after an emergency. These classes are for practitioners in emergency preparedness and response, public health professionals, undergraduate students, and recent graduates with an interest in emergency preparedness and response. The Department of Public Health has a CEPH accredited graduate and undergraduate public health program. These classes are offered in an online format through the public health program.
Some classes are offered regularly and can be taken individually as a non-matriculated student. Students can take up to three classes in the graduate program as a non-matriculated student. Please contact Joyce Hankins (joyce.hankins@temple.edu) for information on registering for graduate classes non-matric. Students can take up to 11 undergraduate credits a semester for a maximum of 30 credits total as a non-matric student. Please follow this link for more information regarding registering for undergraduate classes non matric: http://www.temple.edu/vpus/arc/continuingstudies/continuingstudies.html#undergraduate
The classes that are offered regularly through the Dept. of Public Health are:
Summer:
PH 2207 Principals of Emergency Management (undergraduate; online)
PH 5007 Principals of Emergency Management (graduate; online)
Fall:
PH 5107 Complex Emergencies and Forced Migration (graduate; online)
PH 5009 Risk Communication and Public Health (graduate; in-person)
A transcripted certificate program is also available. This program consists of a 4 or 5 course sequence, depending on previous coursework. The certificate program can be finished in either one or two years part time, and the courses are all offered online so that students from all over the globe and at different stages in their career can take advantage of the program. This certificate will be listed on your transcript upon completion. The certificate program is taken as a cohort and usually beings in the summer. If you are interested in the certificate or are part of a business that is interested in providing the certificate to their employees please contact Sylvia Twersky-Bumgardner for further information. Classes taken as a non-matriculated student may be applied toward the certificate program.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
PRE-REQUISITE (1): This course may be waived if the student can demonstrate either NIMS certification or similar coursework taken at a college or university with a grade of B or better.
PH 2207 Principals of Emergency Management (undergraduate; online) OR
PH 5007 Principals of Emergency Management (graduate; online)
CORE (3): The core courses will address the basic competencies in emergency preparedness, response, and mitigation. Within these core competencies functional needs groups will be addressed.
PH 2202 Man-made Disasters: Radiological, Chemical & Biological Terrorism
PH 2208 Natural Disasters: Response and Recovery
PH 2215 Special Populations: Strategic Community Outreach
ELECTIVE (1): The electives will allow the student to customize the certificate program to meet their educational objectives and professional needs within the rubric of emergency preparedness and special populations. This includes the option to take graduate level electives as appropriate. Recommended electives include:
Communication
PH 2201 or PH 5105 Health Communication (graduate or undergraduate credits; in-person)
PH 5009 Risk Communication and Public Health (graduate; in-person)
Mental Health
PH 2205 or PH 5004 Stress and Change (graduate or undergraduate credits; online)
Policy and International Health
PH 5107 Complex Emergencies and Forced Migration (graduate; online)
For more information please go to our website:
www.temple.edu/publichealth/emc
Contact: Sylvia Twersky-Bumgardner, MPH
Clinical Instructor
Temple University Department of Public Health
Ritter Annex, Room 907
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: (215) 204-9316
Email: sylviatb@temple.edu
