"Genomics: The Connection to Public Health Practice" is designed to assist practitioners in integrating knowledge and skills into professional practice.

This series is available through the University of Minnesota School of Public Health Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach and the Midwest Center for Life-Long-Learning in Public Health (MCLPH). MCLPH is a Public Health Training Center supported in part by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The development of these modules was also supported in part by the Minnesota Department of Health Genomics Project.

This course presents lectures from four national experts in the field of genomics: Tim Baker, Toby Citrin, Karen Edwards, and William Toscano, Jr. as well as a panel discussion. This course was based on the event Genomics: The Connection to Public Health Practice held on November 4, 2004, in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Accreditation

The Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach offers .5 CEUs. To receive a certificate of completion with .5 CEUs (5.0 60-minute contact hours) participants are required to review each of the five lectures and the panel discussion:

• Introduction - Kristin Peterson Oehlke
• Keynote - Timothy Baker
• Speaker - Karen Edwards
• Speaker - Toby Citron
• Speaker - Bill Toscano
• Panel Discussion

In addition, each participant must take the post-test and pass with at least 70% correct.  Upon successful completion of this module you will be able to print your own certificate.

Permanent continuing education records are provided by the Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach, University of Minnesota School of Public Health.  

Registration and Fees

Register/log in and complete the module.

There is no registration fee for this .5 CEU (five contact hours of continuing education) course. For more information, please call 612-626-4515 or email cpheo@umn.edu.