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Introduction
Public health practitioners can apply for professional registration through the UK Public Health Register by demonstrating competence against the Public health practitioner standards.
This directory aims to enable practitioners, practitioner schemes, and commissioners to:
- identify current education and training available for each of the individual Public Health Practitioner Standards and for the eight areas of public health practice
- appraise which education and training might best suit their needs
Scope
The directory maps education and training opportunities that support individuals to meet the knowledge base for the UKPHR public health practitioner standards. Knowledge can also be acquired through on-the job learning, attending meetings, conferences, private study and other means. The level of knowledge required for practitioner registration is broadly equivalent to first degree (level 6 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, level 9-10 in Scotland). The directory aims to include identified education and training opportunities provided in the UK at this level.
Some education and training opportunities that are not aligned to an educational level are included in this directory because they have been identified as useful sources from which practitioners can develop their knowledge base. Individuals start their career in public health from a range of different backgrounds and start points. The directory includes a limited selection of education and training for individuals at the beginnings of their career or for those considering a career in public health. Opportunities listed at a level below 6 should be built on to be sufficient for practitioner registration.
The directory does not claim to be an exhaustive or comprehensive guide to all education and training opportunities. It is limited to those identified from a review of public health and educational websites, scheme co-ordinators’ knowledge and a rapid internet search.
UCAS provides further information about undergraduate degrees in public health, so undergraduate degrees are not listed here. A pilot tool developed by the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) enables Universities to map Public Health courses against the public health practitioner registration standards. In the future we hope that Universities might share this mapping with prospective students.
How to use the directory
- Review the Public Health Practitioner Standards.
- Identify the standards that you have evidence of knowledge for and any gaps.
- For each standard, consider whether your knowledge is current, or would an update be helpful?
- Use the directory to identify education and training opportunities that might support you to fill any gaps or updates for each area or standard.
- Follow the hyperlinks to find out more about each education and training opportunity.
- Education and training opportunities may also be available through your local scheme.
- Please note that some of the opportunities identified may not be provided at sufficient level required for practitioner registration. However, they may form a foundation from which applicants can build knowledge.
The directory
Education and training opportunities identified for each of the 8 areas and 34 standards for Public Health Standards are listed below.
These education and training opportunities have been identified as having the potential to cover the knowledge base for the specified UKPHR public health practitioner standard. The word potential is used, because some of this training is not specific to public health, however, has the potential to provide the knowledge base for practitioner registration when considered from a public health perspective. In addition, some education and training opportunities cover part of this content, so are marked*.
1. Practising professionally, ethically and legally
Workshop 2: Professional skills for public health; ethical practice and communication – Faculty of Public Health (FPH).
- Access: Commissioned access
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Public Health Ethics Programme – eLearning for Health (e-LfH).
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 3
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: May 2022
An Introduction to Public Health Ethics – National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy Canada
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Opportunity to request a certificate of completion
- QA details: NS
- Date updated: October 2022
1.1 Comply with statutory legislation and practice requirements in your area of work
Workshop 2: Professional skills for public health; ethical practice and communication – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
Public Health Ethics Programme – eLfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 3
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: May 2022
An Introduction to Public Health Ethics – National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy Canada
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Opportunity to request a certificate of completion
- QA details: NS
- Date updated: October 2020
Generic organisational induction – Skills platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: e-assessments
- Level: 1
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
1.2 Use an ethical approach in your area of work, identifying ethical dilemmas or issues arising and how you address them
Workshop 2: Professional skills for public health; ethical practice and communication – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Public Health Ethics Programme – e-LfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 3
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: May 2022
Behaviour Change Literacy for Individuals and Workforce Leaders – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.75
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2019
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
An Introduction to Public Health Ethics – National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy Canada
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Opportunity to request a certificate of completion
- QA details: NS
- Date updated: October 2020
1.3 Act in ways that promote equality and diversity
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
Equality and Diversity and Human Rights – Level 1 – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: NS
Mandatory Core Skills Elearning Bundle – Skills Platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: e-assessments
- Level: 1
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
Equality, Diversity and Human Rights – Skills Platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.25
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: e-assessments
- Level: 1
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
Public Health Ethics Programme – e-LfH.
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 3
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: May 2022
An Introduction to Public Health Ethics – National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy Canada.
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Opportunity to request a certificate of completion
- QA details: NS
- Date updated: October 2020
Consider using the learning acquired from in-house organisational equality and diversity training to meet this standard.
1.4 Act in ways that value people as individuals
Community-centred approaches to Health Improvement (CMH) – e-LfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.25
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2017
Mandatory Core Skills Elearning Bundle – Skills Platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: e-assessments
- Level: 1
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
Public Health Ethics Programme – e-LfH.
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 3
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: May 2022
An Introduction to Public Health Ethics – National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy Canada.
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Opportunity to request a certificate of completion
- QA details: NS
- Date updated: October 2020
Behaviour Change Literacy for Individuals and Workforce Leaders – e-LfH.
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.75
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2019
Making Every Contact Count – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
Person-Centered Approaches – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: NS
Mandatory Core Skills Elearning Bundle – Skills Platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: e-assessments
- Level: 1
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
Management and Leadership Skills – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: Various
1.5 Act in ways that recognise people’s expressed beliefs and preferences
Community-centred approaches to Health Improvement (CMH) – e-LfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.25
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2017
Mandatory Core Skills Elearning Bundle – Skills Platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: e-assessments
- Level: 1
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
Public Health Ethics Programme – e-LfH.
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 3
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: May 2022
An Introduction to Public Health Ethics – National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy Canada.
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Opportunity to request a certificate of completion
- QA details: NS
- Date updated: October 2020
Behaviour Change Literacy for Individuals and Workforce Leaders – e-LfH.
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.75
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2019
Making Every Contact Count – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
Person-Centered Approaches – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: NS
Management and Leadership Skills – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: Various
1.6 Act within the limits of your competence, seeking advice when needed
Mandatory Core Skills Elearning Bundle – Skills Platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: e-assessments
- Level: 1
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
1.7 Continually develop own practice by reflecting on your behaviour and role, identifying where you could make improvements
Workshop 2: Professional skills for public health; ethical practice and communication – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: 6
- QA details: Skills for Justice FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Understanding and challenging evidence-based practice – Future Learn
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 9
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Coventry University
- Date updated: NS
Care Certificate Standard – Skills Platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NA
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: NS
- Level: 2
- Accreditation details: Part of certificate
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
Management and Leadership Skills – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: Various
Some practitioners may have access to an in-house organisational train the trainer course covering how to teach others.
Practitioners may have access to in-house organisational line management/supervisor training which may cover the requirements for this standard.
1.8 Contribute to the development and improvement of others’ public health practice
Workshop 2: Professional skills for public health; ethical practice and communication – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: 6
- QA details: Skills for Justice FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Management and Leadership Skills – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: Various
Some practitioners may have access to an in-house organisational train the trainer course covering how to teach others.
Practitioners may have access to in-house organisational line management/supervisor training which may cover the requirements for this standard.
2. Using public health information to influence population health and wellbeing
Workshop 3: Introduction to epidemiology: using information for health – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis in Public Health – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 15
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: Beginner
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
Measuring Disease in Epidemiology – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 10
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: Beginner
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
2.1 Identify data and information requirements to deliver the public health function demonstrating use of epidemiological terms and concepts
Public health intelligence – Understanding and measuring population – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2018
Foundations in Public Health Practice: The Public Health Toolkit – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): NS
- Non contact time: 14
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Contributes to MSc PH
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: N/A
Epidemiology for practitioners – Health Knowledge
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement
- QA details: Developed by consultants in Public Health
- Date updated: NS
Workshop 3: Introduction to epidemiology: using information for health – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Measuring Disease in Epidemiology – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 10
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: Beginner
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
2.2 Identify data and information requirements to deliver the public health function demonstrating use of epidemiological terms and concepts
Data security awareness – Level 1 and 2 – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NA
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2017
Workshop 3: Introduction to epidemiology: using information for health – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
The Power of data for health and social care – FutureLearn
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: Sample course materials free or buy full access £99
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
- Date updated: NS
Protecting Health Data in the Modern Age: Getting to Grips with the GDPR – FutureLearn
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: University of Groningen
- Date updated: NS
Mandatory Core Skills Elearning Bundle – Skills Platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: e-assessments
- Level: 1
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
Information Governance – Skills Platform
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.75
- Cost: Yes
- Assessment details: e-assessments
- Level: 1
- Accreditation details: Certificate of attendance
- QA details: Skills for Health
- Date updated: NS
Measuring Disease in Epidemiology – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 10
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: Beginner
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
Consider using in-house organisational information governance/GDPR training to meet this standard.
2.3 Obtain, verify, and organise data and information, showing awareness of potential data anomalies
Workshop 3: Introduction to epidemiology: using information for health – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Population Health Management (PHM) – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
The Power of data for health and social care – FutureLearn
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: Sample course materials free or buy full access £99
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
- Date updated: NS
Foundations in Public Health Practice: The Public Health Toolkit – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): NS
- Non contact time: 14
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Contributes to MSc PH
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: N/A
Measuring Disease in Epidemiology – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 10
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: Beginner
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
2.4 Demonstrate how health inequalities are identifies and monitored
Workshop 3: Introduction to epidemiology: using information for health – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Foundations in Public Health Practice: The Public Health Toolkit – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): NS
- Non contact time: 14
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Contributes to MSc PH
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: N/A
2.5 Interpret and present information using appropriate analytical methods for qualitative data
Workshop 3: Introduction to epidemiology: using information for health – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis in Public Health – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 15
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: Beginner
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
Foundations in Public Health Practice: The Public Health Toolkit – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): NS
- Non contact time: 14
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Contributes to MSc PH
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: N/A
2.6 Interpret and present information using appropriate analytical qualitative data
Workshop 3: Introduction to epidemiology: using information for health – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Assessing needs – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
Foundations in Public Health Practice: The Public Health Toolkit – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): NS
- Non contact time: 14
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Contributes to MSc PH
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: N/A
3. Assessing the evidence for public health interventions and services
Workshop 4: Using evidence to improve public health practice – FPH Masterclass
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: 2019
Literature searching – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 2.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate registrants
- QA details: Health Education England developed by Consultants in Public Health
- Date updated: 2019
Finding and appraising the evidence – UK Faculty of Public Health – Health Knowledge
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: None
- Date updated: NS
Critically appraising the evidence base – eLfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 4
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Completion record gained via eLfH Hub
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: NS
All Our Health – eLfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: Various bitesize sessions
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: NS
3.1 Access and appraise appropriate evidence of effectiveness for public health interventions or services
Workshop 4: Using evidence to improve public health practice – FPH Masterclass
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: 2019
Literature searching – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 2.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate registrants
- QA details: Health Education England developed by Consultants in Public Health
- Date updated: 2019
Finding and appraising the evidence – UK Faculty of Public Health – Health Knowledge
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: None
- Date updated: NS
Critically appraising the evidence base – eLfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 4
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Completion record gained via eLfH Hub
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: NS
3.2 Apply evidence to plan delivery of effective public health interventions or services
Workshop 4: Using evidence to improve public health practice – FPH Masterclass
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: 2019
Literature searching – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 2.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate registrants
- QA details: Health Education England developed by Consultants in Public Health
- Date updated: 2019
Finding and appraising the evidence – UK Faculty of Public Health – Health Knowledge
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: None
- Date updated: NS
Critically appraising the evidence base – eLfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 4
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Completion record gained via eLfH Hub
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: NS
All Our Health – eLfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: Various bitesize sessions
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: NS
4. Protecting the public from health risks while addressing differences in risk exposure and outcome
Foundations in Public Health Practice: Behaviour and Behaviour Change – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 16
- Cost: 7 day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
4.1 Demonstrate how risks to health and wellbeing are identified, prevented or controlled
Foundations in Public Health Practice: Behaviour and Behaviour Change – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 16
- Cost: 7 day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
4.2 Demonstrate how individual and population health differ and describe he possible tensions which may arise when promoting health and wellbeing
Foundations in Public Health Practice: Behaviour and Behaviour Change – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 16
- Cost: 7 day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
5. Implementing public health policy and strategy
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
5.1 Support the implementation of policies or strategies to improve and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
5.2 Demonstrate how your work is influenced by an understanding of the impact of the wider determinants of health
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
5.3 Critically reflect on and make suggestions for how public health policies or strategies could be improved
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
6. Collaboration across organisations and boundaries to deliver the public health function
Workshop 6: Working collaboratively to deliver the public health function in a changing political and economic climate – FPH Masterclass
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Collaborative Working for Health – UK Faculty of Public Health – Health Knowledge
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: Developed by Consultants in Public Health
- Date updated: NS
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
An introduction to public leadership
6.1 Show how organisations, teams and individuals work in partnership to deliver the public health function
Workshop 6: Working collaboratively to deliver the public health function in a changing political and economic climate – FPH Masterclass
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
Collaborative Working for Health – UK Faculty of Public Health – Health Knowledge
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: Developed by Consultants in Public Health
- Date updated: NS
6.2 Demonstrate how you work collaboratively with other organisations to improve public health
Workshop 6: Working collaboratively to deliver the public health function in a changing political and economic climate – FPH Masterclass
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Collaborative Working for Health – UK Faculty of Public Health – Health Knowledge
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: Developed by Consultants in Public Health
- Date updated: NS
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
An introduction to public leadership – Open Learn
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 9
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: Introductory
- Accreditation details: Free statement of participation
- QA details: The Open University
- Date updated: Updated June 2019
Some practitioners may be able to access to in-house organisational leadership training which may meet the requirements of this standard.
6.3 Reflect on your personal impact on relationships with people from other teams or organisations when working collaboratively
Workshop 6: Working collaboratively to deliver the public health function in a changing political and economic climate – FPH Masterclass
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Collaborative Working for Health – UK Faculty of Public Health – Health Knowledge
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: If you work or study in the United Kingdom and have a role or a placement in a public health or care role you may apply through the NHS Leadership Academy for free course upgrades before starting the course. For more details of eligibility for a free upgrade please read the requirements before applying.
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: Developed by Consultants in Public Health
- Date updated: NS
Foundations of Public Health Practice: The Public Health Approach – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 12
- Cost: 7 days free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Beginner- prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
Leadership Academy – NHS Leadership Academy
- Access: Enrolment required
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: various
- Cost: If you work or study in the United Kingdom and have a role or a placement in a public health or care role you may apply through the NHS Leadership Academy for free course upgrades before starting the course. For more details of eligibility for a free upgrade please read the requirements before applying.
- Assessment details: Short reflective assignment
- Level: 1 and 2
- Accreditation details: Certificate upon completion
- QA details: CMI
- Date updated: NS
An introduction to public leadership – Open Learn
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 9
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: Introductory
- Accreditation details: Free statement of participation
- QA details: The Open University
- Date updated: Updated June 2019
Some practitioners may be able to access to in-house organisational leadership training which may meet the requirements of this standard.
7. Planning, implementing and evaluating public health programmes and projects
Workshop 5: Designing, delivering and evaluating public health interventions – FPH Masterclass.
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
7.1 Describe how you have planned a public health intervention to improve health and wellbeing, demonstrating terms and concepts used to promote health and wellbeing
Community-centred approaches to Health Improvement (CMH) – e-LfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.25
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2017
Workshop 5: Designing, delivering and evaluating public health interventions – FPH Masterclass.
- Access: Comissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Behaviour Change Literacy for Individuals and Workforce Leaders – e-LfH.
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.75
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2019
Making Every Contact Count – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
Collaborative Working for Health – UK Faculty of Public Health – Health Knowledge
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: None
- QA details: Developed by Consultants in Public Health
- Date updated: NS
7.2 Demonstrate how the culture and experience of the target population may impact on their perceptions and expectations of health and wellbeing
Community-centred approaches to Health Improvement (CMH) – e-LfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.25
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2017
Workshop 5: Designing, delivering and evaluating public health interventions – FPH Masterclass.
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Introducing public health – Open Learn
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Free statement of participation
- QA details: Open University QA
- Date updated: 2020
Behaviour Change Literacy for Individuals and Workforce Leaders – e-LfH.
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.75
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2019
Making Every Contact Count – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
Foundations in Public Health Practice: Behaviour and Behaviour Change – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 16
- Cost: 7 day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
7.3 Show how the target population were involved in intervention planning or delivery and have been supported to make informed decisions about improving their health and wellbeing
Community-centred approaches to Health Improvement (CMH) – e-LfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.25
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2017
Workshop 5: Designing, delivering and evaluating public health interventions – FPH Masterclass.
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Introducing public health – Open Learn
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: Quiz
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Free statement of participation
- QA details: Open University QA
- Date updated: 2020
Assessing needs – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
Behaviour Change Literacy for Individuals and Workforce Leaders – e-LfH.
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.75
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2019
Making Every Contact Count – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
Foundations in Public Health Practice: Behaviour and Behaviour Change – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 16
- Cost: 7 day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
7.4 Evaluate a public health intervention, reporting on it’s effect and making suggestions for improvement
Workshop 5: Designing, delivering and evaluating public health interventions – FPH Masterclass.
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Foundations in Public Health Practice: The Public Health Toolkit – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): NS
- Non contact time: 14
- Cost: 7 Day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Contributes to MSc PH
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: N/A
Foundations in Public Health Practice: Behaviour and Behaviour Change – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 16
- Cost: 7 day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
Evaluation: An introduction (Healthcare and public health)
7.5 Demonstrate project management skills in planning or implementing a public health intervention
Community-centred approaches to Health Improvement (CMH) – e-LfH
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.25
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2017
Workshop 5: Designing, delivering and evaluating public health interventions – FPH Masterclass.
- Access: Comissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Foundations of Project Management
Project Management: Beyond the Basics
Consider in-house organisational project management skills/training to meet this standard.
7.6 Demonstrate how quality assurance principles or policies are applied when planning or implementing a public health intervention
Culture: Screening Quality Assurance Service
Workshop 5: Designing, delivering and evaluating public health interventions – FPH Masterclass.
- Access: Comissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Quality Improvement in Healthcare: the Case for Change
7.7 Demonstrate how risk management principles or policies are applied when planning or implementing a public health
Workshop 5: Designing, delivering and evaluating public health interventions – FPH Masterclass.
- Access: Comissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: NS
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: Faculty of Public Health IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Consider in-house organisational risk management training to meet this standard.
8. Communicating with others to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities
Workshop 2: Professional skills for public health; ethical practice and communication – Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: 6
- QA details: Skills for Justice FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
8.1 Communicate public health information clearly to a variety of audiences
Workshop 2: Professional skills for public health; ethical practice and communication – Faculty of Public Health (FPH).
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: 6
- QA details: Skills for Justice FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Making Every Contact Count – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
Foundations in Public Health Practice: Behaviour and Behaviour Change – Coursera
- Access: Open
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 16
- Cost: 7 day free trial
- Assessment details: Online test with paid upgrade
- Level: Prepare for a degree
- Accreditation details: Certificate of achievement with paid upgrade
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
Health Literacy – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 0.25
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: NS
Practitioners may have access to an in-house organisational train the trainer course covering how to teach others which may meet the requirements of this standard.
Practitioners may be able to access to in-house organisational leadership training which may meet the requirements of this standard.
8.2 Communicate the health concerns and interests of local people to influence service provision
Community-centred approaches to health improvement – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.25
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2016
Workshop 2: Professional skills for public health; ethical practice and communication – Faculty of Public Health (FPH).
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: 6
- QA details: Skills for Justice FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
Assessing needs – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
Making Every Contact Count – e-LfH
- Access: Open once registered
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 0
- Non contact time: 1.5
- Cost: Free
- Assessment details: None
- Level: NS
- Accreditation details: Certificate for registrants
- QA details: NHS England
- Date updated: 2020
8.3 Demonstrate awareness of the effect the media can have on on public perception of health and wellbeing
Workshop 2: Professional skills for public health; ethical practice and communication – Faculty of Public Health (FPH).
- Access: Commissioned
- Online/F2F: Online
- Contact time (hrs): 3
- Non contact time: 6
- Cost: To commissioner
- Assessment details: Written report
- Level: 6
- Accreditation details: Skills for Justice
- QA details: FPH IQA Lead
- Date updated: Programme Handbook updated 2024
- QA details: Imperial College London
- Date updated: NS
CPD opportunities
Examples of CPD opportunities are provided below which may be of interest to all members of the public health workforce. Many are topic based so do not necessarily map directly to the UKPHR practitioner standards, however they may contribute to developing the knowledge base for practitioner registration. NHS England’s e-Learning for Healthcare has a wide range of modules on a variety of public health and other health topics, freely available to those who register with and NHS or OpenAthens account. Some of those most relevant to public health can be accessed through the Population Wellbeing Portal which is freely available to all. A wide range of topics are available, from adolescent health, to alcohol, smoking, behaviour change literacy, domestic abuse, sexual health and much more.
All Our Health is a resource for all health and care professionals to help them use their knowledge, skills and relationships, working with patients and the population to prevent illness, protect health and promote wellbeing.
Training in public health hosts a series of podcasts on a broad range of public health topics.
A list of webinars collated by the North West practitioner scheme, on a wide range of public health topics from a variety of scheme providers.
Local Government Association Public health and prevention webinars.
Supporting information
Public health practitioners
Public health practitioners are key members of the public health workforce who work to influence the health and wellbeing of individuals, groups, communities and populations. They work in a wide range of settings from the NHS and local government to the voluntary and private sectors, across various areas of public health including health improvement, health protection, and health and social care. Whilst public health practitioner roles and settings vary, they are united in the aim to protect and improve public health outcomes and reduce health inequalities.
The Faculty of Public Health produces a Public Health Practitioners leaflet.
UK Public Health Register
UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) is an independent, dedicated regulator for public health professionals, including public health practitioners. It particularly regulates those public health professionals who have no other regulatory body. UKPHR’s primary objective is to provide public protection by ensuring that only competent public health professionals are registered and that high standards of practice are maintained.
Practitioner Registration
Public Health Practitioner Registration aims to assure the public and employers that multidisciplinary public health practitioners are appropriately qualified and competent. Individuals demonstrate competence against the Public Health Practitioner Standards set by UKPHR. The 34 standards are aligned to the Public Health Knowledge and Skills Framework and focus on eight areas.
Applying for Public Health Practitioner Registration
Individuals that wish to apply for Public Health Practitioner registration must do so through their local scheme and undergo a rigorous and quality assured process of assessment and verification by trained public health professionals.
Local schemes
Local schemes offer a range of support and development programmes, including a range of education and training opportunities with details on their websites.
- East of England
- East Midlands
- London
- Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- North East
- North West
- South West of England
- Thames Valley
- Wessex
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire and Humber
Demonstrating knowledge
The UKPHR guidance for applicants assessors and verifiers (section 2.4) and Supporting Information (page 8) has advice on demonstrating knowledge required for the practitioner standards.
- “Applicants are required to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and application of ALL the standards and provide objective evidence of this.
- …….You must demonstrate how you have gained knowledge that underpins a standard, which has supported the work that you have done. The level of knowledge required is broadly equivalent to a first degree (Level 6 in the Qualifications and Credit Framework, Level 10 in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework).
- It is not necessary for all knowledge to be acquired through formal study; a wider range of sources may be accessed. Knowledge may have been gained through learning on formal, accredited courses, on-the job learning, learning through attending meetings, conferences, private study and other means.”
Currency
Applicants should also consider the currency of their knowledge, with further advice in UKPHR guidance for applicants assessors and verifiers (section 2.4)
- “….. it is a requirement that overall half numerically of the items of evidence submitted should be from within 5 years of the date of application for registration to UKPHR (50% rule).”
- Evidence of knowledge, which is drawn from learning undertaken more than 5 years before registration, can be used, but you should always consider providing evidence of how this knowledge has been kept up-to date, for example through CPD.
Level 6 Public Health Practitioner Apprenticeship
An integrated degree (level 6) apprenticeship covers the knowledge, skills and behaviours to work as a public health practitioner is widely available across England. Public health practitioners are eligible to apply to register with UKPHR following completion of the apprenticeship and end point assessment. Information about the apprenticeship is available from the goc.uk website: Apprenticeships that support public health careers: November 2019 update – GOV.UK
Information about providers who offer the level 6 public health practitioner integrated degree apprenticeship can be found from the gov.uk website: Training providers for Public health practitioner – integrated degree (level 6)
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