Education, Training & Continuing Professional Development

The Public Health Network supports education, training and continuing professional development of public health professionals in Primary Care Trusts. The list below details local and national education, training and continuing professional development opportunities. 

• Public Health Network - Seminars
  The Public Health Network holds monthly seminars on topics of general interest. These are open to anyone working in Public Health in Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, and Bath & North East Somerset. 
  
  
  
• Public Health Forums
  Public Health Forums are educational events aimed at sharing expertise of different professionals relevant to the health of the public. Previous topics have included transport, housing, drugs misuse, healthy eating.  Forums are typically held 3-4 times a year. 
  
  Public Health forums are held in each Unitary Authority area, (one each for the B&NES, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire areas). Each forum is planned in partnership by the Primary Care Trusts, local authority and/or other partner agencies. 
  
  
  

• Regional Public Health Training Scheme
  The NHS Executive South West has established a comprehensive, integrated training programme for medical and non-medical public health specialists. For information contact Beth Carpenter Tel: 0117 900 2679. 
  
  

• South West Public Health Observatory
  South West Public Health Observatory offers occasional secondment opportunities, with a particular interest in building capacity in information analysts. Contact Helen Cooke, Information Specialist. Tel: 0117 900 2577.

• Faculty of Public Health Medicine
  The Faculty of Public Health Medicine is a professional organisation concerned with training standards and public health practice. It ensures the standards of regional training schemes and runs the diploma and part 1 examination, and part 2 examination, which lead to recognition as a specialist in public health.  

• Education Brokering  
  Originally set up to help NHS staff in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, develop their public health skills. Contains information on the voluntary register for public health specialists. 

• University of Bristol
  The department of Social Medicine runs a Short Course Programme on epidemiology and health services research.

• University of the West of England
  The Faculty of Health and Social Care offers Postgraduate Certificates and Diplomas, and MSc degrees in Public Health

• Bath Spa University College
  Bath Spa University runs a range of health care related courses at Postgraduate Certificates and Diplomas, and MSc degrees in a variety of subjects relevant to public health.  

• University of Oxford Continuing Professional Development Centre
  The Health Sciences Programme offers Postgraduate  Part-time Award-Bearing Courses: Certificate, Diploma, MSc in Evidence Based Health Care along with other short courses. 

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