LIFEPATH

East Tennessee State University

College of Public Health

Tennessee

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What is LIFEPATH?

What does LIFEPATH offer?

Workforce Needs Assessment

Partnerships

Contact Information

LONG-DISTANCE INTERNET FACILITATED EDUCATIONAL

PROGRAM for APPLIED TRAINING in HEALTH

What is LIFEPATH?

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LIFEPATH is a Public Health Training Center (PHTC) funded by the Health Services and Resources Administration and housed in the College of Public Health at East Tennessee State University.

It is Tennessee’s first and only Public Health Training Center

There are 37 total PHTCs nation wide.

LIFEPATH operates differently than any other PHTC. It is the only PHTC to offer academic training opportunities.

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MissionTennessee LIFEPATH will provide a home for the

collaborative partnerships between Tennessee’s academic public health training

providers and Tennessee’s public

health workforce, and provide comprehensive

competency-based training for that

workforce.

Our VisionLIFEPATH is a vital

collaboration that will provide multiple entry points for public health workers to obtain public

health education and training designed to

improve skills, experiences, and competencies.

LIFEPATH will provide a wide range of academic

and non-academic programs to assure that

Tennessee’s public health workforce has the

knowledge, skills and training to meet

Tennessee’s present and forthcoming health

challenges.

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Primary ObjectivesEstablish Collaborative Partnerships

Provide comprehensive competency based training

Areas of FocusIdentify workforce training needs

Provision of academic and non-academic training

Evaluation of training and outcomes

Our

Goal

Our Goal

To Strengthen the technical, scientific,

managerial and leadership competence of Tennessee’s public

health workforce.

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Undergraduate CertificatePublic Health Fundamentals for Field

Professionals

Graduate Level Certificates

Epidemiology

Health Care Management

Graduate Level DegreesEpidemiology

Health Services Administration

Doctor of Public Health Degrees

Community Health

Epidemiology

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Undergraduate Certificate Program SynopsisTo provide an educational

program targeted to meet the needs of experienced public health professionals who have at least one year of college credit, but who have not completed an undergraduate degree.  This training will provide an introduction to core concepts

of public health.

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Graduate Certificate Program SynopsisEpidemiology Certificate

This program focuses on the application of basic and advanced epidemiological methods to public health problems.

Health Care Management CertificateThe Health Care Management

Certificate program is designed to provide the learner with leadership and strategic management tools specifically for the health care environment.

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Master of Public Health Program SynopsisEpidemiology

Epidemiology is the basic science of public health, and as such epidemiologists are health professionals who study disease, illness, and injuries, and attempt to determine: who becomes ill, why certain people are more likely to become ill and how to prevent the spread of illness.

Health Services AdministrationHealth Services Administration is a

multi-disciplinary field that focuses on the delivery, financing, and organization of public health and health care services and the development and implementation of health policy.

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Doctor of Public Health Program Synopsis Community Health and

Epidemiology The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

program offers an advanced professional degree designed for those who wish to pursue or further their career in public health practice. It prepares practitioners with competence in administration, advocacy, problem solving, research, and communication. Graduates are qualified to serve in a variety of leadership capacities at state, national, and international levels, enhancing the public’s health in both rural and urban settings.

All academic programs are offered completely online, outside of the DrPH programsOnline programs have:

Video and audio of instructor in class

Provision of slides and handouts shown to the

remote students just the same as if in the classroom

Interactivity in real time or over email

Online Programs

Enro

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Standard Admissions Process for All ProgramsMPH and DrPH

GRE completion

SOPHAS Application due no later than March 1, 20XX

ETSU Graduate Application due no later than June 1, 20XX

ManagementAcademic programs at East

Tennessee State University (ETSU)

Management at ETSU

Assistance with State of Tennessee Educational Waiver

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Non-Academic training will be offered periodically throughout out the year by LIFEPATH partners. Programs will be based on the needs of the Public Health workforce. Online training programs will also be available through our website.Public Health workshops,

courses, seminars, and symposiums

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Partnering with additional academic programs to offer the following:Continuing Education Units

Continuing Nursing Education Credits

Continuing Medical Education Credits

Coming soon-Certified Public Health Continuing Education

What does

LIFEPATH offer?

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Stipends to Qualifying StudentsStudents who qualify would be

provided a stipend that covers living expenses incurred during their time in the program

The stipend amount varies by program and would substantially reduce actual costs of the program

Tennessee Department of Health employees would first need to utilize their State Educational Waiver

No other financial assistance may be used in conjunction with a LIFEPATH stipend

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Undergraduate CertificateOne time stipend totaling: $2,100 (approx.)

Graduate Level CertificatesOne time stipend totaling: $3,000 (approx.)

Graduate Level DegreesAnnual stipend: $3,200 (approx.)

Doctor of Public Health Degrees

Annual stipend: $25,000 (approx.)

Stipends are TAXABLE INCOME

Stipend amounts may change without notice and are subject to recalculation dependent upon demand

Important Stipend Information

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Program Navigation

Educational Planning

Career Development Opportunities

Technical Support

Workforce

Needs Assessment

Needs

Asse

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Three Phased AssessmentPhase 1

Survey of Tennessee Department of Health employees

Phase 2Survey of governmental public

health workers outside the State system

Phase 3Survey of non-state and non-

governmental public health workers in Tennessee

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Three-tiered, competency based approach will be usedEntry Level

Mid-Management

Leadership

Being developed with other Public Health Training Centers

Partnerships

Partn

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Tennessee Department of Health

Tennessee Public Health Association

Meharry Medical CollegeMasters of Public Health Program

University of MemphisSchool of Public Health

University of Tennessee – Knoxville

Department of Public Health

Summary &

Contact Information

Summary

LIFEPATH

Academic Training

Non-AcademicTraining

Continuing

Education Credits

Workforce Assessme

nt

Partnerships

Resources

Conta

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Paula Masters, MPHLIFEPATH Director

423.439.4421

mastersp@etsu.edu

J. Sean Hoyle, BBALIFEPATH Coordinator

423.439.4458

hoylej@etsu.edu