Principles of Health Protection - February-March 2026Info Location Attendee Categories Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionCourse Dates - delivered virtually over 6 half days from 12:30-16:30: Tuesday 24th February Thursday 26th February Tuesday 3rd March Thursday 5th March Tuesday 10th March Thursday 12th March The University of Exeter is a leader in public health research and education. Our flagship CPD course, led by Dr Bharat Pankhania alongside renowned guest speakers, tackles key concepts in health protection, addressing local, national and global challenges. The importance of Communicable Disease Control expertise and collaborative working, with an emphasis on prevention being the best way forward. The course gives participants a grounding in the core principles of health protection and is a useful building block towards achieving competency in health protection on call. The content will cover all the Faculty of Public Health competencies, including part of the syllabus for the DFPH (Diplomate exam) and will serve as a refresher and a primer for new practitioners (Consultant to Health Protection Practitioners). Whis is the course for? It is useful for those already working in or considering working in public health, health protection, infection control, environmental health, infections with an animal and human interface, and primary care. Accreditation CPD points applied for through The Royal College of Physicians.
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Attendee CategoriesGroup Bookings - 5 or More and Northern Ireland Registrars
Additional ItemsContactPlease contact the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Continuing Professional Development Team with any questions at FHLS_CPD@exeter.ac.uk. Website: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/hls/studying/cpd/ @ExeterMedCPD More InformationAlongside subject-matter expert speakers the course addresses local, national and global challenges which impact how public health and health protection are delivered. Our course emphasises the importance of emergency preparedness, forward planning, robust outbreak management systems, cyber security, and public health infrastructure. Additionally, we prepare you to be adept at recognising the importance of normally, not in the news, communicable disease control issues and expertise required. We promote collaborative working - with an emphasis on 'prevention' as being the best way forward. Learning Outcomes At the end of the course the learner will be expected to be able to:
Feedback and Certificate We will ask you to complete a polling survey at the end of each day. Your feedback will allow us to make adjustments for the next delivery session. At the end of the course, we will send you a certificate highlighting the learning outcomes with a section where you can complete your own CPD Reflection of the course, which you can use in a future professional development review. | |||||||||||||||
