This summer, from June 19 through July 27, 2012, a course will be offered to give students and others interested in Public Health, the opportunity to get field experiences in public health practice.  This course is being offered through the University of Iowa but will be conducted on both the U of Iowa and the Des Moines University campuses, and is open to students from University of Iowa, Des Moines University, Iowa State University, and other Iowa institutions of higher learning. It is a graduate level course targeted towards students of public health, medicine, nursing, pharmacy and other health professions.  Each of the six weeks (M,W,F mornings) will be spent in an area of public health such as environmental health and infectious diseases, and will focus in depth at one topic (i.e. lead poisoning and foodborne illness). The week will begin with the personal story from a patient, and end with the global aspects of that topic. Each Wednesday will be spent in the field learning about the application of public health interventions. At the end of the course each student should have a clear understanding of how public health works in the community. 

Click here to access the course description.  Click here to enroll.