10 Guiding principles of a comprehensive Internet-based public health preparedness training and education program.
Distance learning is an effective strategy to address the many barriers to continuing education faced by the public health workforce. With the proliferation of online learning programs focused on public health, there is a need to develop and adopt a common set of principles and practices for distance learning. In this article, we discuss the 10 principles that guide the development, design, and delivery of the various training modules and courses offered by the North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness (NCCPHP). These principles are the result of 10 years of experience in Internet-based public health preparedness educational programming. In this article, we focus on three representative components of NCCPHP's overall training and education program to illustrate how the principles are implemented and help others in the field plan and develop similar programs.
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA. lorraine_alexander@unc.edu
Lorraine K
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Jennifer A
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