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PUB HLT 50A – Introduction to Public Health

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April 11, 2024

Presenters: Robert Kim-Farley

2 pm – 3 pm | Zoom

What to Expect in the Showcase:

The PH 50A Introduction to Public Health course is a newly designed course by Dr. Kim-Farley in collaboration with UCLA Instructional Designers. It is for the new Undergraduate Public Health Major at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The following pedagogical strategies and design approaches will be shared during the presentation.  

  • Utilization of Bruin Learn course site to showcase highlighting such features as a lecture-by-lecture home page with links to modules; 
  • Adoption of LTI Integration with the Jones & Bartlett eTextbook, interactive lectures, and quizzes; 
  • Implementation of an upload site for the Opinion Editorial written assignments with “Turnitin” and grading rubric; and 
  • Use “dual-feed” Zoom as a solution for simultaneously screen-sharing and “front of classroom” camera views.

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Kim-Farley currently serves as a Professor with joint appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). From 2004 to 2018, he served as the Director of the Division of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. His responsibilities included supervision of the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, the Vaccine Preventable Disease Control Program (Immunization Program), the Tuberculosis Control Program, the Veterinary Public Health and Rabies Control Program, and the Public Health Laboratory.

Dr. Kim-Farley holds degrees in Electronic Engineering, Public Health, and Medicine from the University of California. He is Board Certified in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He is the author of numerous articles and publications in the field of public health.

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