Public Health Forum Requirements
MPH students who matriculated in Fall 2005 or later are required to attend at least 6 public health seminars or other approved public health-related presentations. Students who matriculated in Fall 2008 and after are required to attend at least 9 public health seminars or other approved public health-related presentations. Ongoing seminars that qualify for credit are: Public Health Forum, sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health and offered once monthly in September, October, November, February, March and April Health Disparities Lecture Series, sponsored by the VCU Center on Health Disparities and offered once monthly in September, October, November, February, March and April Students attending these lecture series must sign the attendance sheet at these lectures and attend the entire lecture to receive credit.
Other lectures or presentations offered through VCU or at professional meetings (e.g., the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association) may qualify for public health seminar credit. Students should look for announcements about additional approved lectures/seminars on Blackboard or the MPH Program web pages. Students wishing to attend a lecture they have identified on their own must contact the MPH Program Director to determine if the presentation will qualify for credit. Students who attend these presentations sponsored by units outside of the Department and MPH Program must submit a form to the MPH Program Coordinator documenting attendance at the lecture to receive credit toward the public health seminar requirement. Click here to access online web attendance submittal form.
