Overview
The Preventive Medicine program prepares graduates to function independently in multiple disciplines including Risk Communications, Food Service Sanitation, Potable and Non-potable Water, Waste Water, Deployment Environmental Health Surveillance, Operational Preventive Medicine, and Entomology. Quality control and safety techniques are emphasized throughout the program. The program provides formal didactic and performance training at the METC Branch Campus that is designed to develop students into entry-level positions in fixed or deployable assets, in support of full spectrum military operations, as required.
Army specific courses at METC focus on Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Events (CBRNE) and Industrial Hygiene. Navy specific courses focus on Microbiology, Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control, Biostatistics, Parasitology, Immunization Programs and Vaccines, Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Sanitation, and Shipboard Preventive Medicine.
Accreditation or Related Information: N/A Credentialing Information: Graduates of the Preventive Medicine program are certified with the following credentials: ServSafe through the National Restaurant Association (WWW.SERVSAFE.COM), the DoD Pesticide Application through the Armed Forces Pest Management Board (WWW.AFPMB.ORG), Basic Industrial Hygiene through AMEDDC&S, and Shipboard Sanitation through Navy Medicine (Navy specific).
This program holds specialized national accreditation that is maintained through the Medical Education Training Campus (METC).
(USA) Army Requirements
Course Requirements
| PVNT 1201 | Introduction to Public Health - Army | 2 |
| PVNT 1302 | Aspects of Food Safety with Risk Communication | 3 |
| PVNT 3202 | Operational Preventive Medicine | 2 |
| PVNT 3301 | Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance – Army | 3 |
| PVNT 3403 | Occupational & Environmental Health & Safety – Army | 4 |
| PVNT 4401 | Water Quality in Environmental Health (Consolidated) | 4 |
| PVNT 4502 | Integrated Pest Management (Consolidated) | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 23 |
(USN) Navy Requirements
Course Requirements
| PVNT 1302 | Aspects of Food Safety with Risk Communication | 3 |
| PVNT 2201 | Microbiology - Navy | 2 |
| PVNT 2502 | Introduction to Epidemiology & Biostatistics – Navy | 5 |
| PVNT 3202 | Operational Preventive Medicine | 2 |
| PVNT 3204 | Parasitology - Navy | 2 |
| PVNT 3206 | Shipboard Environmental Health - Navy | 2 |
| PVNT 3302 | Occupational & Environmental Health Surveillance – Navy | 3 |
| PVNT 3303 | Preventive Medicine Administration & Immunization - Navy | 3 |
| PVNT 3305 | Occupational & Environmental Health & Safety - Navy | 3 |
| PVNT 4401 | Water Quality in Environmental Health (Consolidated) | 4 |
| PVNT 4502 | Integrated Pest Management (Consolidated) | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 34 |