Overview
The Preventive Medicine program provides education and training in the major disciplines of preventive medicine operations to include: introduction to public health, public health communication, food service sanitation, aspects of water, deployment environmental surveillance program (DESP), medical threats, operational preventive medicine, and entomology. Army specific courses includes: chemical biological radiation nuclear event, industrial hygiene, and an Army field exercise. Navy specific courses include: public health administration, microbiology, biostatistics, epidemiology, medical parasitology, immunizations programs and vaccines, occupational safety and health, environmental sanitation, shipboard preventive medicine, and a Navy field exercise. This program provides graduates with technical skills and knowledge required to achieve public health specialist entry-level competencies. The program prepares the student to perform preventive medicine operations in both traditional and non-traditional preventive medicine practice settings.
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 http://www.servsafe.com/ , the DoD Pesticide Application through the Armed Forces Pest Management Board http://www.afpmb.org/, Basic Industrial Hygiene through the Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), 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 and Environmental Health and 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 and Biostatistics – Navy | 5 |
| PVNT 3202 | Operational Preventive Medicine | 2 |
| PVNT 3204 | Parasitology - Navy | 2 |
| PVNT 3206 | Shipboard Environmental Health - Navy | 2 |
| PVNT 3302 | Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance – Navy | 3 |
| PVNT 3303 | Preventive Medicine Administration and Immunization - Navy | 3 |
| PVNT 3305 | Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety - Navy | 3 |
| PVNT 4401 | Water Quality in Environmental Health (Consolidated) | 4 |
| PVNT 4502 | Integrated Pest Management (Consolidated) | 5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 34 |