Becoming a tutor

The development and delivery of course modules depends on a volunteer faculty. Tutors might be Public Health professionals who are academic or service-based, and in the current workforce or retired, and can act as:

• Course developers (either lead or team members)
  Join or lead a team and collaborate on the development of a course module. We have a template which we will provide (and which has worked well to date). We already have access to a number of on-line resources that can be used. You do not need special knowledge of on-line teaching techniques as a team of IT experts are on hand to help out. We anticipate this will take about 10 hours of work only, all by e-communication. Help with reviewing and updating existing modules would also be welcome.
   

• On-line facilitators
  Facilitators who commit for a 2-week spell as facilitator for one of 5 topics in a course module – in which you have special interest or expertise. You would need approximately 2-3 hours a week as an online facilitator. Course module leaders would commit to an overview for the length of the course module (12-15 weeks).
   

• Assignment markers
  To mark the final for-credit assignment
   

• Dissertation Supervisors

Modules currently offered can be seen at http://www.peoples-uni.org/content/unit-module-descriptions-and-codes and those planned or in development include: Environmental health (including Climate change); Violence and Health; Zoonoses and 'one health'. Development team members are welcome in each of these.

This is a list of current course Modules:

• Foundation Sciences of Public Health

  • Introduction to Epidemiology

  • Biostatistics

  • Evidence Based Practice

  • Health Economics

  • Public Health Concepts for Policy-makers

  • Evaluation of Interventions

  • Public Health Ethics

  • Health Promotion
     

• Public Health Problems

  • Preventing Child Mortality

  • Maternal Mortality

  • Disaster management and emergency planning

  • HIV/AIDS

  • Communicable Disease

  • Non-communicable diseases: CVD and Diabetes

  • Public Health nutrition

  • Patient safety

  • Inequalities and the social determinants of health

  • Global Public Health

If you would like to find out more about the benefits of being a Peoples-uni tutor then listen to Fiona Reynolds talk about her experience. You can also hear about the positive impacts Peoples-uni is making by listening to our students talk about their experience.