A Public Health Course Audit: What It Is and Why You Should Get One

An audit is defined as “a methodical examination and review.” And this is exactly what I can do for you when you have an e-learning course, whether it is already live or still in development.

Conducting course audits is one of my favorite consulting services. I love getting to learn from my clients about so many interesting public health topics (yes, I take every course that I review!), celebrating the parts of the course that are strong, and identifying the content and/or design features that can be strengthened.

In today’s blog post, I answer FAQs about my audit service.

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New Podcast Interview Drop: Public Health Consultants & Entrepreneurs: Understanding The Landscape, With Leah Roman And Vinu Illakkuvan

I’m excited to share a new podcast interview today that celebrates a passion project that I’ve been working on the past few years. Along with my colleagues Vinu Ilakkuvan, Laura Runnels, and Keʻalohilani Worthington, I led the development, launch, and analysis of a survey to understand the self-employed public health workforce.

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Hot Off The Press: Ensuring Public Health Course Quality Across Multiple Formats

I’m starting a new feature here on the blog called “Hot Off The Press”, where I share emerging research, publications, standards (etc.) that are relevant to making awesome public health courses.

This month I’m highlighting a new article from the journal Pedagogy in Health Promotion called “Maintaining Course Quality and Integrity Across Multiple Modalities” (Kulak & Forder, 2023).

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Roman Public Health Consulting: 2023 Reflections and 2024 Planning

One of my favorite annual traditions since I started my business is to have myself a little end of year “retreat” to review the past year. I block the week from meetings. I put on my out of office and focus exclusively on my business (i.e., I do zero client work). And yay- I get to stand in front of my big white board :)

As we start 2024, I thought readers would be interested in both my process and some of the findings that emerged from this retreat that you can expect to see reflected in what I share and work on this year.

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Beyond Smile Sheets: My Top Two Tips for Evaluating Public Health E-Learning Solutions

As we wrap up 2023, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the effectiveness of our e-learning solutions and make plans for revising and designing new learning experiences in the new year. I help many clients develop evaluation plans (all year long!), so I’m sharing my top two tips for evaluation in today’s post.

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Accessibility Should Not Be an Afterthought: Designing Inclusive Learning Experiences

This week, SOPHE kicked off another National Health Education Week (NHEW). The theme is Advancing Health, Equity and Civil Rights. Over the past year, I have made learning about designing accessible e-learning a professional development priority. Since accessibility is a key component to developing equitable and inclusive learning experiences, it felt like a great fit to write about it during NHEW.

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