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NextGenU.org Master’s Level Program at Public Health U aims to offer high-quality and low-cost education with the goal of building public health capacity in health professionals working in low- to middle-income countries via e-learning.
Our volunteer tutors play a crucial role within the organization and contribute significantly by sharing their knowledge and allowing us to increase accessibility. Their academic experience is valuable for providing constant feedback and guidance to students and encouraging their participation in the academic process of building knowledge.
The development and delivery of course modules depend on a volunteer faculty. The volunteers might be public health professionals who are academic or service-based, in the current workforce or retired. Teams of 3 to 6 people in different roles share the load to deliver modules. Volunteers can act as:
In this role, you would spend around 2-4 hours a week guiding the online discussions for 1 of the 3 topics (over 2 weeks) that make up each module.
We ask you to:
There is a guide and a course with more information regarding how to develop as an online facilitator. Also, on the Tutors Corner, we share discussions regarding academic issues. Tutors can contact support.mph@nextgenu.org to request technical assistance.
This role includes acting as the tutors’ team leader in each course, answering tutors’ questions, and participating in the Education Committee. It involves a time commitment of an average of 2 hours per week during the semester. This role is performed in collaboration with the Academic Coordinator and supported by the Student Support Officer.
Their roles also include:
The Dissertation is the final part of the MPH award and extends over 2 semesters. Students can only enroll if they have achieved the diploma level.
The role of the dissertation supervisor includes:
We also have a sister site for self-paced learning available to anyone for continuing professional development rather than for academic credit: https://nextgenu.org/courses-professional-development/.
Support for the development and update of these courses is always welcome.
We welcome suggestions from those who wish to collaborate and join this initiative in any capacity, including suggestions for developing new course modules and from individuals or organizations.
The modules we offer can be seen here. Those planned or in development include Global Health, One Health, Environmental Health, and Preventive Medicine. Development team members are welcome in each of these or any others.
Support for the development and update of these courses is always welcome.
Complete a short registration form to give you access to the course’s website. Note that the registration form times out if left idle for too long and may generate an error message at the point of submission. We advise you to prepare your responses on a Word document or in Notepad first and paste them into the registration form to avoid errors.
The first thing to note is that there are two websites: the general site and the educational platform (called Moodle) on which the courses are based. This is at https://mphcourses.nextgenu.org/, and to access it, you will need a username and password.
NextGenU.org’s mission is to democratize education globally and to improve the health and well-being of humanity and the planet. NextGenU.org promotes research and development of knowledge assets that contribute to solving global challenges related to human and planetary health and education and supports efforts to advance education for all to help people build better lives.
email: support.mph@nextgenu.org