Professional Development Series

The Professional Development Series (PDS) consists of career-themed workshops designed to aid in your career preparation journey by allowing time for you to improve components of your professional life. Workshops are designed to focus on the skills and materials necessary for starting a search, thriving in a role, and strengthening a public health network. Led by the Office of Career Services Staff, will challenge you to develop a deeper awareness of your current career readiness and identify steps to build your own professional core competencies.

Requirements

Many Dornsife degree programs require professional development activity completion throughout their curriculum. The PDS is an example of this for face-to-face and online master’s programs and is required* for successful completion of PBHL 500 (APE.)

Students in applicable degree programs must complete the virtual course in order for the learning agreement to be approved for the APE.

*The following programs are excluded from this requirement: BA, BS, BA/MPH, BS/MPH, MS, MD/MPH, JD/MPH, EMPH, PhD and DrPH.

Access

The PDS workshops are made available via the DSPH Professional Development Series 2023-2024 course on Drexel Learn. If you are required to complete this because of your degree program, you have been granted access to this course on Drexel Learn.

If you are required to complete the PDS workshops and unable to access the course via Drexel Learn, please contact Michelle Quigley immediately.

If you are not required to complete the PDS workshops, but wish to review the recording, please contact Michelle Quigley.

Instructions

Please review the introduction video in the “Start Here” module located in the DSPH Professional Development Series 2023-2024 course on Drexel Learn for detailed instructions.

Deadline

The PDS is made available to new MPH students each academic year at the start of the fall quarter via Drexel Learn. Students must complete this virtual course in order for the learning agreement to be approved for the APE. It is recommended that students begin the PDS in the fall quarter, and finish the course gradually throughout the winter and spring quarters. However, the required deadline for completing the PDS is determined by the learning agreement deadline for planned quarter of completion. Please review the APE page for learning agreement deadlines by quarter.