I Taught an MPH Course. Here's What It Taught Me.
From Public Health Insight by PHI Media
May 6, 2026 · 13 min
About this episode
Gordon reflects on his experiences teaching an MPH course and the insights gained about public health.
Teaching is one of the most underrated ways to advance public health. In this episode, Gordon reflects on his first semester teaching Health Promotion in Western University's MPH program and what the experience revealed about the field itself. From designing a course to classroom moments that genuinely surprised him, Gordon shares the thinking behind his approach and the lessons that stayed with him. Because public health advances not only through programs and policy but through the people we...
People in this episode
Host: Gordon
Topics covered
- public health
- education
- teaching
- health promotion
- MPH program
Keywords
- public health
- MPH
- teaching
- health promotion
- education
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Western University
Books & works: Health Promotion
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