Total Worker Health®: Advancing Well-Being in the Workplace

Class description

Total Worker Health®: Advancing Well-Being in the Workplace

March 31 - May 5, 2025

Join us in a combined learning environment that includes 6 weeks of self-paced learning and three days of live, virtual, Instructor-led learning on Total Worker Health®.

Total Worker Health is a comprehensive, research-to-practice approach that supports well-integrated policies, programs, and practices to protect workers from different work-related safety and health hazards and promote worker well-being. This course is designed to equip working professionals to apply the Total Worker Health approach in their own organization and to communicate with various stakeholders about its value. It focuses on evidence-informed solutions rooted in safety science, occupational health psychology, and human and organizational performance goals. 

This 26- hour course involves completing 10 hours of virtual instructor-led class time and 16 hours of self-paced e-learning over 6 weeks. Enrolled participants are required to follow the sequence of the self-paced modules using Canvas Learning Management System and to attend three pre-scheduled virtual instructor-led sessions using Zoom Video Conference format. Class sizes are small to allow unique attention to each participant's needs and one-on-one interaction with the instructors (maximum 20 students). No prior knowledge of Total Worker Health is required, but enrolled students should be familiar with the field of occupational health and safety. This course is offered twice a year: in the Spring and the Fall.

This course serves as the key required course for individuals enrolling in the joint UW DEOHS CE/OHWC Total Worker Health Certificate Program. Individuals not seeking the Certificate may enroll and attend the course as a standalone.

View the Total Worker Health Certificate Program flyer

Course Requirement & Schedule:

• From March 31 to May 5, 2025, complete 16 hours self-paced modules; and,

• Attend three instructor-led, virtual sessions:

  • April 11, 2025 from 12pm to 3pm PST

  • April 21, 2025 from 12pm to 3pm PST

  • May 5, 2025 from 9am to 2pm PST

Audience: Health and safety professionals and any other professionals intersecting with occupational health, such as human resources, educators, healthcare providers, labor leaders, risk management specialists, wellness specialists, etc.

Course Instructors:

Katia Costa-Black, PT, PhD

Course Lead Instructor

Senior Manager for Education and Partnerships, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University & MPI Outreach Core, Oregon Healthy Workforce Center

Tori Crain, PhD

Course C-Lead Instructor

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Portland State University

Liu-Qin (LQ) Yang, PhD

Course Co-Lead Instructor

Professor of Psychology, Portland State University

Accreditation:

A certificate of completion for Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) will be awarded following course completion. SHRM professional development credit is available upon request.