Health Professionals Addressing
the Greatest Threats to Public Health

OCAREER Certificate
Program
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania developed OCAREER, a virtual certificate program designed to assist healthcare professionals in assessing, identifying, and addressing how climate change is impacting health.
Created by expert healthcare professionals, OCAREER is a multimedia educational program, providing skill building about communicating with people or colleagues, including the role of practitioner as advocate.
OCAREER consists of eight asynchronous modules, consisting of a presentation with a slide-deck, a relevant article and a knowledge check.
The modules are:
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Science of Climate Change
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Occupation
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Conditions
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Activities
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Residence
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Environmental Conditions
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Education
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Resources
To receive the certificate, the modules, knowledge checks, and assignments need to be completed in three months.
A synchronous session will be held at the end of the three months to share and discuss your infographics and experience.
Social Workers
Wilkes University is a preapproved provider of continuing education for programs for social workers and clinical social workers as an accredited university. Social Workers who attend will receive a certificate for 4 hours at the conclusion of the program.
Please complete the form above to gain access to OCAREER modules and further instructions.