Career & Professional Development
Build Skills. Put them Into Practice.
Practical professional development designed for today's public health workforce.
CPHA's Public Health Skills & Credentials Program brings together learning, practice, and real-world engagement to help you strengthen skills you can use in your work and your community. Each credential pathway offers a series of connected learning experiences focused on an important area of public health practice.
Trainings are open to everyone. CPHA members who complete a credential pathway earn a digital badge they can add to their résumé, LinkedIn profile, and other professional materials—providing a visible way to demonstrate their skills and stand out to employers and professional networks.
More than A Training
A strong public health workforce needs opportunities to keep learning, build practical skills, and grow professionally. CPHA is committed to strengthening Connecticut's public health workforce by providing accessible, skills-based professional development that connects learning with practice.
Our credential pathways build on that commitment. Rather than a single, stand-alone training, each pathway brings together a series of connected learning and engagement opportunities focused on skills that matter in public health practice. Participants have multiple opportunities to learn, practice, and apply what they know.
CPHA members who complete a pathway earn a digital badge that demonstrates their professional development and can be shared on résumés, LinkedIn profiles, and other professional materials.
Learn. Practice. Apply. Get Recognized.
How Do CPHA Microcredentials Work?
CPHA microcredentials are designed to make professional development flexible, practical, and achievable. Each credential pathway brings together several related learning and engagement opportunities that you can complete over time.
1. Choose Your Pathway
Enroll in a credential pathway focused on a skill area you want to develop. Each pathway has its own series of trainings, activities, and requirements.
2. Learn & Engage
Participate in a combination of virtual and in-person learning experiences designed to build practical skills and give you opportunities to put them into action.
3. Complete the Requirements
You don't necessarily have to attend every activity. Each pathway identifies how many qualifying experiences you need to complete to earn the credential.
4. Earn & Share Your Badge
Once you've completed the pathway requirements, current CPHA members earn a digital badge that can be added to LinkedIn, résumés, portfolios, and other professional materials to showcase the skills they've developed.
Explore Our Microcredential Pathways
Build skills that support your work today—and strengthen your professional profile for what comes next. CPHA credential pathways focus on practical, transferable skills that public health professionals use across roles and settings.
Public Health Advocacy
Now Enrolling | Fall 2026–Spring 2027
Build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to engage effectively in the policy process. This four-part pathway moves from the foundations of public health advocacy to hands-on opportunities to practice your skills and engage with Connecticut's legislative process.
Complete at least 3 of 4 qualifying experiences to meet the participation requirements for the credential.
Public Health Communications
Coming Spring 2027
Effective communication is essential to public health practice. This pathway will focus on practical skills for communicating public health information clearly, strategically, and effectively to different audiences.
More details coming soon.
