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Help us expand Med-South and join our next training!

We are working on training dates for 2025. If interested in our next training series, email lindy@unc.edu

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Med-South training includes:

  • Two self-paced online modules on nutrition and physical activity
  • A series of 3 two-hour webinars on program delivery and implementation, led by experts in the field
  • Access to our full library of materials and resources
  • One hour of drop-in technical assistance to address questions as you begin to deliver and implement Med-South

During this training, participants will:

  • Learn the most up-to-date recommendations for nutrition and physical activity for American adults.
  • Review principles of person-centered counseling, including adult learning and motivational interviewing concepts.
  • Go step-by-step through delivery of a Med-South counseling session.
  • Learn about strategies that lead to successful program implementation.

This training is designed for staff at local health departments, community health centers, or other healthcare agencies and community organizations that provide patient health education. This includes nurses, dietitians or nutritionists, health educators, social workers, or community health workers.

The live portion of the training includes a series of 3 two-hour webinars every other week over a 6-week period.  We estimate 6 hours of live training sessions and 4.5 hours in additional training activities outside of sessions, for a total of 10.5 hours training time.

The next webinar training series will take place on July 26, August 9, and August 23, 2024 from 10 AM – 12 PM.

The next Med-South training will be free, however to keep the materials and trainings up-to-date there may be a modest fee for future trainings.

Your trainers will be Dr. Carmen Samuel-Hodge and Dr. Jennifer Leeman. Dr. Samuel-Hodge first worked as a public health dietician before completing her doctoral training in public health nutrition at UNC-Chapel Hill. She has a long history of research into behavioral issues related to lifestyle behavior change, interventions focused on nutrition in chronic disease risk reduction, health disparities and translational research. Dr. Samuel-Hodge also serves as a Translational and Implementation Research Specialist at the Granville Vance Health Department. Dr. Leeman’s research focuses on translating, disseminating, and implementing evidence-based prevention interventions that target change at the levels of individual behaviors, environments, and systems.

For more information about this training, contact Lindy Draeger, Research Project Director, at lindy@unc.edu.