Table 2.
Point-of-care testing taught in U.S. Public Health Institutions.
| Geographic region City and State (number) | Schools/Colleges of public heatlh and public health programs (php) | POCT in core curriculum (yes/no) | POCT in electives (yes/no) | POCT content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWEST AND ALASKA (4) | ||||
| Anchorage, AK | University of Alaska Anchorage (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Corvallis, OR | Oregon State University | No | No | None |
| Portland, OR | Oregon Health and Science University | No | No | None |
| Seattle, WA | University of Washington | No | No | None |
| SOUTHWEST AND HAWAII (8) | ||||
| Tucson, AZ | University of Arizona | No | No | None |
| Berkeley, CA | University of California, Berkeley | No | No | None |
| Loma Linda, CA | Loma Linda University | No | No | None |
| Los Angeles, CA | University of California, Los Angeles | No | No | None |
| San Diego, CA | San Diego State Univ. | No | No | IPH onlinea |
| Honolulu, HI | University of Hawaii (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Las Cruces, NM | New Mexico State University (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Reno, NV | University of Nevada (PHP) | No | No | None |
| MOUNTAIN STATES (5) | ||||
| Aurora, CO | Colorado SPH | No | No | None |
| Pocatello, ID | Idaho State University (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Missoula, MT | University of Montana (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Grand Forks, ND | University of North Dakota (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Salt Lake City, UT | University of Utah (PHP) | No | No | None |
| NORTH CENTRAL (12) | ||||
| Iowa City, IA | University of Iowa | No | No | None |
| Chicago, IL | University of Illinois | No | No | None |
| Bloomington, IN | Indiana University | No | No | None |
| Indianapolis, IN | Indiana University—Purdue University | No | No | None |
| Manhattan, KA | Kansas State Univ. (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Ann Arbor, MI | University of Michigan | No | No | None |
| Minneapolis, MN | University of Minnesota | No | No | None |
| Saint Louis, MO | Saint Louis University | No | No | None |
| Omaha, NE | University of Nebraska | No | No | None |
| Columbus, OH | Ohio State University | No | No | None |
| Kent, OH | Kent State University | No | No | None |
| Milwaukee, WI | University of Wisconsin | None | ||
| SOUTH CENTRAL (5) | ||||
| Hattiesburg, MS | University of Southern Mississippi (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Oklahoma City, OK | University of Oklahoma | No | No | None |
| College Station, TX | Texas A & M Health Science Center | No | No | None |
| Fort Worth, TX | University of North Texas | No | No | None |
| Houston, TX | University of Texas | No | No | None |
| NORTHEAST (18) | ||||
| New Haven, CT | Yale University | No | No | None |
| Amherst, MA | University of Massachusetts Amherst | No | No | None |
| Boston, MA | Boston University | No | SPH SB 808: “Merging Clinical and Population-Based Perspectives in Public Health Practice: Tension and Resolution” | POC Emergency Department education and testing for HIV/HCV |
| Boston, MA | Harvard University | No | No | None |
| Baltimore, MD | Johns Hopkins University | No | Intl. Hlth. 221.710.11 | Limitedb |
| College Park, MD | University of Maryland | No | No | None |
| Portland, ME | University of New England (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Durham, NH | University of New Hampshire (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Piscataway, NJ | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | No | No | None |
| Brooklyn, NY | SUNY Downstate | No | No | None |
| Buffalo, NY | University at Buffalo, SUNY | No | No | None |
| New York City, NY | Columbia University | No | No | None |
| New York City, NY | CUNY SPH | No | No | None |
| Rensselaer, NY | Univ. at Albany, SUNY | No | No | None |
| Philadelphia, PA | Drexel University | No | No | None |
| Philadelphia, PA | Temple University | No | No | None |
| Pittsburg, PA | University of Pittsburg | No | No | None |
| Providence, RI | Brown University | No | No | None |
| SOUTHEAST (19) | ||||
| Birmingham, AL | University of Alabama at Birmingham | No | No | None |
| Little Rock, AR | University of Arkansas | No | No | None |
| Gainesville, FL | University of Florida | No | No | None |
| Miami, FL | Florida International Univ. | No | No | None |
| Tampa, FL | University of South Florida | No | No | None |
| Athens, GA | University of Georgia | No | No | None |
| Atlanta, GA | Emory University | No | No | None |
| Atlanta, GA | Georgia State University | No | No | None |
| Savannah, GA | Georgia Southern Univ. | No | No | None |
| Lexington, KY | University of Kentucky | No | No | None |
| Louisville, KY | University of Louisville | No | No | None |
| New Orleans, LA | Louisiana State Univ. | No | No | None |
| New Orleans, LA | Tulane University | No | No | None |
| Chapel Hill, NC | University of North Carolina | No | No | None |
| Columbia, SC | University of South Carolina | No | No | None |
| Memphis, TN | University of Memphis | No | No | None |
| Johnson City, TN | East Tennessee State University | No | No | None |
| Charlottesville, VA | University of Virginia (PHP) | No | No | None |
| Morgantown, WV | West Virginia University | No | No | None |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1) | ||||
| Washington, DC | George Washington University | No | No | None |
| ONLINE (3) | ||||
| Liberty University | Link 1 (below) | No | No | None |
| National Univ. | Link 2 | Not accessible | None listed | Unknown |
| Public Health Online | Link 3 | No | No | None |
a
The Institute for Public Health (IPH) in the School of Public Health at San Diego State University offers three online POCT courses (produced by GK) as part of the Pacific EMPRINTS program under the title, “Point-of-Care Strategies for Disaster Preparedness,” at the IPH website (https://iph.sdsu.edu/courses/online.php). The fee for continuing education credit approved by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (provider number 101840) is a nominal $5 for each course.
b
The course description for “Designing Transformative Innovation for Global Health” (Department of International Health) lists “making…POC diagnostics more available in local clinics” as “potentially transformative for improving health and narrowing disparities.” However, the course learning objectives do not explicitly include POCT.