Public health depends on widespread and rapid access to data to drive decisions. Using the Data Modernization Initiative (DMI), Washington state is modernizing disease surveillance, health information systems, and providing data science training to produce a public health community that leverages timely, relevant, and actionable data.
As part of modernization, the Public Health Data Learning Center offers free training, tools, and resources to support public health professionals through the process of data systems change.
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Browse the training categories below to begin building the skills you need for data systems change. Training is provided for beginning and intermediate skills.
| Title | Description | Category | Difficulty | Length | Organization | Type | Link to edit Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future of AI and the Health Sciences Summit | In 2024, an AI summit convened to address practical applications of AI in population health, AI tools and frameworks that can improve the health of the public, plus equity and ethical considerations of AI in the health sciences. Hear from these partners from across academia, government, public health practice, and the private sector discuss artificial intelligence in public health and the health sciences. |
Artificial Intelligence for Public Health | Beginner | Not applicable | Washington State Department of Health | Session recordings and resources | |
| Artificial Intelligence in State and Territorial Public Health | Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) informatics and innovation leaders gathered to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential applications in state and territorial public health. |
Artificial Intelligence for Public Health | Beginner | 1 hour | Association of State and Territorial Health Officials | Webinar | |
| AI in Public Health Today: The Basics | This webinar, hosted by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, introduces generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) topics and the role GenAI plays in enhancing or hindering the work to improve population health. Includes a live demonstration with tools such as ChatGPT. |
Artificial Intelligence for Public Health | Beginner | 1 hour | Region X Public Health Training Center | Webinar | |
| Building a Dashboard from Start to Finish: Step 4 Report Building | Learn the steps needed to successfully visualize your data. The video will review the common types of visualizations we use, adherence to a style guide, and ensuring the visualizations meet accessibility standards. |
Data Visualization | Intermediate | 1 hour | Washington State Department of Health | Webinar | |
| Building a Dashboard from Start to Finish: Step 5 | This video demonstrates the steps needed to publish your dashboard. It includes considerations before disseminating your dashboard. |
Data Visualization | Intermediate | 10 minutes | Washington State Department of Health | Webinar | |
| Building a Dashboard from Start to Finish: Step 2 Power Query Editor and Relationships | Learn how to transform your data using Power Query. It will teach you about common steps for cleaning data and how to establish your data model via table relationships. |
Data Visualization | Intermediate | 45 minutes | Washington State Department of Health | Webinar | |
| Building a Dashboard from Start to Finish: Step 3 Calculated Columns and Measures with DAX | In this video, you will learn how to calculate conditional columns. It also demonstrates how to use the DAX language to create metrics that will be used in visualizing the data. |
Data Visualization | Intermediate | 1.25 hours | Washington State Department of Health | Webinar | |
| Building a Dashboard from Start to Finish: Step 1 Data Prep in Power BI | This video will demonstrate how to load data into Power BI from various sources, such as your desktop or Azure. |
Data Visualization | Intermediate | 20 minutes | Washington State Department of Health | Webinar | |
| User Experiences with the Expanded Color Palette for Data Visualizations | This webinar, hosted by the Washington State Department of Health, features the experience of those who have used the color palette the agency developed for use in data visualizations. They share tips and tricks you can use to improve your charts and data visualizations. |
Data Visualization | Intermediate | 30 minutes | Washington State Department of Health | Webinar | |
| Data for Rural Health Equity, Volume III: Visualizing Data Stories | This module is the third in a three-part series that is designed to help you use data to identify and address population health disparities. This module explains how data visualization techniques can help you communicate health information and tell a story to different audiences. |
Data Visualization | Beginner | 1.5 hours | Region X Public Health Training Center | Self-paced online course |
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About the Learning Center
Created in collaboration with DOH and the University of Washington School of Public Health, the Public Health Data Learning Center is a learning resource center for professionals who use data to drive decisions in public health.
The learning center provides a variety of training and professional development materials for those engaged in all areas of data systems change.
We are committed to DMI priorities. For more information about DMI in Washington state, contact DataModFeedback@doh.wa.gov.