ECQ Training Programs

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health offers several programs suitable for U.S. federal government training needs. Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) represent categories of training documented by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). These core competencies are required for Senior Executive Service and are used by many other departments and agencies.

Please note that this grid is just a guideline, and does not represent guaranteed recognition from OPM.

US Federal Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) Table

Program Name Length Leading Change Leading People Results Driven Business Acumen Building Coalitions
Applied Artificial Intelligence for Health Care ✓ ✓ ✓
Applied Risk Communication for the 21st Century 3 days ✓ ✓ ✓
Benefit-Cost Analysis: Valuing Life and Health ✓
Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene: The Application of Basic Principles 5 days ✓ ✓
Conflict, Feedback, and Negotiation in Health Care 3 days ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Emerging Women Executives in Health Care 4 days ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Environmental Health Risk: Analysis and Applications 3.5 days ✓ ✓ ✓
Foundations of Mental Health Care ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health and Safety Considerations 5 days ✓ ✓ ✓
Health Care Project Management: Intersecting Strategy, People and Process 3 days ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
In-Place Filter Testing Workshop 5 days ✓
Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers
 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Leadership Development to Advance Equity in Health Care ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Leading in Health Systems: Integrating Effort, Improving Outcomes 2.5 days ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Leadership Strategies for Evolving Healthcare Executives 5 days ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Management and Leadership Skills for Environmental Health and Safety Professionals 4 days ✓ ✓ ✓
Measurement, Design and Analysis Methods for Health Outcomes Research 3 days ✓
Mental Health Care Peer Learning Collaborative ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Nutrition Management: Treating Cardiometabolic Disease 4 days ✓
Principles and Practice of Clinical Research 11 days ✓
Program for Chairs of Clinical Service 11 days ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Radiological Emergency Planning: Terrorism, Security, and Communication 5 days ✓ ✓
Scaling Up Mental Health Care Services ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Work Health and Well-being: Achieving Worker Healthonal Health and Safety 3 days ✓ ✓ ✓
Women on Boards: Getting On and Adding Value 2 days ✓