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Lisle Hites, PhD, South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Hygiene, RPHB 330, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, (205) 934-7173, lhites@uab.edu

This paper presents an approach to competency development created at the South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness (SCCPHP) to expand and refine existing competency sets for public health emergency responders. The technique uses course content generated by subject matter experts to validate and expand existing national competency sets. New competencies, based in part on local needs, were identified that provide coverage of subject matter appropriate to local public health emergency responders beyond the focus of existing national competency sets. In the research presented, existing public health emergency preparedness competencies are validated against existing training for public health preparedness. Where subject matter expert driven training objectives depart from pre-existing competency sets, new competencies, based on these training objectives, are identified. The new competencies provide coverage of subject matter appropriate to local public health emergency responders beyond the focus of existing national competency sets. Validation evidence is offered in support of this novel technique.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how competencies are developed.
• Recognize why competencies must be continually updated.
• Recognize whether a specific competency set is in need of updating.
• Apply the competency updating tool.

Keywords: Competency,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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