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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Creating a Competent Workforce
5165.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Creating a Competent Workforce
A competent and sustainable workforce is a national public health goal. This session reviews strategies for achieving this goal. A statebased approach to linking workforce competency and the National Public Health Standards is presented. The role of workplace culture in encouraging job competency is reviewed. A specific example of achieving HIPAA compliance within the workforce provides a real example of training complexity. In addition, a collaborative model for building the pipeline into public health careers is described which links an academic health center, school of public health and the health department.
Learning Objectives: (1)Review systematic approach to linking workforce competency to National Public Health Performance Standards (2)Review a collaborative model for building an educational and experiential pipeline into health careers. (3) Identify workplace strategies that encourage job competence (4) Review implications of HIPAA for staff training and competency development
Moderator(s):Joan Cioffi, PhD
2:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:35 PMSharing Responsibility for the Future Health Workforce  [ Recorded presentation ]
Tricia Todd, MPH
2:55 PMImplementing a workforce public health core competencies initiative: How important is the workplace climate?  [ Recorded presentation ]
M. Ann Ricksecker, MPH, Lisa M. Zimmerman, MS, Sharron Goode-Grant, MSA, Dan Johnson, MAR, Gregory Seaney-Ariano, MPH, Geneva Vaughan-Harris, PhD
3:15 PMTraining and Staff Development Strategy to Meet Ethics Requirements of HIPAA: "Cookie Cutter" Strategies Do Not Work"  [ Recorded presentation ]
Brian J. Balicki, MHS, Robin Frazier Kandel, JD
3:35 PMConcluding Remarks
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Health Administration
Endorsed by:Academic Public Health Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA