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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Credentialing of the Public Health Workforce-A reality?
4293.2: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Credentialing of the Public Health Workforce-A reality?
A Town Hall meeting to explore and discuss what the movement towards credentialing will mean to the public health workforce. The reality of competencies, health department standards and potential health department accreditation will also be discussed in view of the core functions, year 2010 Healthy People goals, the Sullivan report and Essential Public Health Services. Presenters will include leaders from ASPH, CEPH, ASTHO, NACCHO and APHA. There will be a brief panel discussion followed by an “open mike” for you to dialogue with the speakers.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
4:30 PMCredentialing of the Public Health Workforce-A reality?
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:APHA-Education Board

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