Oral

The public health workforce is a powerful agent for responding to the complex and continuously changing needs of our communities. Sufficient training of these individuals is then vital to the advancement of public health initiatives, especially at the policy, environment, and system levels. Presentations in this session cover increasing educational opportunities for public health workers, blending online and face-to-face training, development of brief and extended curricula for conferences and municipalities, and identification of competencies important to public health professionals.

Session Objectives: Describe a university/community collaborative model for delivering continuing education programs to facilitate workforce training. Design and evaluate a blended online / face-to-face basic emergency preparedness course for public health workers. Identify and validate workforce competencies in problem identification, policy analysis, advocacy, bureaucratic implementation, and evaluation.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)