218179 Core Competency Continuum: New tools for better workforce development

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 2:56 PM - 3:08 PM

Janet L. Place, MPH , NC Institute for Public Health, UNC School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
  
In 2010, the Council on Linkages finalized the Public Health Core Competency Continuum. This includes Tier 1 (Entry level), Tier 2 (Mid career/management) and Tier 3 (Leadership) classifications. This now makes it easier to assess skills and create professional development plans as public health practitioners move through the continuum. A national committee of academics and practitioners, led by the National Public Health Training Center Network, was formed to create a competency to practice toolkit that includes self assessment tools, sample competency-based job descriptions and suggested core training at different competency levels. This session will describe the development of the competency continuum and explore the new tools for translating the competencies into practice.

Learning Areas:
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Describe the Core Competency Continuum. Differentiate the competency tiers. Describe the tools in the Competency to Practice Toolkit. Identify competency-based training resources.

Keywords: Competency, Practice

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a member of the Council on Linkages Core Competency Committee. I chaired the Tier 1 Competency Committee, and contributed to the development of Tiers 2 and 3. I also am chairing the Competency to Practice Toolkit committee.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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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