240285 Competencies to Practice Toolkit: A Repository of Workforce Development Resources for Public Health

Monday, October 31, 2011: 4:50 PM

Janet Place, MPH , NC Institute for Public Health, UNC School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
Ron Bialek, MPP , Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC
     
     
During this session, the Competencies to Practice Toolkit, a repository of tools designed to assist public health professionals with using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals will be presented. The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals are a set of skills desirable for the broad practice of public health that have been used by hundreds of public health agencies and academic institutions in their workforce development efforts since their original adoption in 2001. In 2010, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice adopted Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals at three levels: Tier 1 (entry level), Tier 2 (supervisors/managers), and Tier 3 (CEOs/senior leaders of public health organizations). During this session, use of tools contained in the Competencies to Practice Toolkit will be demonstrated. Some of the tools available in the toolkit include: self assessments, peer review forms, and examples that demonstrate attainment of competence. Participants will be asked to provide feedback regarding some of the tools. In addition, examples illustrating the use of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals in at least one health department or academic institution will be presented.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Public health administration or related administration

Learning Objectives:
Define the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals Describe how the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals have been used for workforce development by at least one health department or academic institution Identify three tools that can assist public health organizations with using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

Keywords: Workforce, Competency

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I serve as Co-Chair of the Core Competencies Workgroup, the committee that is developing the Competencies to Practice Toolkit.
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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