272931 Public health workforce development

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 : 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Denise Koo, MD, MPH , Scientific Education & Professional Development Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
     
Dr.Koo will frame issues affecting the public health workforce using a fishbone diagram that categorizes these factors in 4 domains. Dr.Koo will describe CDC's public health workforce development initiative and identify some of the issues raised through meetings with partners, as well as actions taken by CDC.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
1. List the three of the domains impacting the public health workforce, as depicted in CDC's fishbone diagram. 2. Identify one action CDC has taken to address the new public health workforce needs in the last year.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Director of the Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office at CDC. I have worked in the field of public health workforce development for nearly a decade.
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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