1001.0 Who will keep the public healthy: Building the 21st century workforce for public health?

Tuesday, June 26, 2012: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Oral
Almost a decade has passed since the Institute of Medicine report entitled "Who Will Keep the Public Healthy" described concern over the lack of available public health professionals to provide essential public health services. Themes in the report included enumeration,education, competencies and recruitment.
Session Objectives: This session will address issues of workforce enumeration, development, education, recruitment & credentialing. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Describe current issues facing employers of public health professionals 2.Identify strategies to recruit, retain and develop competent public health professionals 3. Discuss best and promising practices related to workforce development
Organizer:
Annette Ferebee, MPH
Moderator:
Thomas Quade, MA, MPH, CPH

3:00pm
A credentialed public health workforce will keep the profession and public healthy
Richard Clover, MD
     
3:20pm
Enumeration of the public health workforce: Implications for the future efforts in the field
J. Henry Montes, MPH
     
3:40pm
Public health workforce development
Denise Koo, MD, MPH
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Mid-Year Meeting Abstracts

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

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