The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice is committed to assisting the U.S. Public Health Service in efforts to implement components of The Public Health Workforce: An Agenda for the 21st Century report pertaining to public health competencies. To this end the Council developed a list of core competencies for public health professionals. This list represents ten years of work on this subject by the Council and numerous other organizations and individuals in public health academia and practice settings. Their work has been compiled from various source documents and cross-walked with the Essential Public Health Services. This cross-walk ensures that the competencies help build the skills necessary for providing these essential services.
This session will review the final list of core competencies and the process used to compile and refine the list. The session will also discuss the potential uses of the core competencies and highlight several practical examples. In addition, the session will discuss ways to promote the use of the core competencies in both academic and practice settings. The session will wrap up with a group dialogue to talk about examples from the audience and ways the competencies can be used in different academic and practice settings.
See www.trainingfinder.org/competenciesLearning Objectives: 1. Describe how core competencies for public health professionals can be used in academic and practice settings 2. Discuss 2 practical examples of the use of core competencies for public health professionals 3. Articulate how to promote the use of core competencies for public health professionals by academic and practice institutions
Keywords: Competency, Public Health Infrastructure
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.