PHF E-NEWS Original date: 5-30-2002
Subject: Building Public Health Infrastructure
- The Council on Linkages encourages you to take advantage of these important opportunities:
- Tools for building academic/practice linkages and using the Core Competencies
- Public Health Services Research Affiliate
- Core Competencies for Healthcare Workers in Public Health
- Competency-based workforce development initiatives
SEARS CRAFTSMAN ISN’T THE ONLY ORGANIZATION WITH GOOD TOOLS!
Tired of re-creating the wheel? Not sure where and/or how to start building academic/practice linkages between your organization and others in the community? Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (COL) invites you to view tools developed by state and local health agencies and academic institutions to build and maintain academic/practice linkages and integrate the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals into workforce development initiatives. To learn more visit: http://www.phf.org/link/linkages.htm.
BE A TRENDSETTER: REGISTER NOW FOR AHSRHP’S FIRST PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH AFFILIATE MEETING
Registration Deadline: June 7, 2002
Saturday, June 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Conservatory, Hilton WashingtonThe COL is pleased that the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy (AHSRHP) has established a Public Health Systems Research Affiliate. You are not required to register for the Annual Research Meeting, June 23-25, in order to attend this affiliate. For more information, please visit: <Retired link> [For more current information, visit http://www.academyhealth.org].
CORE COMPETENCIES FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH?
Date: Monday, June 24, 2002
Time: 9:45 – 11:15 a.m.
Place: 2002 AHSRHP Annual Research MeetingThe COL invites you to attend our presentation about the Core Competencies for Healthcare Workers in Public Health during the 2002 AHSRHP research meeting in Washington D.C. Learn how the final list of Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, developed through support from HRSA, will help guide curriculum and content development of public health education and training programs for front-line healthcare workers, public health professionals and other health professions. They may also be used by those in practice settings as a standard by which staff are hired and evaluated, and may serve as a foundation for further discussions about credentialing of the public health workforce. View this session abstracts and other sessions of interest at: <Retired link> [For more current information, visit http://www.phf.org/link/index.htm]
Register now for the 2002 AHSRHP research meeting, at: <Retired link> [For more current information, visit http://www.academyhealth.org].
Mail registration deadline: May 31, 2002.
Onsite registration for full research meeting also available.HOOKED ON COMPETENCIES
Is your public health or healthcare organization using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to strengthen the skills of its workers and more effectively deliver the 10 Essential Public Health Services? Might your school of public health or graduate program in public health be using the Core Competencies to ensure that your curricula is adequately preparing students for the demands of public health practice? If so, the COL asks that you submit a description to www.TrainingFinder.org/competencies, where other organizations and academic institutions can learn from your efforts. TrainingFinder.org has been expanded into TRAIN, an online learning management system. Visit TRAIN at www.TRAIN.org.
Updated 11-9-08