Objectives:

1. By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
   Describe potential applications of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to improve distance learning.
2. Identify specific ways distance learning providers can help meet Healthy People 2010 objectives to provide more competency-based continuing education for public health agency employees.

Abstract:

This interactive session will focus on ways to increase the provision of "competency based" distance learning in public health.  Public Health Foundation staff will present a brief overview of the national workforce development objectives to increase competency-based training in public health and recent efforts to define competencies, such as the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health, April 2001). The session will invite discussion among participants addressing questions such as: (1) How can distance learning providers help the nation meet its Healthy People 2010 objective to provide more competency-based continuing education for public health agency employees?  (2) What are the barriers to putting "competency based" distance learning into action?  (3) How can distance learning programs use the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals?  What about the growing number of discipline-specific competencies?  (4) What practical strategies could help potential learners and course developers know what competencies are covered by available distance learning programs?

Presenter:
Stacy Baker, MSEd, Senior Project Manager
Public Health Foundation
1220 L Street, N.W., Suite 350
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 898-5600 (Phone)  (202) 898-5600 (Fax)
 

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