Council on Linkages Update
November 2015 |
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Below is the Council on Linkages Update for November 2015. Please feel free to use all or part(s) of this update in your organization's newsletter or other communications.
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Ensuring an Effective Public Health Workforce into the Future
What is critical to building an even stronger public health workforce for the future? According to national experts speaking at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting earlier this month, one key element is better connections between academia and public health practice. The importance of public health academia and practice working together was emphasized throughout the APHA Annual Meeting session, Navigating the Seas of Public Health Workforce Development: What Every Practitioner and Academic Needs to Know, which focused on national workforce development efforts guiding the future of public health and featured C. William Keck, MD, MPH, Chair of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Donna J. Petersen, ScD, MHS, CPH, Chair, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health's Framing the Future Task Force; Laura Rasar King, MPH, MCHES, Executive Director, Council on Education for Public Health; and Edward L. Hunter, MA, President and Chief Executive Officer, de Beaumont Foundation. Together these speakers explored new initiatives within public health workforce development, their connections to the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, and how all of these initiatives are aligning and contributing to developing and strengthening the public health workforce for the future. Catch up on the conversation by visiting the new PHF Pulse Blog post, How Do We Ensure an Effective Public Health Workforce into the Future?, and contact Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org with any questions. |
Council on Education for Public Health Proposed Criteria Revisions Open for Comment through January 8, 2016
The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), the accrediting body for schools and programs of public health, produces accreditation criteria for schools of public health, programs of public health, and standalone baccalaureate programs. CEPH is currently in the process of revising its graduate-level accreditation criteria and considered feedback received from a first round of public comments at its October meeting. This feedback was incorporated, where appropriate, and CEPH has now released a full draft of its proposed criteria revisions for public review and comment. This revision process is drawing on a variety of initiatives in the public health field, including the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, and comments are encouraged from practitioners, educators, and other members of the public health community. Comments that both agree and disagree with the proposed revisions are appreciated. Additional information about the proposed revisions and how to submit comments to CEPH is available on the CEPH website; comments are welcome through January 8, 2016. CEPH will consider this second round of comments at its January 22-23, 2016 meeting. |
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TRAIN Reaches Million Learner Milestone
TRAIN, the nation's premier learning network for professionals who protect the public's health, now reaches more than one million learners. Launched in 2003 by the Public Health Foundation (PHF), the TRAIN learning network provides health professionals with access to thousands of free trainings - many of which are tagged with the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals - in more than 60 subject areas. Read more about TRAIN and how it supports the public health community in the recent PHF news article, TRAIN Reaches Million Learner Milestone, or contact Elissa Golan at egolan@phf.org for additional information. |
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Activities of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice are supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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