Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health: Alignment with the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
June 22, 2018
The Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies) are a set of skills desirable for performance improvement (PI) professionals working in public health. Based on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) and the Core Competencies...
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Academic Health Department Research Agenda
October 26, 2016
The Academic Health Department (AHD) Research Agenda offers potential research questions focused on the AHD model – a type of partnership within public health in which practice organizations, such as health departments, and academic institutions that train future health professionals are formally affiliated....
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Affordable Care Act Resources Provided by Academic Health Department Learning Community Members
October 23, 2013
On September 25, 2013, the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community held a special meeting to explore opportunities for AHDs to play a role in health reform. At this meeting, participants were invited to share resources related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Resources identified during...
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Helping to Improve and Measure the Impact of Public Health Training: Literature Summary
June 13, 2011
The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) aims to assist the field to improve and measure the impact of public health training through forming the Training Impact Task Force. This short literature search was conducted and presented to the Council on Linkages...
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Competencies Designed for Epidemiologists - by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of WA
October 5, 2010
In 2005, the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP) developed competency-based epidemiology training materials for public health professionals in practice. Its goal was to develop a competency set for public health epidemiology, with accompanying curricula and instructional materials...
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Guidelines for Assigning Competencies and Skill Levels to Courses
September 21, 2010
The TRAIN Course Provider Reference Guide (last updated in 2013) has information that can assist course providers with assigning the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals, as well as Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness Competencies to courses. The guide also shows course providers how to...
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Developing a Clinical Appointment Track in a School of Public Health: A Guide
September 20, 2010
This guide can be used to establish a clinical appointment track in graduate public health schools and programs. It was developed in 1993, after the 1988 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report "The Future of Public Health" was published. The IOM report noted that schools of public health (SPH) had become...
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Public Health Practice: A Student's Guide to Workforce Initiatives
September 16, 2010
This presentation, prepared in 2002, for the students at the University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health, focuses on workforce initiatives of significant importance to students, with an emphasis on workforce competencies:
Introduction - Gives an overview about national workforce ini...
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