Assistance to States – Focus Area G: Education and Training
Enhanced Capacity: Community Readiness Through Training Opportunities
Evaluation of Training Effectiveness
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A. Critical Capacity Benchmarks |
Tools/Resources/Examples |
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1. Prepare a timeline to assess training
needs with special emphasis on emergency personnel, infectious disease
specialists, public health staff, and other healthcare providers |
* Assess Competencies Core Competencies
for Emergency Preparedness and Response
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http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nursing/institute-centers/chphsr/broch.pdf -
Can be used as
measures for assessing emergency preparedness training needs Core Competencies
for Public Health Professionals
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www.trainingfinder.org/competencies/list.htm -
Can be used as
measures for assessing training needs for the entire public health workforce Discipline-specific
Competency Sets for Public Health Workers
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www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/mtgwrkgrp091201.asp -
Includes links
to environmental health competencies, public health law competencies, and
other related disciplines * Examples of Assessment Processes Training Needs
Assessment of Local Health Department
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An example of a
local workforce needs assessment report Northwest
Regional Public Health Workforce Development Assessment
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http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nwcphp/products/ -
Examples of
state and regional workforce assessments * Assessment Instruments
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Links to
workforce needs assessments instruments used by
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2. Assess
existing capacity to conduct training needs assessment and planning for
public health and private professionals, and to provide access to training in
bioterrorism, other infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health
threats and emergencies |
* Tools to Assess Bioterrorism and
Emergency Preparedness Capacity Public Health
Preparedness and Response Capacity Inventory¾A Voluntary Rapid Self-Assessment of State and Local
Capacity to Respond to Bioterrorism, Outbreaks of Infectious Disease, and
Other Public Health Threats and Emergencies
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www.phppo.cdc.gov/od/inventory -
This document
is not currently available online, but may be requested online at the above
URL. Under “Related Resources,” click
on additional information. NOTE: The state and local inventory instruments are
separate documents. * Tools to Assess Workforce
Development Capacity National Public
Health Performance Standards Program
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www.phppo.cdc.gov/nphpsp/Documents/State_v_1_OMB_0920-0557.pdf -
See page 79 of
the PDF file to assess state public health system performance as it pertains
to the public health and personal health care workforce -
www.naccho.org/files/documents/NPHPSP_Local_Final_11-29-01.PDF -
See page 58 of
th2e PDF file to assess local public health system performance as it pertains
to the public health and personal health care workforce * Distance Learning A Primer on
Distance Learning
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www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/primer.asp Model of a Distance Learning System -
www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/overview.asp -
Visual model
and descriptions of major Public Health Training Network activities |
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3. Develop
an ongoing plan for meeting training needs through multiple sources |
* National and Regional Resources to
Meet Training Needs TrainingFinder
Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network
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Searchable,
online clearinghouse listing over 700 distance learning and on-site courses -
Links to sites
with trainer/speaker resources Public Health
Training Network
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Listed are a
wide variety of training courses available through CDC and its partners Centers for
Public Health Preparedness
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www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/CPHPLocations.asp -
Training of the
current workforce is provided through this network of CDC-funded centers -
The centers can
be accessed through this website Public Health
Training Centers
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http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/publichealth/phtc.htm -
These
centers, funded by HRSA, provide basic and advanced training to the public
health workforce -
The
centers can be accessed through this website National
Laboratory Training Network
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www.phppo.cdc.gov/NLTN/default.asp -
Laboratory
training courses are provided through six regional offices -
Courses and the
regional offices can be accessed through this website Other Public Health Workforce Development Centers -
www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/resources.asp -
Provides links
to leadership and management institutes, Area Health Education Centers, and
other public health training providers |
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4. Develop
capacity at the state and/or local public health agency to facilitate or
provide education and training sessions and services on bioterrorism,
other infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health and emergencies;
including a trained distance learning coordinator and access to distance
learning capabilities in the form of an identified location to receive
satellite broadcasts and a higher level of internet connectivity, video, and
imaging capacity to view live feeds |
* Strategies for Providing Continuing
Education The Key Ingredient of the National Prevention Agenda: Workforce
Development – A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010 -
ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/nationalcenter/hp2010.pdf -
See page 29 of
the PDF file for a list of general strategies to achieve a competent public
health workforce through continuing education. -
Numerous
strategies to use competencies that could easily be incorporated into agency
plans also are included -
See pages 7-8
of the PDF file for a general checklist of ways to incorporate workforce
planning into other planning efforts Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project – Public Health
Infrastructure -
http://www.phpartners.org/guide.html -
Click on the
red button for a live search of journal articles related to Healthy People
2010 Objective 23-10: Increase the proportion of Federal, Tribal, State, and
local public health agencies that provide continuing education to develop
competency in essential public health services for their employees * Distance Learning and Other Training
Programs A Primer on Distance
Learning
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www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/primer.asp Model of a Distance Learning System -
www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/overview.asp -
Visual model
and descriptions of major Public Health Training Network activities Public Health
Training Bibliography
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http://phpartners.org/phtbib.html |
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5.
Develop formal partnerships with schools of public health and medicine,
other academic institutions, and other organizations to provide education
and training |
* Examples of Academic Partnerships Council on
Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice Database
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www.phf.org/Link/database-of-linkages.htm -
Over 100
examples of academic/practice partnerships are provided * Tools for Assessing and
Developing Partnerships
Instrument to
Survey Academic Linkages with Health Departments
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www.phf.org/Link/hdsurvey.pdf -
This survey
instrument was used by Multi-component
Affiliation Agreements - A Guide
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www.phf.org/Link/mcaffagr.pdf
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This tool can
be used to help develop formal partnerships with academic institutions and
provides examples of Memorandums of Understanding |
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6.
Ensure educational expertise and review of training
program content and curricula by a.
developing/providing
training for a speakers’ bureau b.
providing
training in core public health skills to staff c. supporting costs (travel and course fees) for training critical program staff using existing courses |
* Review Training
Program Content
Basic and
Cross-Cutting Practice Competencies for Public Health Workforce Development
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www.phf.org/Link/turnock.pdf -
Demonstrates how the Core Competencies for Public Health
Professionals can be used for developing and assessing a curriculum
Developing
Faculty/Staff Exchange Programs
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www.phf.org/Link/facstaff.pdf -
This tool can
be used to help develop faculty/staff exchanges between academic institutions
and health departments, facilitating practitioner review of training program
content * Locate Existing Courses for Speakers
and Core Public Health Skills TrainingFinder
Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network
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Searchable,
online clearinghouse listing over 700 distance learning and on-site courses -
Links to sites
with trainer/speaker resources Public Health
Training Network
-
Listed are a
wide variety of training courses available through CDC and its partners Centers for
Public Health Preparedness
-
www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/CPHPLocations.asp -
Training of the
current workforce is provided through this network of CDC-funded centers -
The centers can
be accessed through this website Public Health
Training Centers
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http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/publichealth/phtc.htm -
These
centers, funded by HRSA, provide basic and advanced training to the public
health workforce -
The
centers can be accessed through this website National
Laboratory Training Network
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www.phppo.cdc.gov/NLTN/default.asp -
Laboratory
training courses are provided through six regional offices -
Courses and the
regional offices can be accessed through this website Other Public Health Workforce Development Centers -
www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/resources.asp -
Provides links
to leadership and management institutes, Area Health Education Centers, and
other public health training providers * Supporting Continuing Education The Key Ingredient of the National Prevention Agenda: Workforce
Development – A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010 -
ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/nationalcenter/hp2010.pdf -
See page 29 of
the PDF file for a list of general strategies to achieve a competent public
health workforce through continuing education -
Included are
numerous strategies that could be incorporated into agency plans; see “Build
Systems that Support Training” |
For questions and additional assistance, contact PHF: Stacy Baker (sbaker@phf.org)
or Ron Bialek (rbialek@phf.org),
202-898-5600