Public Health Core Competency Development

Health Communication – Readings

Gamification Links – Health Communication Tools

http://gamification.org/

http://gamification.co/

2012 Public Health Summer School Goal, Objectives and Background

Check out this year’s Summer School goal, objectives and background.

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Developing a Health Communication Campaign Tool

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Health Communication Message Review Tool

The Health Communication Unit – Website

http://www.thcu.ca/

Resources, webinars, tools, etc. related to effective health communication.

PPTs and Notes, Plenary Sessions

International Opportunities

Association of Schools of Public Health – Competency to Curriculum Toolkit
American College of Healthcare Executives – Competencies Assessment Tool
Public Health Foundation – TRAIN, Assigning Competencies to Courses – Guide to help assess what courses are appropriate for specific competency learning needs.
Public Health Foundation – TRAIN Online Learning Resource – TRAIN – Web-based learning management program. A learning resource for professionals who protect the public’s health
Public Health Foundation – Competencies Resources for Public Health Workers – Competencies resources for public health workers.
Public Health Foundation – Management Self Assessment – Assessment tool to measure the competencies of managers / supervisors.
Public Health Advocacy Toolkit

Association of Schools of Public Health – Learning Opportunities

Distance learning programs.
Competency and learning outcomes development projects.
Interprofessional education collaborative.
Health disparities research and diversity resource center.

See: http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=718 & http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=1083 & http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=1128

Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER)

Core competencies – Theory to practice.
Harmonization of medical specialites.
Online courses, workshops and conferences.
ASPHER forums and working groups.

See: http://www.aspher.org/index.php?site=core_competencies_in_ph & http://www.aspher.org/index.php?site=index

Public Health Foundation – Learning Opportunities

Academic health department learning community.
Workforce development resources and tools.

See: http://www.phf.org/programs/AHDLC/Pages/Academic_Health_Department_Learning_Community.aspx & http://www.phf.org/resourcestools/Pages/default.aspx?showResources=false&Subcategory=Workforce%20Development

American Public Health Association – Continuing Education Resources –

Continuing education accreditation committee.
Quality improvement networks.
Health disparities database.
National public health week.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Learning Community

e-learning courses.
In the spotlight (featured resources / topics re: public health).
Live learning event listings.
CDC health e-cards (information sharing re: upcoming professional development events)

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice – Competency Sets

Council on Linkages – Core Competencies.
The Public Health Competency Handbook.
Competency to curriculum toolkit.
Sub-discipline competency sets (Environmental health, epidemiology and public health law)

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice – Training

Online courses: Epidemiology, data interpretation, infectious disease concepts, outbreak investigation, workforce resiliency, program planning and evaluation, public health law, risk communication, data collection and analysis, screening, logic models and approaching public health competencies.
In-person training / workshops.
Hot topics in preparedness.
Summer institute for public health practice.
Northwest public health leadership institute.
National training networks.

Educational Development

2011 Public Health Summer School Backgrounder

PHABC 2010 Summer School Summary

This document includes a description of the 2010 Public Health Summer School as well as feedback from the results of the summer school evaluation. This two-day educational session, “Supporting Community Change from a Population Health Promotion Perspective”, was hosted across three sites: UBC, UVIC and UNBC.

Notes, Ballroom A, Public Policy Paper Presentation Session (Seaborn, Nichol, Tzemis & Poole)

Notes taken by a volunteer at the PHABC Conference to summarize key points covered in each breakout session.

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Notes, Fraser Room, Re-orienting Health Services Pt. 1 (Rauscher, Ardiles, Browne, Littlejohn, Emerson & MacDougall)

Notes taken by a volunteer at the PHABC Conference to summarize key points covered in each breakout session.

Notes, Re-orienting Health Services Pt.1 (Fraser Room)